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I had a 500AH Bosch PowerPack stolen about a year ago - the lock mechanism was vandalised, thankfully the bike only suffered cosmetic damage. The battery is the frame-mount type, not the newer PowerTube. I have made some attempts to get a replacement, but currently to no avail. I've found a...

I had a 500W/Hr Bosch battery ripped out of my Scott bike recently. I will file a crime report and I've sent a note to the LBS where it was bought. It would be great to know that, if the battery is plugged into Bosch upgrade equipment at an authorised repair centre, that the serial number would...

I've posted a few times on this board to help with getting slimed tyres how I want them for my Scott full-suspension bike. Thanks to all previous respondents for their patient help. I have now got inner tubes to fit the 27.5"+ 2.8" semi-fat tyres. It turned out that Evans sell the right ones...

I am need of new crank bolts, as I have had a number of bolts work their way loose, and am trying to work out what bolt I need. The plethora of options online is not making it easy, and I am not aware of any local shops that carry what I need (Halfords and Evans don't stock them, and aren't all...

I've been a long-standing customer of C&B Seen, who readers may recognise as a UK distributor of relatively cheap Chinese cycle lights. I have had such a bumpy ride with their products for some years that I wanted to write about it, and to see if mine was an isolated sequence of poor luck, or...

I have a Macina Action 29 which is around 4.5 years old. I bought it from Col on this 'ere forum, and it's still going strong - approaching 10,000 miles - the odometer is a few weeks shy of all zeroes! Unfortunately, some cheeky miscreant stole the rear wheel the other day, turning it into a...

I am currently struggling to find the inner tubes I want online. They're for my Scott E-Genius 730 MTB bike. The spec is: 27.5"+ wheels 2.8" semi-fat width Presta valve only (Schrader won't fit the wheels) Pre-slimed or with removable valve cores In the past I have picked up Kenda tubes, but...

I was unlocking my KTM e-bike the other day, and an older gentleman stopped to admire it. We had a nice chat, and he said that he had difficulty getting about, and would be interested in whether motorised transport might be able to help him too. He walks with a stick, quite slowly. He said he...

Hi all I have a well-used Ave XH3 that has rather seen better days. It's five years old, and still works! However, it also has: some scratching on the bodywork as a result of road accident a lot of battery sag in the original battery a liquid crystal leak in the display a need for some...

I've bought a new full-sus eMTB (more about that in another post) and it has "semi-fat" tyres of a 2.8" width, standard 27.5" diameter. The bike will be around 21kg. I am considering getting a small floor-standing bike stand, like this one. Has anyone any experience of using this sort of stand...

I am still running my KTM Action Macina 29 hardtail MTB, having now completed around 6.7K miles, and broadly it is still a great ride. However for the last 6 months or so I have been experiencing a loud clicking noise coming from the front of the bike, and I am scratching my head as to what it...

Whilst noodling around the web and doing some window shopping, I spotted a cycle firm in the Midlands called "Race Co Cycles". They're in Stourbridge and claim to have a stock of 300 bikes. They seem to have a lot of leccy bikes too, but I don't recall anyone mentioning them here before. Do they...

Hi all I'm looking to travel from Birmingham to Scotland shortly - the island of Islay specifically - and am planning on taking my trusty KTM hardtail by train. I went to Arran two years ago with the same bike, via Carlisle and Kilmarnock, and was asked whether I had cycle reservations for the...

One of the things I like about the e-bike community is that we seem to get a good number of reports of shops willing to go the extra mile or three in the name of looking after customers. I expect I am not the only one to have great, on-going, completely undeserved service from Martin and Mike at...

I've bought quite a few sets of Shimano single-sided pedals, and I'm replacing them every time for exactly the same reason: bearing failure in the right-hand side. They get "crunchy", both in terms of their feel and how they sound! I would guess this is because I am right-foot dominant and so...

I have a friend whose parents have purchased an electric bike or scooter from a UK auction sale, paying £250. They intend to keep it just for holiday usage whilst in France. The bike looks to be in good condition, but when they got it home they found it did not have a battery. I'll put some...

I'm still running a KTM Action Macina 29 (2014 model with Performance drive and Intuivia display) and have now done 4300+ miles. Aside from a couple of hiccups I've been extremely happy with it. It's probably around 18 months old now, so could probably do with a bit of TLC. Last year I...

I've been on my new Action Macina 29 for around 10 months, and it's purring along nicely mostly coping well with the daily use it gets. As usual I could do with fixing problems before they occur, rather than leaving them be: the chain, now having done 2K miles, is really tatty and stretched, and...

Hi all I've a KTM Action Macina 29, 2014 model I believe, fitted with the Bosch ActiveLine central drive system. It has given me eight months or so of fairly trouble-free riding, but as of yesterday I seem to have a problem with the control panel. The battery was about half-charged, and I made...

I've recently purchased a KTM Macina Action 29 (and, as is my custom, I'll write a review article in due course, for interest and edification - broadly it gets a thumbs up!). I took it for some light off-road recently and acquired slow punctures in both wheels, probably caused by thorns; I...