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The key phrase from your post is your planned use - "I plan to use this as a daily driver to get to work as well as occasionally (probably weekly) to go to a bike park or a trail." It is hard enough pedalling tarmac on a 160mm travel bike with my max grip tyres (2.5"F / 2.6"R). How hard is it...

I loved my Focus Jam2. I was sorry to see it go, but I got a great price for it..... and it's only a bike (heresy!!!!)

Don't be too keen to shorten the bars, you can't saw it back on! :unsure: Give each reduction (simulated or not) a good go before deciding.(y) If you have carbon bars, tape the end first and be careful not to inhale any of the dust or get it in your eyes. :eek:

I'm using BYK Armour tape bought off eBay. Great stuff! They have a wide variety of widths, but over the years I have come to prefer the 50mm width. Wide enough to cover most jobs, but narrow enough to be manageable...

Excellent outcome! Why not get an LBS to fit it? I know from first-hand experience that it is very easy to trap at least one of the wires between the battery and the frame. In my case it manifested itself as an intermittent problem with the display cutting out and the rest of the bike with it...

Like it's an H for hearing times two ears, therefore it's a 2H. Simples! :)

Why do waterproof gloves have to be so bulky? My assumption is that the manufacturers believe that we only need them in the winter, so they add a shed load of insulation. It rains in the other three seasons and despite the rain being a bit warmer, some protection would be nice. Thin and...

Yep, Sealskinz have a good reputation for waterproof stuff (they have to be its what they do!) But in my opinion, they need to sort out their branding and their descriptions, particularly for gloves and socks (what else do they do?) For example, they have a name of glove called Dragon Eye. There...

Consider it to be your talisman!

Name and shame the dealer!

Don't let the insurance company fob you off with their choice of replacement kit from one of their "approved suppliers". They save money that way, which is a sensible thing to do for generic household goods but not something that is supposed to fit you and have specific characteristics. The same...

In winter, I used to use washing up gloves with cotton liners underneath. (On my sailboard). I must say I did look a bit of dick with my all-black wetsuit, hood and boots but with canary-yellow gloves!

I have been known to take a spare pair of gloves in my pack.

Sealskinz DragonEye. They really do work! Warning No 1: They come up slightly small. I can get them on with a bit of finger wiggling, but when removing them the lining moves slightly making re-insertion of the fingers - especially the little fingers a bit of an effort. Warning No 2: Sealskinz...

Look on @knut7 's video pages at the front of this Forum. One of his mates did it and Knut logged it.

Ground contact with the motor base must happen because I have seen posts on here about people fitting protective plates to their bikes. From memory they mostly either bought one or made one from plastic or metal. It is not a problem that I have suffered with, but on my current bike (Merida...

I have been looking at BB heights of the last four FS bikes I have been riding, all size large. Based upon these figures, the speccy flip chip seems to be in the high position; would hope so at least. YT Capra mtb, 160mm travel, 343 BB with 170 cranks. Whyte T130 mtb, 130 travel, 331 BB with...

To find that out, you could always add a 5mm thick shim to the bottom of the pedals. The extra weight there, as minimal as it would be, would at least ensure that the shim was always at the bottom. It need not be expensive, a 5mm thick piece of plywood hammered on so that the pins sink in, then...

Irrespective of whether you'd get your money back in a reasonable time, an important factor must be the software to make all the hardware actually work for you! Unless you set yourself up as a day trader, trading in energy, then you will not have the time to sit on it the whole time, switching...

Probably, but as I'm happy with where I am, I'm not prepared to pay to find out.