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It was a bit selfish of the cabbie to just drive off like that. He must have heard the thud?

If I can be any assistance during your Devon/Cornwall sections , get in touch. Will PM my details.

Sorry, at first I read that as 'Colin Furze is your mum', which is the best peice of spurious abuse I have ever been insulted with. But I agree, he's almost certainly the man for this.

I was in Spain a few weeks back, and I hired a car. I paid the excess on the insurance, so they could not possibly rip me of for damage. When I asked them for booster seat for my son, they wanted 80 euros! For 7 f@!ck#ng days! For a cushion! I told them to jog on, and purchased one in the...

Sounds like a challenge. D8veh? Cwah?

I'm in Hayle, Cornwall for the night, so I brought the Trek Bruiser backpack bike with me. In the estuary there is a half mile spit that goes nearly to the mouth, and on it a track that you can ride to the rocks at the end. As with most of Cornwall on a Monday night, I was the only one there.

I have a cheap £5 garage job, and an old SLA battery in a toolbox, with a switch. It's really good, and will put 60psi into my tires, no problem. Also, very handy for my trailer/boat trailer/etc.

I think I rode the Tornado at the Eden Project event last year. I liked it a lot. If I were in the market for a ready built bike, that's the one I'd go for - the BPM motor has a great reputation. Edit: Does anyone know if Kudos will be at the Bristol Event this year?

I don't have a copy, and I've never read it, but I've heard that the awesomely titled "Zinn and the art of mountain bike maintenance" is very good.

Slicks are no problem on the road, no matter how wet.

A new chain is £10, and takes 10 mins to fit, although you might need a chain breaker (£5 from ebay)

Agreed, cheap bikes require a lot more tinkering. It's normally the brakes that require the most effort. A friend asked me to have a look at his bike the other day. It was new, and just needed setting up. I was shocked to discover plastic brake levers, plastic brake arms, and plastic crank...

CL, With regard to maintenance, I did a quick Google to see if there was a half decent book on the market. Made me chuckle when I found "Zinn and the art of mountain bike maintenance", but as far as I can tell it's a very well regarded book. At c. £15 I would think it'd pay for itself the...

I'm not full of electricity. If I was ther'd be no room left for beer and chips.

Here's what I did with mine. This way I can drop it into any of my bikes to see whats going on. All my batteries have Anderson powerpoles.

A cheap multimeter is what you need. £5 should cover it. Toolstation do a good one, or eBay. One like this: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/141093479832?nav=SEARCH

80kg? Surely not?

Mines on the rear. You always have to find a piece of thing to pad it out with, and I 've always fitted them with about 6mm gap.

I had a controller get so hot that the ink on the sticker melted and came off. That was because of those crap bullet connectors failing, but it got very hot. I was glad it was seprate from the battery.

Cantilever brakes are where I draw the line. V brakes is the bare minimum I will accept for a conversion. It may be possible to add V brakes, but you might need new levers.