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Well they employ about 400 musicians and have 5 orchestras and get funded to the tune of about £4 billion by forced taxation for an entertainment service. So it wouldn't actually surprise me if they did employ that number of reporters to be honest. Didn't they used to have hundreds of people...

The expensive ebikes are more performance bikes its like buying a Ferrari or McLaren, a nicer experience with a bit more power but much more complicated with reliability issues. A hub motor ebike is more like a Toyota Corolla, a bit more boring and not as powerful but dependable and simple to...

They bought an ebike for £11k and are willing to let it go for whatever it fetches at auction (unless they have set a reserve) and they only rode it for 1000 miles. Is there a story behind this? Ebike motor problems, excessive drivetrain wear, not confident in the ebike to work correctly. You...

Looks like it's the Volt Alpine which I can find reference to all the way back to 2014. So could be a very old ebike with a very heavily used battery. The bike looks to good quality components. So this is more a old bike failing than a dangerous cheap model. Maybe that is worth thinking about...

Another useless ebike fire article with no detail and of the two images, one is a fire engine and the other is where the ebike used to be. There is a bike in the image of the fire engine but no signs of issues with it and a different location to the wall with burn marks. However to include a...

Larger wheels roll better over obstacles but thicker tyres is what provides the best suspension effect and grip. This is an ebike forum so using thicker heavier tyres is less of an issue with an ebike. Nothing wrong with 27.5" wheel size except as its a niche wheel size which is mainly for...

Need to know more about the controller and battery. It could be a home made battery or maybe a very powerful controller with an inadequate battery for it or just a very powerful home made battery with less than perfect construction. The fire seems to be on the ground so it looks like the battery...

The news report is so vague and uninformative. Yes it might do commercial damage to the brand but surely far more important to tell people the make and model and if there are any other factors? This statement suggest the cyclist was at fault "I would also urge people to follow the...

The point is you state 'no legal hub motor' will suit you but you have chosen a illegal mid-drive motor from the sound of it. Why must a hub motor be legal but a mid-drive not? No need to be abusive, while I answered some of your points I also made points related to the thread in general. Many...

You have to be so careful with Aliexpress and only use suppliers which have been on the site quite a few years and have very good feedback and reviews. A common way they misrepresent capacity is to ignore the output voltage and just state the cell capacity by the quantity i.e. 2,600mAh x 50...

Towing heavy trailers is not common use I would say for bicycles. 80Nm is not 250W output. Even so called legal Bosch motors are well over 700W to create their maximum torque they quote. Mid-drives have the greatest range of power requirements and are a real stress test for batteries. However in...

On that link why don't they clearly state the motor torque and chainring size. It would seem important parts of the spec to include. On some of the earlier Bosch mid-drive motors ebikes with hub gears the motors had lower torque motors to protect the hub gears of 40Nm but its not clear what is...

Yes I've seen many reviews of air forks compared to coil and where they suggest swopping out springs for coil forks to get the right adjustment for heavy or light riders with air forks its just a matter of pumping them up to the right level however they don't have the robustness of good coil...

I have quite a few bikes and do have Suntour, Rockshox and Marzocchi front suspension bikes but have never owned a Fox fork or an air fork. However I'd only have front suspension for a mountain bike I just don't see the point on the road except I do like a suspension seat post sometimes for more...

I used to work for a company that sold products with a eu plug either 2 or 3 pin within the UK but with a 3 pin UK plug adapter of the correct type that was securely screwed to prevent removal. That seemed to be ok and also bought a Teac amplifier from within the UK that came with a similar...

I've read many reviews of Suntour forks at different price levels and some are extremely positive about how they perform for their price point and these are seasoned mountain bikers and as you go up in price they become more tuneable to the conditions of riding. I remember seeing a Rockshox vs...

I've had a Schiano folding bike for a few years, it was sold as the Tesco folding bike, Vertigo brand I think but everything came clearly stating Schiano. I think its just a Italian bike importer the bike itself seems to be a fuji-ta model often sold as Battle in Asian markets. They are the...

Well I seem to be in the weird position of trying to defend budget suspension forks despite not being a suspension fork fan but your whole text seems to be stating high end suspension forks or nothing but many people are happy with more basic suspension forks. Suntour suspension gets more...

Wow that is the most minimal ebike display/controller I've ever seen. If the hub motor has a standard connection bafang type I guess you could get a new controller and display and a cheap third party battery. You'd need some basic electrical skills. Controller + display (probably best to buy...

So what is your opinion of sub Suntour forks like Zoom models or completely unbranded which have 25.4mm stanchions (or less), weak seals and basic elastomers perhaps only on one side or simple springs on one side. I feel like Suntour XC range and above are a huge upgrade on those.