yeah I have emailed SJS as they out of stock!!!

Shame there isnt an alloy replacement!

yes in my landrover that weighs 2.78 Tonne – but not on a 50lb bike…

-2.60 for ebay and a little more for pay pay.

All of my full sus non ebikes are under 25lbs and there is no way a ebike will ever go that low.

I got my first emtb this year Moterra LT1 which I have now done 150 miles based on short 2 hour rides.

it is completely different to a non e-mtb so all the comparisons to a non e-MTB are silly and also manufacturers using the same parts at normal mtb is silly.

My 30 year history of MTB I learned how to get my bikes low weight and easy to climb – but all that methodology doesnt apply to E-MTB.

The bottom line is that ebikes go uphill 3 times faster than non emtb, which keeps the average MPH in the 15-18 range instead of the 9-10 average.

On Saturday I rode mine up the Cheddar Gorge 16 MPH all the way apart from really steep section when I dropped to 12MPH – Even road bikes cant keep up with on steep hills – and I am running 4KG wheels/tires.

in 150 miles I have worn 1 chain out, and on saturday I broke the rear mech lever off – as rocks fly up when you are climbing on rocky loose tracks,

So in 5 years I want Emtb to be tougher and more like a Motor cross bike with tougher heavier wheels and tires!

Porsche parts are not expensive – thats a myth – I have been running a 944S for 12 years and I can say VW parts (like for like) are more expensive – yes I have had a VW for 8 years too.

I agree with the OP we live in a claims culture that those of us with morals are boggled by – and those with out morals exploit.

I once worked with a retired policeman who regularly walked into moveing cars to claim off thier insurnce and Disability Allowance also!!

Kick her out and get a lodger

Mind you I grew up in the Midlands in the 80s before “austerity” was a thing and everyone lived hand to mouth.

We all knew that if you left anything unlocked it would be lifted

I had a wheel stolen from my first car and then the rear light lenses were stolen!

Where I lived even fruit and veg shops had solid steel shutters just to prevent the glass being smashed

When I was a PC I arrested, OAPS stealing chickens from Tesco’s and neighbours burgling each other, I even caught a thief while on foot patrol when I saw him trying to pry open a cash register he had just stoen from a chip shop!!!

At the very least the shop should have something like this:

So I have zero sympathy for the bike shop owner with £250K of stock proected by a peice of glass.

I this one?

Unless you can remove all the dirt from your chain after every ride you are simply grinding your chain away.

Think about sharpening a tool on a wet stone – the same goes on if you oil a filthy chain –

On expensive gear it is worth cleaning back to new after every ride – this makes it last for years.

but on a commuter – you are just going to have to replace the chain every couple of hunded miles or leave it and replace cassette/chain rings and chain as the worrn chain will ruin everything else.

My brompton uses 3 chains a year.

But my 2008 Heckler XTR is on its original everthing

Revolution long overdue

When I was in the Police we had a portraits of the queen up everywhere and had to swear an oath of allegiance, enforced, regardless of your views on unelected overlords.

What Method was used this case?

“reasonable force” only really applies to Section 1 offences – stones on the windows doesnt even register

There is plenty you can do

firstly check where you want to live on this :

https://www.police.uk/gloucestershire/FA9/crime/

It will load on my town but you can change it to yours – all we had in May was sexual violence.

find someehere with zero or very low crime

Sell up and move there

Simples

Dont do it to me cos I will get arrested and you will be in hospital

I have also used my airshot to clean out my sunroof drains!

if you are using anew folded tire- mount it on a spare rim with inner tube for a few days- so that the bead gets into shape.

if you are using mavic ust rims and decent clean tire with stans juice – a track pump will suffice.

but if that fails – airshot – but you still might need to compress the tire to get it started..

I love doing it!

Can we get the OP to do an IQ test to take this comedy to the next level…….

Shall we start the bidding at my embarrasing 129

#Velo – I think mine are 3.30 hubs – the only trouble I had with the rims was the tires would burp off at 40PSI,,  but so long as i keep them at 30psi – they are fine.

I have never had that problem with mavic ust rims – but I think the stans are lighter than SLR!!

If you are still thinking about alcohol and posting about it – then your problem is still there.

When you have gone a year without even thinking about alchol – then you can claim bragging rights.

study this:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles

The interactive map is my favourite – hospital admission – alcohol specific – under 18’s is 27 per 100K so that 100 kids per year presenting with throat/mouth/stomach cancer !!! (in my town)

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles/data#page/8/gid/1938132984/pat/6/par/E12000004/ati/102/are/E06000015

yeah the title can be changed to

Beware riders with a learning disability

and remember there are mentally vulnerable riders out there.

Yep 44T big ring and 11T rear spins out at about 32MPH

you wont know what I am talking about if you have only ever ridden a 1X

Lets phrase the question differently:

Can I hit a kerb square on, seated on a 3″ tire HT and expect the tire to soak it up just like Rear suspension would?

I am bored of club group rides as I still use a triple chainset and for the same effort (road sections downhill on the way home) I am doing 30mph and 1X riders disapear in my rear view!, so I have to park up and wait for everyone to catch up!  call that progress!!!!! makes me mad..

I like getting older 26er full sus bikes and using XTR and crossmax SLR on them

I recently did a yeti 575 for £700 – which ended up with Stans Alpine wheels – and its a rocket bike.  back in the day this would have been an obscene amount of money and do you know what, it rides like new!

what did did he break – his neck?

London and cycling with 1000’s of other riders – have you just had a labotomy?

I couldnt think of anything worse.

My commute from Paddington to The Tate is enough, even when they are changing the guard at that massive council house, I would rather be in my local hills.

How come no one has mentioned the new car that DYSON is creating?

Fire roads – muddy rutted, cracked byeways (think clay and flint – fast in the summer but slippery when wet).

Going Down I dont like to use brakes and I am happiest at 30-40mph

Going up is important to – I am not a spinner and if I can get up in big ring, I will (yes all my bike has triple chainsets on them)

I work on the basis that unless my chain looks brand new it is dirty and will be grinding itself and the cassette and sprocket down.  if you oil a dirty chain you are lubricating the grinding effect.

Also you cant see the dirt inside the chain.

so after every ride I remove the chain and soak it in petrol over night and then clean the rings and cassette – removing them also if I cant them looking like new.

I should add I only do this on my XTR bikes – the pub bike just get oil on the dirt.

you could use 2 chains one on and one soaking and then swap them after each ride – this would be better than 12 a year!

SOLVED

It is a M7X1.0mm (LH) – I used my metric thread file to confirm.

1st I tried a tap – but they are not really designed for this purpose so that didnt work

2nd I tried a bolt and i cut 2 small slots into the threads – this went in first time and after a few times in and out the new spoke went in and tensioned up perfectly.

Wheel saved :) – this one was a right nail when I got it (previous french owner!!)

Bent spoke- replaced

All spokes seized – had all of them out and cleaned, lubed and greased the nippled contact area on the spoke. – only 2 snapped and had to be replaced.

3 new bearings

Pawls/springs out – cleaned- regreased

Spoke hole ruined – valved sealed with hot melt glue!

So it looks tatty but should be servicable – its being tensioned and trued today and if it is ok – I will give it its missing stickers!

with the 1.80 bonty on it is very light!!!! 1.45KG

Its really simple

In society we have set of rules which are there to keep us safe.

To particiapte in this society members must abide by those rules.

If I choose to ignore societies rules then I forfiet my right to live in that society.

So capital punishment does have a place where guilt can not be in doubt.

ON th flip side it costs £45K per year to keep people locked up – so cages are a great idea.

Prison is not a deterrent – its a criminal/Islamist university or terror and crime.

Dont forget they are paying 40% tax on everything over 46K to 150K and then 45% so thats

£104K @ 40% = £41K tax

£200K @ 45% = £90K tax

That should keep a Reaper Drone in air for about 30minutes!

FFS when you have paid for you car – enjoy it – you finally own it and do the servicing and repairs yourself – then reward yourself, by spending the money you didnt hand over to a garage, on bike bits.

I am planning on getting an ebike just to see what it I can do on it –

1 Make it to the top of some hills that I have never managed all the way up and even fit riders with carbon rims cant ride all the way up!

2 Overtake everyone on MTB events like HONC and 3 Castles…..and be in the top 5 to get back first!

3 Tow my kids trailer bike without it feeling like I am going uphill on a 6 mile climb- when I am going slowly round the local parks

I would be “excommunicated” use it on club rides!

As I have never used a 40lb bike – whats it like? – does it lift with you when you bunny hop obstacles (clipped in of course)

For trail riding fast and hard I dont think a hard tail would last long – so it would have to tubeless or I would be getting snake bikes every 10 mins – ( clay and flint trails)!!

Sometimes (I mean now) I wish Hitler had not invaded Russia and instead invaded UK and settled with Russia and USA.  We certainly wouldn’t be in this mess.

Not sure but 26″ wheels would be too big – is there a 20″ wheel MTB for the vertically challenged?

FORGET Buying a bike – just hire one once you get there.  this way you dont have to worry about what happens to your rims or brakes and you can fly there easy peasy!

the first time I went I drove a took my bike – but after 2 days I put it away and hired the latest downhill cannondale! and had the blast of my life, I took it back to the shop each evening and they cleaned and serviced it ready for the next day!

I have been bavck 3 times now and Fly Hire is defo the way to go

I had to butcher the front under saddle trim to allow the flappy lever to go far enough to operate.

I think the eten are a load of rubbish  – I suppose you get what you pay for.

Not to me – the last 3 ops I have had have all been on Cigna or Bupa – 1 of them was in a NHS hospital – but I only had to wait 3 days!

NHS for Emergency medicine and the helicopters +  Mental Health and Disabled Patients

Everyone else can take out insurance

you need ergon grips – I have been using them for 12 years and have them on all my bikes – even my brompton.

you have to adjust them just right though and also readjust depending on what gloves you wear, but get it right – like me- and you will be ergon dependant, but hey ho!

we deliver Easter eggs straight after Boxing Day

No wonder obesity is raging like the plague – i suppose they wouldn’t stock it unles all the FB’s didnt buy the crap.

I want to go to a neolithic camp site where we camp in round houses and eat grains/rsabbits and only drink beer. how did it come to this!

No Diesel engines were invented 100 years ago, lets wait until manufacturers catch up with WW2 uboat technology which is only a mere 70 years old