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Trek Powerfly, Specialized Turbo Levo HT, Cube, Haibike all make decent enough hardtails

Watching now - top tip thanks

I watched Oliver Stone's Snowden this week - really enjoyed it - if you're not too paranoid and haven't seen it, it's a worthwhile watch.

Got mine done for £15 - guessing that's a third of an hours labour.

This thread could help, thinking the same thing myself.

7% would be around 7-11 fewer beats per minute - I'm not sure that equates to 7% less effort. There's a good chance that would put you in a lower HRZ too. Personally emtbs give me 100% more exercise than analogue bikes because I don't have one :)

I bought a pair on ebay for £15 and they're pretty fast although not excessively dark, they're polarised too. I use them in the winter mainly - in summer I wear Flack Jacket regular sunnies and look good as I ride semi-blind into the woods.

You would need balls of steel.

I use eMTB almost exclusively - it's adaptive to your input and feels right to me. If I'm cruising the motor's cruising and if I'm sweating I want the motor to sweat too.

Interesting - if you could design a saddle and some grips too it could help prevent some "separation incidents" .

What was the cause of the stiction, or more importantly what was the cure?

Pull over before using your phone in future - for your own safety ;)

Yes - as mentioned above, @Doomanic posted a guide on how to align the top and bottom battery terminals which solved the issue for me and several others I believe.

Any news on how the new 85Nm update affects the Volspeed?

If it were an asset in a business, it would likely be written down at 2% per month from the price you paid. Prevailing market conditions and asset condition would determine if you win or lose against the depreciated value at the point of sale. Bikes are in short supply so you could be lucky.

My bike doesn't have a silly walk mode ;)

I would suggest it's already too late in 2020 to be concerned about personal data, unless you've been extremely cautious over tlhe last 10 years and kept your details away from Apple, Google, Samsung etc. they already have it. Governments all have access to your phone data (Edward Snowden...

If your not struggling for leg power you can drop your seatpost to lower your centre of gravity, this will help keeping the front down and the rear gripping but at the expense of pedalling efficiency /comfort.

You can hire a Levo at Cannock Chase - not exactly local but you could make a day of it.

This counter intuitive phenomenon is true for internal combustion engines too. It's more economical to power up a hill and get it over with as soon as possible, using maximum power for a minimal time rather than the green band for longer.