What did you buy your ebike this week?

[Just gan]

New motor fitted could start a raffle to guess how many miles this one will do. . Can't complain old one delivered to dealer last Tuesday new one posted Thursday and got it yesterday. Full marks to Berkshire Cycles yet again.

 

[Stihldog]

Leccy, short for electric. It's actually the Topeak one. Saw it with a small discount, so went for it.

Ah! I see …lost in translation.

“The accent is strong with this one “

 

[Just gan]

Ah! I see …lost in translation.

“The accent is strong with this one “

Modern slang not sure your wife would have heard that word in Aberdeen

 

[Stihldog]

Modern slang not sure your wife would have heard that word in Aberdeen

Her Scottish accent is very weak. She almost speaks normal-ish.

But we live in a galaxy far far away.

 

[skizzian]

I've been running Sram Maven brakes (silver & ultimate) on both of my bikes, happy with them

my Mrs runs Hayes Dominion A4 on all her bikes....


so I bought a used set of Hayes Dominion T4 to try

Dominion T4 Brake

The best just got better. The limited-edition Hayes Dominion T4 packs the power, sensitivity, and reliability the Dominion family is known for into its lightest chassis yet. Featuring a Reynolds designed and in-house produced carbon-fiber lever, titanium hardware, composite reservoir cover, pads...

hayesbicycle.com

I'm also swapping the axs dropper (on my Canyon) so fitted the Dominions at the same time....
so axs 175mm wireless dropper to Oneup v2 240mm cable dropper (secondhand on ebay)
and swapped from Canyon's internal routed headset bearing assembly to one from Easybikeparts Easybikeparts IS51 ICR Upper Headset Assembly for integrated cable rou
so hopefully easier maintance


^^ too lazy to bleed brakes and having swearing over dropper cable but.........





then I bought a secondhand set of Lewis LHT brakes (ebay Hamerika) out of curiosity.........

Lewis LHT brake 4x17mm Titanium Pistons Disc Brake

Lewis brake. Lewis mtb brakes. Lewis disc brakes. Lewis bike brakes. Lewis LHT brakes. Lewis brakes for Enduro, Downhill, All-Mountain. Patented 3 Adjustment Technologies for Leverage Ratio & Lever Reach & Bite Point. Front+Rear Brakes weight = 639g(Oil Hose included), 422g without Oil Hose...

lewisbike.shop

oops

I'd be interested to hear what you think of the Lewis brakes - the AE look like bargains

 

[Stihldog]

I'd be interested to hear what you think of the Lewis brakes - the AE look like bargains

Dale Stone (a local here) did a YouTube review on these brakes. My son-in-law installed a set. He was using some MT7’s and then Hope’s.

2 rides then sold them.

 

[skizzian]

Dale Stone (a local here) did a YouTube review on these brakes. My son-in-law installed a set. He was using some MT7’s and then Hope’s.

2 rides then sold them.

I'll see if Dale Stone has a review - I think I watched one of his on another set of Lewis brakes
thanks

 

[Just gan]

Her Scottish accent is very weak. She almost speaks normal-ish.

But we live in a galaxy far far away.

Some folk never lose their home tongue next people go away for a month and come back talking different. Changing accent we have a saying ( Tint the tongue ye were born with ). In the oil boom in Aberdeen we had Plastic Yanks they spoke like the Americans and had never been out of Aberdeen.

 

[RickBullotta]

A bell. I bought it a bell. A shiny, happy bell.

 

[Stihldog]

A bell. I bought it a bell. A shiny, happy bell.

I have a jingle-bell (red btw) on my bar. It rotates easily. I like my bear bell also.

 

[simonali19]

A bell. I bought it a bell. A shiny, happy bell.

I bought a bell and it doesn't fit. Very annoying yesterday when I met the odd grumpy walker and they whinged about me not having one. I bought a Knog and it goes from 25mm to 31.8mm. My bars go from 22 to to 35 in the middle. It was cheap but they only had that size. I now know I need the small one.

 

[Zed. (Justin is short)]

I'd be interested to hear what you think of the Lewis brakes - the AE look like bargains

I'm curious about these but as they were bought secondhand they could be a bit of a lemon

front were complete & bled - fetl good off a bike, rear was cut (as normal) so will be connected and bled then tried with external hose routing to save the hastle involved with removing / threading

not the cheapest experiment but 'for science'

 

[Stihldog]

I bought a bell and it doesn't fit. Very annoying yesterday when I met the odd grumpy walker and they whinged about me not having one. I bought a Knog and it goes from 25mm to 31.8mm. My bars go from 22 to to 35 in the middle. It was cheap but they only had that size. I now know I need the small one.

I had a similar incident. Saw a group of female hikers(8-10) on a narrow trail. I kept my distance and slowed until I could safely pass. (Less than a minute wait).

Suddenly the last female hiker saw me and DRAMATICALLY reacted. She suggested that I give her warning and use a bell. Since I could barely hear her …because of the safe distance between us…I just nodded and smiled.

Some rides are interesting …never a dull moment.

 

[Just gan]

I hot a timber bell for xmas it needs to be quite bumpy before you hear it . Dogs no problem but folk with headphones ,well that's another story.

 

[skizzian]

I'm curious about these but as they were bought secondhand they could be a bit of a lemon

front were complete & bled - fetl good off a bike, rear was cut (as normal) so will be connected and bled then tried with external hose routing to save the hastle involved with removing / threading

not the cheapest experiment but 'for science'

they look like good - nice CnC work, decent design plus they use mineral oil
hopefully not a lemon!!!

 

[Just gan]

I had a similar incident. Saw a group of female hikers(8-10) on a narrow trail. I kept my distance and slowed until I could safely pass. (Less than a minute wait).

Suddenly the last female hiker saw me and DRAMATICALLY reacted. She suggested that I give her warning and use a bell. Since I could barely hear her …because of the safe distance between us…I just nodded and smiled.

Some rides are interesting …never a dull moment.

Lots of not so nice people out there. I couldn't be any nicer even on narrow roads I stop and let cars past I'm never in a hurry. But if you ruffle my feathers stand you by.

 

[RickBullotta]

I bought a bell and it doesn't fit. Very annoying yesterday when I met the odd grumpy walker and they whinged about me not having one. I bought a Knog and it goes from 25mm to 31.8mm. My bars go from 22 to to 35 in the middle. It was cheap but they only had that size. I now know I need the small one.

Another reason to hate SRAM brakes too - the alignment of the master cylinder (too close to the bars) greatly limits mounting accessories like a bell

 

[simonali19]

So many people wear headphones now that bells are partially redundant.

 

[Stihldog]

Lots of not so nice people out there. I couldn't be any nicer even on narrow roads I stop and let cars past I'm never in a hurry. But if you ruffle my feathers stand you by.

I usually try the “Mr Nice Guy “ route. Unless they call me a Cheater.…then things get blurry and …that’s all I want to say about that.

 

[Stihldog]

they look like good - nice CnC work, decent design plus they use mineral oil
hopefully not a lemon!!!

I don’t have any personal experience with these (Lewis) brake systems. Only feedback from my son-in-law and a comprehensive review from Dale Stone. He may have 2 reviews for these brakes.

The feedback I received from my son-in-law was not good. But I didn’t install them or use them.

 

[skizzian]

I don’t have any personal experience with these (Lewis) brake systems. Only feedback from my son-in-law and a comprehensive review from Dale Stone. He may have 2 reviews for these brakes.

The feedback I received from my son-in-law was not good. But I didn’t install them or use them.

I'd be interested to know more feedback.
I've been going around in circles deciding if and what, with going to a different set of brakes
they might not be the wisest choice just in terms of spares
but the price is good (and the colour )

 

[simonali19]

I had a similar incident. Saw a group of female hikers(8-10) on a narrow trail. I kept my distance and slowed until I could safely pass. (Less than a minute wait).

Suddenly the last female hiker saw me and DRAMATICALLY reacted. She suggested that I give her warning and use a bell. Since I could barely hear her …because of the safe distance between us…I just nodded and smiled.

Some rides are interesting …never a dull moment.

I had a bit yesterday where a group of dog walkers were completely blocking the path and the grass verges either side having a group chat. I slowed right down while they gathered the dogs and made a gap for me to ride through. Then, as I passed by one of the women shouted "You're welcome!" because I didn't thank them for unblocking the path.

She obviously missed the fact that, had they not been completely blocking the way in the first place, they wouldn't have needed to move, the very reason I didn't bother saying thank you!

 

[VWsurfbum]

For me, on the bike when I head to Morzine in a few weeks

 

[skizzian]

I had a bit yesterday where a group of dog walkers were completely blocking the path and the grass verges either side having a group chat. I slowed right down while they gathered the dogs and made a gap for me to ride through. Then, as I passed by one of the women shouted "You're welcome!" because I didn't thank them for unblocking the path.

She obviously missed the fact that, had they not been completely blocking the way in the first place, they wouldn't have needed to move, the very reason I didn't bother saying thank you!

entitlement is a disease

 

[Just gan]

For me, on the bike when I head to Morzine in a few weeks
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Long time since I was there we were staying at Les Gets ,what a week we had . Crystal Active Holiday sadly they don't do them anymore.

 

[Servicepoint]

Not so much for the bike but I picked up an Evoc waist bag to save my wearing a small rucksack

 

[irie]

Not so much for the bike but I picked up an Evoc waist bag to save my wearing a small rucksack

Even if I don't need it I always wear a rucksack because it's an effective back protector.

 

[Servicepoint]

True, I’ve actually never thought of it that way, always seen it as a more of a nuisance as I don’t actually carry that much in it at times

Even if I don't need it I always wear a rucksack because it's an effective back protector.

 

[Powerslider]

I'd be interested to know more feedback.
I've been going around in circles deciding if and what, with going to a different set of brakes
they might not be the wisest choice just in terms of spares
but the price is good (and the colour )

I bought my Levo with green camo Lewis LH4; and I’ve been totally happy with them. If I wasn’t they would’ve been replaced long ago. Only complaint is the Lewis pads like to make noise, so I just replaced the pads with MTX Gold.

The LH4 are similar to the LHT except they have 2 different size pistons on the calipers; and the LHT has Ti hardware.

 

[Just gan]

What no sandwiches, flask etc . Won't be going out with you lads.