On your Bike
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Re: On your Bike
On the back of the token use of a few of these by the UK Police at COP26, wonder what they are like to ride.
Let's see if Electrek's Micah Toll can tell us
Regards Neil
Let's see if Electrek's Micah Toll can tell us
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Re: On your Bike
Dad, can you have a look at my brakes?
I struggled to stop earlier on....
Duly sorted out on Sunday, I'd forgotten how fiddly pads are to set up
As his commute to work is 6mi each way, up and down and he starts at midnight we started looking at ebike as he'd been left some money by recently passed MinL... ordered Monday evening 6pm, due for delivery on Wednesday but OH was out back for 5 mins and missed it. Redelivery asked for Thursday and arrived before 9am
Haibike Hardseven 4, Bosch 3, 400w battery, Shimano/Suntour, just fitting up and 2 guards to go on tomorrow
I struggled to stop earlier on....
Duly sorted out on Sunday, I'd forgotten how fiddly pads are to set up
As his commute to work is 6mi each way, up and down and he starts at midnight we started looking at ebike as he'd been left some money by recently passed MinL... ordered Monday evening 6pm, due for delivery on Wednesday but OH was out back for 5 mins and missed it. Redelivery asked for Thursday and arrived before 9am
Haibike Hardseven 4, Bosch 3, 400w battery, Shimano/Suntour, just fitting up and 2 guards to go on tomorrow
currently '06 C5 2.0 HDi auto estate Tip run and France trekker - well should be!! occupied currently by '10 Superb DSG 170 elegance- whistles and bells that work
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Re: On your Bike
Mahoosive rear guard
I think we could have got away with a standard one, but we'll cut if need be....at least his back will definitely be covered!
I think we could have got away with a standard one, but we'll cut if need be....at least his back will definitely be covered!
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Re: On your Bike
Where did you get the mudguards?
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Nice bike but is it hydraulic brakes I couldn't tell from their website, no mention of the weight in specifications either
Front mudguard looks good and as large as the rear is I bet he still gets some spray on his back ....
Front mudguard looks good and as large as the rear is I bet he still gets some spray on his back ....
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Re: On your Bike
Rear is a Muddhugger, front a Crud both readily available from most places. Muddhugger was £2 more than Amazon from LBS, they hadn't got one so Amazon for the Crud.
Tektro Hydraulics and weight I think is around 23kgs?
He probably will get spray but it's better than the one on his Carrera
Tektro Hydraulics and weight I think is around 23kgs?
He probably will get spray but it's better than the one on his Carrera
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i run mudhuggers on my bikes, they are Brilliant! well worth the money!! thje Large one is a Monster! cut a good 4" off mine on the Pink bike as it was just too long!! think i went a medium on the 29er?? few years back i lead a ride in the area using many bridleways , decent loop on aroun 20 miles, had been wet and muddy for months, when we got back had a picture in the car park , about a dozen of us, all bar one completely Gaggled in mud, one rider had front and rear Mud huggers and looked like he had Just turned up! 3 or us straight away ordered them for our own bikes!!
was down at Penwith college week before last doing a Dr Bike session with Sustrans, had an Ebike demo in the afternoon with a council lead initiative loaning ebikes to those who want to try them for commuting over a 6-8wk period without having to buy first, Great scheme, had 10 or so bikes there of all types, was a quiet day on Dr Bike so we spent most of the afternoon riding about the campus! last half hour, the 4 of us there (2 from sustrans and 2 from the council) had an Ebike 'Turbo' Grand prix around the main building! rediculously funny!! the number of staff that came and tried them did a couple of loops, first in std mode or mode 2, get a good feel for a Normal ride, then the same in Maximum mode, the faces on the return of the trubo loop where like children in a sweetshop for the first time with free reign! a lot of them lived above Newlyn, there is an infamous hill there that puts them all off riding, but after trying thr bikes around the site, they were convinced its easily doable! even the receptionist that hadnt ridden a bike in over 20 years was amazed how much fun the little folding bike was! Really great to see people taking it back up !
was down at Penwith college week before last doing a Dr Bike session with Sustrans, had an Ebike demo in the afternoon with a council lead initiative loaning ebikes to those who want to try them for commuting over a 6-8wk period without having to buy first, Great scheme, had 10 or so bikes there of all types, was a quiet day on Dr Bike so we spent most of the afternoon riding about the campus! last half hour, the 4 of us there (2 from sustrans and 2 from the council) had an Ebike 'Turbo' Grand prix around the main building! rediculously funny!! the number of staff that came and tried them did a couple of loops, first in std mode or mode 2, get a good feel for a Normal ride, then the same in Maximum mode, the faces on the return of the trubo loop where like children in a sweetshop for the first time with free reign! a lot of them lived above Newlyn, there is an infamous hill there that puts them all off riding, but after trying thr bikes around the site, they were convinced its easily doable! even the receptionist that hadnt ridden a bike in over 20 years was amazed how much fun the little folding bike was! Really great to see people taking it back up !
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Its been acting as an obstruction and something for draping stuff over for a while now, but decided to take it out for a walk/cycle today. Pumped the tyres up and off we went. Me, I am a pleasure cyclist when I fancy it, am no masochist, and don't mind getting off and walking along with it. You can see its not built for cross-country so when I hit the green lanes/rough tracks I just wheel it along and enjoy the walk.
Here's a bit of the wildlife on the "green" bits
REgards Neil
Here's a bit of the wildlife on the "green" bits
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Not on my bike today, but on your cycletrack National Cycle Network 72 Wylam Northumberland
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What are far and away been the best selling electric vehicles, with a variety and choice and innovation which grows every day? Not cars of course, e-bikes, e-scooters of all shapes and sizes.
https://electrek.co/2021/11/18/believe- ... these-are/
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https://electrek.co/2021/11/18/believe- ... these-are/
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Its been a while but it is winter so whats going on in the world of bikes. Michelin X Tweel airless tyre's for one.
Michelin showcases airless tyre for e-cargo bikes
Regards Neil
Michelin showcases airless tyre for e-cargo bikes
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The link doesn't work for me Neil?NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑10 Jan 2022, 11:54 Its been a while but it is winter so whats going on in the world of bikes. Michelin X Tweel airless tyre's for one.
Michelin showcases airless tyre for e-cargo bikes
Regards Neil
Corrected above!
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I used to ride on two wheels, but now I need all four!
I used to ride on two wheels, but now I need all four!
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Thanks Mick! Little flurry of posts after the thread had been dormant since November with my little faux pas!mickthemaverick wrote: ↑10 Jan 2022, 11:58
Its been a while but it is winter so whats going on in the world of bikes. Michelin X Tweel airless tyre's for one.
Michelin showcases airless tyre for e-cargo bikes
Corrected above!
Regards Neil
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Nearly a repair fail yesterday! One of my son's friends had gone over the bars of his (new!) MTB and ripped the front brake hose off. New one on me, not had to do a hose before, but dived in any way. All going OK till I got to the caliper bleed screw....T15, and the short end of my key is mangled (I think from the overtight bolts on the fuel filter on my 3008...). Use the long end, nope. Add a spanner extender, nope, impossibly tight. Find a T15 bit in the tool box, add short ratchet, snap the bit in half. Hmm. Remove caliper again and get it in the vice, apply some heat from hot air gun, nope. Apply more heat whilst swinging on the spanner, sudden loud crack. Fortunately it was the screw coming loose rather than stripping out. Unfortunately it made a hole in my finger and I then proceeded to bleed everywhere!
Still, we have brakes again. All good fun!! Thought we were going to be in for a new caliper for a while. Must get a new T15 bit...
Still, we have brakes again. All good fun!! Thought we were going to be in for a new caliper for a while. Must get a new T15 bit...
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That's crazy tight on a new bike ....it puts me off going for hydraulic brakes on my next bike - for what I need them to do
On my 4th Citroën Xantia (X2 HDi (110))
Citroën sAXo Memphis Mk II
Gone
Xantia x3 (2.0i TCT Activa)(2.1 TD SX)(1.9 TD Estate)
Xsara HDi VTR Coupe / Saxo 1.1i / BX 1.9 d / 4 x AX's (1.4D /1.5D)
2 x 406 (1.9 TD Estate/2.1 TD Saloon) 405 1.9 D Estate 306 1.9 XTDT Hatch
Citroën sAXo Memphis Mk II
Gone
Xantia x3 (2.0i TCT Activa)(2.1 TD SX)(1.9 TD Estate)
Xsara HDi VTR Coupe / Saxo 1.1i / BX 1.9 d / 4 x AX's (1.4D /1.5D)
2 x 406 (1.9 TD Estate/2.1 TD Saloon) 405 1.9 D Estate 306 1.9 XTDT Hatch