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I have a Raleigh Motus and have had rattles in some gears as well, usually in high gears in my case. The bracket holding the chain guard could of been made of ‘butter’ apparently by the ease of which the guard can be nocked out of place and rub the cain. Try pulling the guard away from the...

I’ve been very interested and encouraged in flecc’s posts regarding pavement use. I remember during Tony Blair’s time that John Prescott was championing a change in the law to allow cycling on the pavement. Legalising children cycling on the path was one of the quoted benefits. After the law was...

It is of course his right to contest a summons. The point is there is a legal requirement to drive with due care and attention including when overtaking a cyclist. The Highway Code gives us guidance as to what constitutes due care in overtaking, which is 1.5m. There could well be situations were...

The motorist could of easily avoided the fine but due to his poor attitude paid over the odds. Would of been much wiser just to take the awareness course.

My sister has a Gazelle Grenoble C7 which pretty much covers you list except for front rack and disc brakes. Her Gazelle has hydraulic rim brakes. It rides nicely and the brakes felt very good, better than I had expected. I’m used to discs on my Raleigh Motus GT which is also available with hub...

Most comfortable saddles I’ve had were all Brooks sprung saddles. About 50% more expensive than the saddle above but worth every comfortable penny.

Like Nigelbb I used grease on my motorbike chain. Duckhams chain grease (looked like wax) the instructions were to soak in paraffin to clean the chain then when drained to place on the wax, heat on the stove until melted, remove from heat and hang it up to drip dry. Did that at service intervals...

What size drive have your sockets got? Best to check the proposed torque wrench will fit

For accessibility, I might just buy this cheapo: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-30357-Square-Drive-22-1-154-9lb-ft/dp/B0001K9S52 No good for a bike. At 30Nm the lowest torque setting is way too much for a lot of bike fixings.

Looks like Gloucester.

On your quality of ebikes concern, 'Which' tested folding ebikes last October and the Wisper 806SE scored 63%, the Raleigh Evo scored 64%. So Wisper appears on par with Raleigh. The Raleigh electrics are proprietary as sjpt pointed out thus the Wisper would be easier to repair when out of...

Hi AMcG I’m another who returned to cycling after trying an Ebike. Have you cocidered secondhand? The Wisper 806SE folder can take 115Kg but sadly is £1500, but you occasionally find them on eBay within your budget. They have a good reputation on this forum but of course you need to be careful...

Not sure of the age of your bike. While the Raleigh warranty if only one year the Bosch warranty will be for two years. If that’s the case take it back to your dealer for warranty repair as it’s the Bosch part that’s playing up.

Good afternoon. Sorry I known next to nothing about ebike battery cells so can't answer your question. I was just wondering though, if the cells are are placed nose to tail (+ve to -ve ) to add up to 36V then alternative cells would be the opposite way around. Might that explain their writing...

That’s interesting as the Volt website is still taking orders for the standard size MetroLS battery, (that’s not to suggest you need a new one when your old one is still giving good service).

Hi I have a Raleigh Motus GT step-through which I’ve been very pleased with. I was swayed towards the Motus because my brother in law has one and let me try it out, so when a local Raleigh dealer had a sale in January '20 I was able to get a good deal. Previously I had found some of the local...

Interesting articles. The fruit, veg and nuts/seeds recommendations pop up regularly for many different health reasons. Good job they taste good and are easily incorporated into our diets.

So my 14 1/2 year old car is getting greener and cheaper per mile each year I keep it. I found it interesting to compare car with ebike costs. The fact that my car looks so cheap is due to a number of things. Economy of scale, we have a lot more cars than bikes. My car is old, was bought...

I’d not stopped to think about this before but my ebike costs more per mile than my car. I calculate my car has cost me 39.8p/mile over 11 years and 90000 miles. My ebike cost £2250 when new. I’m only a leisure cyclist so average 550 miles a year. Without taking into account battery, charging...

As Boris is a cyclist you would hope he had more sense, but then again when was he noted for his sense?