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I was expecting "never ride alone" to be on the list. Or is that too soft? Igloo building skills?

The poor sod has to work for a living at some time!

Why fix what isn't broken? It seems to be working just fine right now. I'm guessing that you might not get much for a 4 year old emtb, so why not run it until the motor/battery etc becomes unreliable then either replace them or sell the bike for parts. But I do recognise the allure of a...

Welcome to the Forum! :) That is a hell of an upgrade to your wife's Norco hardtail!!!

I have seen some deep snow scenes on "Pic of the Day" and read about temperatures of -15 (it's never clear with the Yanks and Canucs whether they mean degF or degC, but either way it's still 'effin cold!). I'm sure that one Finnish guy posted of riding in -30degC!!!! Now that IS cold. It...

Every Slime product I have seen is fluorescent green. When left overnight, there were always "witness" marks on the tyres where a puncture had taken place. Sometimes it was a small, green dot, but mostly it was a small damp spot. Sometimes I persuaded myself that I could see a black dot at the...

Respect! My plan is to be still riding my emtb when I'm 90; only 18 years and 4 months to go! Great, what a thing to look forward to, more than 18 years on an emtb - they might be hoverbikes by then! I'd rather go out in a crash than in my sleep in a chair dreaming about "the good old days". :)

And (for the benefit of others), Slime does not go "off" like latex sealants. So, unless you lose some through punctures, you never need to top up. :) PS: Sorry to be picky, but you are sure to have had some punctures, maybe even many punctures, but you have experienced no flats. A happy...

Did you inflate the fork in stages, compressing the fork half a dozen times between each step? How to do it should be in the manual. Also on YouTube.

Buy a new chain and see if it runs with the cassette (cluster). It will probably run on the bike stand, maybe even on the street. But the test will be if it runs on the trail when you put some power through it. If it does, all well and good. If it doesn't then you need a new cassette as well...

Not just me then! :)

Is it just me, or is that third pic posted by @Plummet really scary? :oops: Or is just the angle?

If the tyre is not tubeless or tubeless ready (TLR) just make sure that you use a latex sealant. The latex sealants seem to seal the carcass so much more quickly and do a better and longer lasting job than the non-latex sealants. The only downside of latex is that it goes off and ends up as a...

That's good to know, but I will confirm it with my bank next time I'm passing the branch (if it's still there!)

I used to be a very keen sailboarder, but those days are behind me now. I wish that I could say the same about my back problems. :(

They might leave your account instantly, and maybe even arrive instantly if the other guy's bank is the same as yours, but what about different banks? My own bank does not guarantee that the transfer will happen even the same day if it is not their bank the funds are going to. I too have not...

Poke around on eBay every day for a week or so beforehand, looking at the sort of bike you will be selling. This to establish what sort of prices people are asking, what sort of effort being put into descriptions etc. Then on Friday, eBay will send you deals for sellers. They will be things like...

It's following the van 2500m up the side of the volcano that might be the problem! :giggle:

That's what I said. Like you, I calculated it on the difference in diameter of the gears. I knew that difference was accurate. But what I didn't bother checking was how this affected how much closer to the ground the mech came. Was it the same distance lower or a little bit different? :unsure:

I was on hols in Tenerife last week (nice!) I came across a bike hire place in Los Christianos that had a load of emtbs and mtbs. Except it wasn't bike hire it was guided rides/tours. It looked like a professional operation. The emtbs were Levos. Anyway, in I went and asked the usual...