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But imagine all of the buyers pedalling around looking like a chimp riding a circus bike. Certainly be an entertaining thing to behold.

I'd still prefer a Mantis XP.

Odd how photos can give a misleading perspective of gradients. Still sorting through the photos, the three below show my 'little' tumble. It looks nothing, but after having ridden couple of miles across roots, these seemingly insignificant roots threw me off balance, and down the bank I went...

This might do a better job of explaining things than I ever could. :) http://www.pinkbike.com/news/brake-pad-information-2009.html .

One thing to check. Some Shimano discs are marked resin pads only. Presumably the disc material is possibly softer than sintered brake pad material? I run sintered for the most part, but switched back to resin two weeks ago. The sintered pads didn't like the first nine mile down hill run of the...

Back from Switzerland, and I'm already planning next years trip. I'm about to write a short article about the trip and how the bike performed etc, but what I will say is that any doubts that I previously had about the Bosch motor, are now well and truly left behind. The bike was equally as...

It's like banging your head sgsinst s wall here. How many timed fo have to ssy in place. Myoriginsl point wss thst Dave is speaking utter bull **** by saying that a legal pedelec could not make a 30% gradient hill. It was he that conviently broke the whole of my original linked ride down to be...

Dave, I said 50% in places. The first section rise is also 1,683' over 1.7miles.

Certainly no shortage of base jumpers here. :)

Thought thst my time had come tonight. A tree saved me from falling several hundred metres. I lost my phone though, and spent about half an hour slowly climbing down a bank to find it. All because I got lost! Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/346796344

More to the point, get it muddy and post up the photos. The more e-mtb off rod users the better. Enjoy the bike. :)

Dave, there is nothing wrong with the states of the rides. Taking the section from Lauterbrunnen to Wegnen, it zig zags it's way up beside the near verticle cliffe face, and all cycle guides state that it is not a recommended climb route, and also state that extreme caution is to be taken when...

Just for the record, the above sweeping statement is not true. My Bosch powered bike has been effortlessly climbing gradients of up to 50% this week. Also look at the elevation gains. The rides have been ridden with a mix of mainly eco and tour, along with a couple of minutes of the sport...

Plenty more climbing this evening, with very scary down hill thrown in for good measure! Ride on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/346040757 Some of the down hill sections were tarmac, with fine gravel spread over the top. I also had the rear of the bike try to overtake the front end a...

They fell flat on their face by not responding to either email, phone, or pm requesting info and answers to questions/input in relation to gearing and reported possible software issues concerning odd power delivery characteristics. I'm afraid that for me, if a dealer can't be bothered with...

Rotwild 29ner hardtail 17.8kg. They would need a change of UK agent before I'd even begin to think about one.

I still can't get the hang of using this phone to add photos, and even viewing the forum is pretty crap with half the view missing, so just another link of a short evening ride. I cut the ride short after meeting a ranger at the end of the official mtb route. Best not go upsetting the locals.:)...

I've just gone up in size from 700mm to 725mm and also gone from flat to 35mm rise. I still need to shorten the stem by roughly 50mm, but tension in my neck and shoulders has now gone, and the bike feels better on descents. I was concerned that the front would become light on climbs, but today's...

Got about as high as I could on that ride. Possible elbow fracture aside. Nine miles of down hill, is pretty knackering. :)

If the link works, here is the first ride of the holiday, which also goes to show the bull about battery range. One bar remaining after a nine mile, near on 5,000ft climb. I used the minimum that I could for the climb. Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/344274116 Sadly I am struggling to...