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Nothing will cure rust. I've used all the Rust Busters stuff including the expensive two part epoxy that is used on oil rigs in the North Sea with every rust inhibitor you can name, and it will still work its way back under the paint after a year or so. This mainly with modern classic old cars...

The only reason I have a mobile phone is for emergencies when I'm out and it is almost never switched on. The idea of being available at all times for someone to witter on at me, or to walk down the street not looking where I'm going and texting, or looking a a vid as I walk like the zombie...

If you listen to him it all starts to seem a bit Pythonesque..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29166172

I'm fine with kilos and litres and am sometimes surprised when young supermarket assistants don't really know what I mean when I ask for a half kilo of cheese or something. But temperature units don't mean as much to me in Celsius as in Fahrenheit. I don't like the modern way of using...

That's true of all forums and many review sites too. People who have a good experience tend not to bother reporting it. But those who have a bad one, having been pissed off are more than happy to stick the knife in. Just human nature. I make a lot of allowance for that when I look at reviews of...

I don't know why we had to change from the old fashioned 1 in 10, 1 in 8 method to percentages anyway. When you saw a sign with Steep Hill 1 in 6 it meant a lot more to most people than the equivalent 16.5% rounded off.

He wrote that he did email in advance.

Thanks d8 that looks like the one. Seeing it off the bike the non rotation washer will be up against the smooth surface of the tensioner. So unless another washer was used between the tensioner and the frame it would be pretty hard to get good holding friction and the chain tensioner would be...

I looked at those a little while ago and I'm pretty sure they won't fit the forward sloping dropouts on my bike or Artstu's. I did see these on youtube when I was looking then too and they are designed for the Nexus with room for the non rotation washer to fit. I might try to track them down as...

Can't you fit a throttle with the Woosh kit? I had a Woosh CD with that motor which had a throttle.

I don't know how often you look here but there are a lot of threads complaining about the service of the main brands when things go wrong. The problem is the old fashioned way the warranty arrangements are left entirely up to the dealer. With the dealer being the factory customer rather than the...

Probably didn't make myself clear. I stop pedaling when changing of course, but soft pedal when resuming a part turn to make sure it's fully engaged before giving any power again.

I think it's the application of full power too quickly that causes clunking. I don't know exactly how the Nexus works but I get the impression from riding it that the change is completed upon gear rotation. So I soft pedal a part crank turn until I feel it's fully engaged before I use full power.

I think the problem is that the companies are used to making bikes and they haven't all adjusted to the slightly different needs of e bikes. The combined power of motor and rider puts more tension on the chain, and while the wheel fixing is fine for an unpowered bike it can pull it forward on an...

I wonder if that might well be the problem too. You wrote up the page that down changes resulted in loud clunks, and that must be doing damage. I find that changes with my Nexus 8 are pretty smooth and quiet. But I am deliberate and careful to feed power in slowly with soft pedaling after a...

I agree it is not the best. I saw a thread here by Alex who had terrible problems keeping his chain adjustment. He did like his chain very tight it must be said, tighter than Kalkhoff recommended. I had problems with the wheel pulling forward in the dropouts on my Agattu too at first even...

This? http://www.50cycles.com/electric-bikes/activity/agattu_premium_impulse_8.html

Can they prosecute you for speeding on a bicycle? I thought they could only charge you for furious riding. I suspect they wouldn't bother unless you were going ridiculously fast, and it was either downhill or you were on a seriously illegal e bike.

Not selling these, but the Bell has very good adjustable liners to fit several sizes depending on which lining you use. I take a 59mm hat size and the large size fits very well with the thickest padding which it came with. The medium would also fit with the thinnest padding it came with but I...

I bought a Bell Faction BMX skateboard type from the evil Amazon a few months ago. I got a plain white one not one of the technicolor yawn ones. It's fully bicycle compliant. I see they have them for £15 at the moment with free delivery which is less than I paid and has to be cheap. I had Bell...