I was finding it impossible to use the Shimano e-tube app from my Android device. It wouldn't connect no matter what I tried.
Eventually, I borrowed a friend's iPad to set up my machine the way I wanted it.
The other day I idly wondered if the big S had yet debugged this problem, so I deleted...
First proper long distance ride to 2020 metres up into the Spanish Sierra Nevadas above my home here in the Alpujarras, enabled by the purchase of a spare battery giving me 1008 wH on my beautiful looking and beautifully capable Vitus VSR Sunset.
I actually laughed out loud from the joy of...
The most negative thing I have to say about my new Vitus E-Sommet VRS Sunset is the feeble battery range. Completely inadequate for my style of riding which is 4-5 hours on steep long trails anything up to 3,000+ metres.
So, prior to getting my local mechanic to give me a boosting...
Some variations:
"At what?" (Being as how I'm an Electric Mountain Biker doing some, er, electric mountain biking).
"Yeah and you're walking."
"Sorry, did I ask for your opinion?"
"Shove it, limpy."
"Want a tow?"
"Not my fault you can't afford one."
Or just whack it into "Boost" and pelt...
What a long way we've come.
Buying my new Vitus VSR got me thinking about my first ever mountain bike that I bought way back in 1991 - a Marin Pine Mountain.
My first upgrade was a pair of those new-fangled fancy suspension fork thingies.
At the time, Rockshox Judys seemed to be the in-thing...
Almost faultless service from Wiggle. Bike arrived in perfect condition and bang on schedule. Box undamaged.
Free tools not included, though. Instead I got a "cable not removable" charging unit that needed a Europlug adapter. There was a pointless inclusion of two extra cables with one UK plug...