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Two lovely days of cycling in Rutland on Thursday and Friday last week. This picture was taken beside the River Welland Viaduct, coming out of Harringworth towards Uppingham. My Pro Connect will be 2 years old in June and it has had a number of changes along the way. Now retired, I...

The decision to cycle with a young child on board is a very personal one, needing careful thought regarding the strength, development and personality of the child, together with the quality of the cycle equipment, the confidence of the rider and the type of cycling conditions (traffic, surfaces...

Most aspects of the Torq were covered in detail on the forum during 2006/0. This year, the emphasis for hub-motorised e-bikes has moved to other makes and to the fitting of kits. With improved battery capacity and the approach of Summer, touring on an e-bike is gaining popularity. The Torq...

Most aspects of the Torq were covered in detail on the forum during 2006/0. This year, the emphasis for hub-motorised e-bikes has moved to other makes and to the fitting of kits. With improved battery capacity and the approach of Summer, touring on an e-bike is gaining popularity. The Torq...

I would welcome advice for selecting the best rim and spokes to build a new front wheel for my Torq 1. The Torq has a powerful hub motor and rim brakes (Magura HS11) in a 700C sized wheel, and seems prone to broken spokes just above the knuckle at the hub. I suspect that this is a brittle...

I have started to use one of these energy monitors from Maplin (£9-99) to measure the energy that is put back into the battery after a ride. If it shows, for example, that 400 watt-hour went through the charger to refill the battery, what is a reasonable figure for the efficiency of a charger...

Encouraged by various postings to the forum, I have now completed the addition of a 2nd battery to my 2007 Torq. Wired in parallel with the standard battery and segregated by a Schottky Diode, the objective is to have an easily removable 2nd battery to share the load in hilly terrain (or...