Recent content by Planemo

Both jockeys are 13t, same as the OE ones I took off. Yeah as much as I hate to admit it I agree, hanger really needs to be checked to be able to rule it out. I'm OCD with clouting the derailleur but who knows.

Cheers for your thoughts. I did check the chain with another checker I have (my last one was shite) and it's not registering 0.5 wear yet. The cassette seems in really good order too - I think theres about 1700 miles on it now but the bike rarely sees water or mud tbh. And, I can get it to shift...

I have been struggling with my shifting recently and it seems something is wrong somewhere because even with my B screw backed right out the distance between the jockey and the cassette is still a little too big I believe. Whether it's enough to cause the problem I have I'm not convinced but...

Interesting, I thought 11sp and 12sp had the same pitch. They have offered a 50% refund without sending it back (I said they would have to pay for postage). I said I wanted 100%. We'll see. I really cant be arsed thinking any more about it for £8.

Thought I'd push the boat out and buy a 'proper' chain checker. I thought even a rip-off one couldn't be that bad so off to Ebay I went and splurged £8 on one. Even on the zero setting it won't fit into an XX1 chain with 600 miles on it. Chocolate fireguard springs to mind. Oh well, that got...

I remember some time back watching a Pole factory walkaround vid on YT, I think it might have been one of Robs, and coming from an engineering background the very first thing I thought was 'shit, this looks real nice'. Like a fully kitted out, well presented and maintained engineering shop with...

Finally, the first day I've been out and it actually felt like summer. Even the bluebells were out in my local country park :) For sure some places still boggy though as evidenced!

Can easily solve that problem by fitting a Volspeed ;) Some non-smart Bosch bikes had an official option for a 500wh extender including my Haibike. Unless you are being specific to a particular make/model?

I love the extent of engineering that went into that dropper :D

The hub dictates the width of the dropouts not the axle.

I just used the oversized ones from the Bay, £9 set 5 (1 spare). Look a bit better when bigger IMO :) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203178366193?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JsQaL48CQU6&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=LlWGPifgTGS&var=503531059024&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I'm just gobsmacked that as a relatively educated 51 year old I had no idea that a Haggis was a real animal. And a damn weird looking one at that. Crucially, I feel cheated that Attenborough hasn't covered them. Some biologist he is, won't be bothering with him anymore.

Looks amazing on Google maps, the tea room at Lochhournhead looks like a nice stop to refresh too! Shame it's 560 miles away from me :(

Without going secondhand I'm not sure you'll do much better than the Rockrider for that money tbh. You'll want a mid drive for hills anyway, and at least the bike will cope with trails/mild off road stuff OK. If it were me I would take the Decathlon bike over the Halfords one too. Maybe someone...

My Haibike will likely be a lifer as resale losses are too harsh for my tight ass, not to mention the cost of a new bike. My only concern is trying to keep it going, I suspect problems with sourcing batteries/motor internals will be what ends it's life, well before it should IMO. It angers me...