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Meet at 10:00 am ready-to-ride, Sat 15th Jun by the right side of the cafe veranda, overlooking the big field. The postcode for Sherwood Pines is NG21 9JL, but ignore the sat nav when you turn off the public road and just follow the signs for the car park. Your reg no will be scanned on the way...

@Bones I didn't even think they were for sale until you asked if they were free. I had assumed that @fitlikemike was just enthusiastic about his new purchase!

A bit like old girlfriends? Bike nostalgia. Ah yes, I remember it well.

@November Bravo Thanks for the info, fascinating stuff. Ref the £10m budget cut, I heard from £24 down to £14m, hence the £10m. The subsequent maths that I did in my head while we were chatting about who that cut was shared amongst led to me believe that Pines had a £1m budget cut, the maths...

No surgery about it, just "removed" will be sufficient! Preferably with a large five-fingered claw! :eek: :)

Once I worked out that the speed in Walk mode depended upon what gear I was in, I have had no further problems with Shimano Walk mode (e8000 or EP8). The biggest problem is an expected one, that of wheel spin. I just lean on the saddle. I frequently find that the bike tows me up the hill. One...

Probably Bosch Gen 2, got moisture, crap pressurized water. All this is prevented by the Mudstop accessory seal cup, on the right side of the shaft.. The color of the grease is blue, Bosch uses white vaseline in that part. I have 14,000 km, no problems. That was from Google Translate. If it...

@localone If you are going downhill and not pedalling, the motor does not assist you anyway. But if you came to an uphill bit and you couldn't carry the speed, if you had left the motor on, then it would be immediately available. Less drama, more fun. With my first emtb, I played around with...

The cure for nettle rash is dock leaves. I'm sure we all have known that since we were kids. But I was taught a new technique by an MTB skills instructor called Tony Doyle (known to his fans as "Jedi"). The technique amplifies the effectiveness of the dock leaves. Crush the dock leaves in your...

Then add back in the bit you've cut off! Magic links are just that, magic!

It's not about the gears, it's about the strength in your legs or the wear and tear on your knees. When arthritis first struck my knees, I went from a 36 driving a 36 to a 30x51 and still struggled on the same trails! I went down the medication route, painkillers, anti-inflammatories, physio...

@Sander23 That's a new one! It had never occurred to me not to cut a chain to the correct length just because it was an expensive one. PS: You don't have to throw away the bit you cut off, keep it in your pack for when you damage the chain. Doing so has saved me many a time from a walk home...

It's a calculated risk. You will be balancing one thing against another. You know how and where you ride better than anyone else.

I don't have a Haibike, so this is generic advice. The end of the battery that you push in first may have the connections at that end. Are you certain that the connections have been made and that you have not inadvertently bent one of the connectors, thus preventing the battery from properly...

There are at least six different ways to do it, but for all of them, you need to fully compress the rear suspension to check that the any rearward movement of the axle during compression does not overtighten the chain. If you don't, a deep compression might rip the mech clean off. I do this...

On my first night ride I followed a new riding buddy, using his bar light. He had a helmet and a bar light. He detoured through the grounds of a stately home. We were going down one of the paths when we approached what looked like the columns at the start of a flight of steps. My bar light...

I can't be the only one thinking of Trigger's broom!

A more subtle and hence harder for the thief to see would be a 7" spike that launches through the saddle, unless disarmed. Just don't forget to disarm it before riding it yourself! :eek: I saw a USA video made by some students who left a trick bicycle for people to steal. It had a counter...

I was chatting to the head Ranger (a very keen emtb and mtb rider) on my last ride out. He confirms that Forestry England had nothing to do with clearing the NCB area. He believes that those doing the clearing must have been given specific instructions to leave it like that, probably to keep out...

Avoid e13 freehubs. I thought that their 5-year warranty on the wheelset indicated confidence in their quality. I was wrong. The freehub failed at typically 710 miles interval. I had three freehubs fail on me, the last one while a buyer was test riding the bike! On each occasion, the tech guy...