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One way or another it's not been a bad weekend in respect of getting out on the bike. Three days off work and three rides. Admittedly each ride has only been very short, averaging 12 miles or so for each, but that has been because I have been out constructing a new one mile off road single...

Take one new bike, and use it as it intended to be used. A brilliant morning spent on the Surrey hills. Before. After. Better with a KTM. ;) My love of hardtail mountain bikes has grown even further after todays ride. There were a few times when I would have preferred to have...

This was the result of a very small pebble or similar exploding from a distance of about 2 metres away. A roofing blow torch was being used to prep a repair to a tarmac driveway, and as I walked past, a pebble or similar exploded. It couldn't have been much closer to my eye, and burnt the top...

A short review of the 2016 Woosh Karoo http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?karoo Bike kindly supplied by Woosh. The Woosh Karoo arrived extremely well packaged within two cardboard boxes, and had a plentiful amount of protective covering to all exposed parts of the bike. The bike was removed easily...

This one made me smile. :)

I was going to put efficiency in place of capability, but efficiency sounds too misleading, and whilst I often see it listed, I don't find it correct. The sun was shining this morning, and with the Macina Lycan pulled down to service it, I decided to take the KTM e-Race P out for a ride today...

It's probably as clear as day, and in truth I haven't yet played with the settings, but before I do, is it possible to turn the Bosch Intuvia display back light of at night time? I have no interest in seeing what is on the display and find that it is becoming a distraction. I could just put...

I don't buy bike magazines, but someone gave me a copy of Mountain Biking UK, thinking that I would be interested in an e-mtb article that had been written by their journalist Jake Ireland. Both the following immediately caught my eye, and I couldn't then be bothered to read the rest of the...

I can't even think what else to say about this one. :eek:

I'd forgotten just how much fun and effortlessly easy that they are to ride. :) I finally got around to taking the new to me, KTM e-Race P out for quick spin/test ride. ) I've used the same 18 mile test route, which has 1,504ft of elevation gain, for all of the bikes to date, and returned home...

Just thought that I'd share this short clip from today's mtb event using the KTM Macina Lycan, which shows just how effortlessly a Bosch Performance Line powered e-mtb can climb using just the eco and tour settings. This hill is steeper and wetter than it looks, but the climb was genuinely a...

2.00 -2.05 was the one that cracked me up. :D

For those that carry a spare Bosch battery, or would like to, I was sorting through the shed yesterday and came across a few army surplus German/Belgian gas mask bags. It turns out that these things are the perfect size, and with two internal pockets and space above, there is still ample room...

Hope that this makes sense.. Two Bosch powered bikes, both with the same 400wh battery, but one of the batteries has an odd glitch with it. Bike 'A' can use the battery pack from either bike. Bike 'B' had/has a new battery which was charged and taken on holiday with me to use as a spare for...

There is no stopping this man. Very good to see. :)

As some of you know, I'm off to Switzerland in a few days time, and the trip is going to be made all the more special for me, for several reasons. Firstly I'll be spending time with my family, secondly I am taking both KTM's with me, just hoping that a new brake set up arrives in time, and...

I love watching the TDF, and have been getting into the run up by watching the 2015 Tour De Suisse. Looking at the catch up clips yesterday, this clip from the 2014 series cropped up. Brilliant stuff. :)

2014 KTM Macina Fun 10-400 Forum link http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/bikes/2014-ktm-macina-sport-10-400/ This a generic photo of the model, but shown in high cross bar format. The bike as reviewed, is the low step version. Whilst this bike is detailed as a 2014, so is a last years model, this...

I'm slightly confused about something. I thought that I had best fit and check the Thule EuroClassic 928 G6 LED bike rack, before venturing off to the Swiss alps in 5wks weeks time, and discovered that the two sockets between the car and the rack aren't compatible. The Thule manual lists an...

A bit of an odd one. :) Back in Febuary of this year when the KTM was in having a full service at a friends bike shop, I happened to spot a steel framed road bike that he was rebuilding for someone to use as a winter hack. I fell in love with the bike, and was horrified that someone could go to...