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I volunteered at the Barnard Castle control of the London Edinburgh London audax. The first riders reached us about midnight, having left London at 7am - about 240 miles. A handful stopped for only 30 minutes before pushing on to the next control on the other side of the Pennines. Being...

Mine came from Rose. Not cheap including carriage but you might see one or two other goodies you want. http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/products/bike-parts/tyres-and-inner-tubes/inner-tubes/?page=2#anchor_products

Still the same one he had in post one I expect.

Still difficult to work out why such a bolt would be used. Access from the outside could be achieved with an ordinary bolt. Perhaps the threaded bit of the swingarm has to be on the outside for some reason. I'm still not too impressed with a fixing for a pivot that relies on Loctite to stop...

I'm lucky to have been almost universally accepted by the group of ordinary cyclists I now ride with most weekends. That's partly because they are mostly middle-aged men - and women - who have the maturity not to be bothered what others ride. I can be quite a nice bloke when I try hard, and I...

Which, in my non-technical parlance, is a lot of grunt. Anyone wanting more should buy a petrol moped.

Or if money is no object: http://en.r-m.de/load/

Wise words - as usual - from Flecc. Like them or not, car makers are expert salesmen. If a workshop manual would sell one more car, that is what they would give away as a brochure. The brochures are packed with arguably pointless lifestyle pics because that is what works.

B&Q sell small craft knives - basically a short plastic handle with a narrow razor blade moulded into the end. They are almost flat and light, easy to stash on a bike. The blade comes with a push on plastic guard. My guard is taped on after it came off inside the pannier bag and I plunged my...

Also d8 comes at this from a kit background where buyers are inevitably a bit more interested in technical details. Buyers of complete bikes generally are not.

While was I playing with that old Gazelle in the bike shop I saw a couple of sales of ordinary bikes. Both were quite quick. A guy bought a hybrid to replace one that was stolen - he was chuffed he could still get the same size and model so bought it on the spot. A younger man bought a £500...

Col is spot on, the majority of prospective ebike customers could not give a toss about all the technical stuff. It is disingenuous for Trex and d8 to criticise Col for knowing his customers. Just because you are super interested in something, don't assume everyone else is.

Dave, It's what we Bosch owners call proper cycling - throttles are for mopeds. To be serious, I find the terrain varies enough to stand while freewheeling, which is fine for reducing bottom pressure. At one time, I would have liked a throttle for a breather from pedalling. But as I get a...

I have two Bosch bikes and the OP's sounds dog rough in comparison. Then a safety related bolt fell out. It's not the first time we've heard of problems with a Haibike. I am coming to the conclusion they are not all they are cracked up to be.

I carry one of the GAADI tubes from Rose. Never had to use it, but I think their butted end is superior to the Cobra one which I believe overlaps, risking friction punctures inside the tyre. One thing to remember, carry a sharp blade to slice the old tube to get it out. Unless you remove the...

Putting a presta tube in a rim drilled for schrader is not ideal. It may work, but there's a greater risk of flex and tear off.

I had a look at a couple of Cube hybrid ebikes in a shop. Nice machinery, reminded me of my Rose. There may be a cheap and nasty German ebike, but I've yet to see one. I also like Gringo's four wheels and tyres solution. Having mountain bike tyres for trail riding will make a vast difference...

Something like that, but don't worry about it - the motor will stop turning before it damages itself. In any case, you will be a wheezing wreck by that stage. But I don't think it will happen as you will be able to get up the hills in your area one way or another. Either of the woosh bikes...

D locks can be breached by putting a jack inside the D. So you use the smallest one possible and bolt it to something as big as possible to leave no room for a jack. If I am only stopping for a drink, I use a lot less secure cable lock. But I only stop where I can keep an eye on the bike, and...