Recent content by Grannyjones

I recently had a Towbar fitted to my Golf MK7 at Indespension Bolton at a price of £450. This is to use with a Bike Rack. When I attatch a bike rack to it and use reverse, the ParkPilot thinks there is an obstacle near the car and the warning noise goes off constantly. Shouldn't the electronics...

£900 new battery. 700 watt hours and just over 3 years old when it failed

I had a battery fail on my Turbo Levo Comp. After 200 charge cycles. The age of the bike is 3 years and 5 months. Battery drained VERY fast on its final ride. I knew there was something seriously wrong when it was at 50% charge at 5 miles. After that it was completely dead - It would not...

The tyres are the hardest part of the bike to clean. Takes twice as long as the rest of it put together. Definetely use highest pressure you can on them

They really should have this

One thing for sure the manual bike is a lot easier to ride than an eBike with a failed motor. The difference is massive

I have done a mix of everything and that includes rocky areas, uplift centres, wooded areas, moorland, mountains, sand dunes, road, and urban tarmac & gravel. A variety of stiles of riding including Gravel/road riding, tame XC, extreme XC, Enduro (at a slow speed), and beginner-level Jumps &...

Must be a good rider for it to last that long. Probably crashes and stuff like that damages them

7000+ miles and 3 failed motors. But then in the same time I've gone through multiple forks, shocks, full brake systems, full pivot bearing sets, rear wheels & dropper posts in the same time. All MTB componants are unreliable. Motors no better or no worse than everything else? I'm a really...

I sorted that out on day 1, but I've had to deal with countless other causes of rattle ever since!

The forks developed CSU (Crown Steerer Unit) issues and the shocks were still working but started leaking oil and/or the stantions started going discoloured which meant they were on their way out and needed replacing. The CSU issues in particular are exceptionally common, regardless of how much...

I was wondering about this for a while. I bought the Levo Comp for £5k but noticed the S Works was over £13k. I was wondering if the S Works has the same reliability, and thought I'd be gutted if it was after paying that much!

I doubt its the headset because I cleaned it when I replaced my Fork only less than 2 months ago. Crown Steerer issues.

It sounds like the rattle is coming from the rear on mine. Is it possible that rear derailuers can rattle, even if torqued to the hanger correctly ? It's only a SRAM NX 11 SP on mine. If I do an Endo (Not that I can do one properly) the rear wheel comes slamming back down and I hear the rattle.

I've gone through 3 Motors but I've also gone through 2 Forks, 3 Rear Shocks, 3 Rear Wheels, 3 Full Brake Systems, 3 Dropper Posts. A Motor is another complicated and expensive componant to a bike just like a Fork, Rear Shock, Hydraulic brake system and Dropper Post and what all these also have...