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When traffic is quite heavy, sudden stops by the vehicles in front are common. Bikes aren't quite as well suited to sudden stops as motor vehicles, grabbing brake levers potentially a bit slower than stomping a brake pedal, and some bike brakes often have less initial bite too. Even worse in the...

There is, they're called pickups. :p .

I did interpret that it was a wry comment Phil, just thought it worth an observation about the male dominance in wheel building I'd seen in Britain.

Ah, so that's what KTM stands for, Kill The Male. :( .

Maybe Trex isn't, gender division still seems common in the wheel building arena, all the builders I've ever seen have been male. There's a married couple in this country who build wheels for a living, I can't remember where, but the wife loosely assembles the spokes into the hub and rim and...

Indeed, the original Kalkhoff Pro Connect had Shimano 24 spoke wheels with the 8 speed Nexus gear hub in the rear that broke spokes from the outset. Shimano actually discontinued that wheel type almost immediately and the Pro Connects reverted to conventional 32 spoke wheels. With the hub gear...

Although that may have an element of truth, I remember one front hub motor e-bike which had a big problem with broken spokes, but only for some of the owners. Owners of those prone ones had a very different view! There is an element of chance as well as differing circumstances, so some...

Or take the mickey maybe?

I don't think so, the OED definitions of value are all positive, so they do intend low value to be the opposite to good value. They are of course just reporting, highlighting that historically cheap means different things to different people in differing circumstances. Cheap advantageous or...

When you've tried a few you may have queries, and that's a good time to ask to clear those queries up Frankie. But some of the thinning out you'll do when you try them, for example: When trying, some find they love crank drives, some hate them. Seeing them in the flesh, you'll find some...

I agree it's good to ask Trex, but after all that effort he's just posted this: I think he really needs to start trying some to find those he likes, rather than just finding out the many that others like. That's just confusing him.

Certainly can't be, in many ways our silliest word. Here's just two of the OED definitions of cheap: Offering good value. Of low value. Clearly a word with bipolar disorder!

A month today and 69 posts asking about various e-bikes since you joined Frankie! You could dither for ever, given the huge range of e-bikes on the market, but ultimately the right one for you is the one you like most after trying out a few. The weather is turning nice now for the Summer, try...

Put my green filter sunglasses on and take off. :)

That's certainly not necessary Neptune, the pair of Toucan crossing near to me operate instantly at all times. One crosses a dual carriageway, the second shortly after crosses a single carriageway. Those are on Kent Gate Way and Lodge Lane respectively, in the Borough of Croydon if you want to...

It's best to avoid completely emptying it always, but don't top up if you've only used a very small part of the content and you don't need the whole lot for your next run. Half used or more is a good time to charge. Basically the charge extremes are the most damaging, at very empty or as it...

A regularly asked question that has no foolproof solution. No matter what precaution you take, if you park it at the same location at the same times daily, it will almost certainly be stolen. Bicycle thieves do sometimes use vans to carry off bikes so only have to detach from street furniture...

Yes, you are right, it's pedelec only. There is an optional walk-alongside throttle that works to 6 kph, but that's at the lowest power setting so has limited usefulness.

The most waterproof of all is the Panasonic crank drive system, as I've demonstrated it can be ridden completely submerged by water with no ill-effect, either at the time or later. The handlebar unit is similarly completely sealed and the integrated battery platform mounting isn't prone to...

Boris? No hope then. :(