Recent content by Stella63

They seem to only sell Orange bikes though I think. Pickering is a bit further but more choice :)

Thanks. That's where we hired from the other day :-) They only hire out Powerfly 5's though.

Border of North Yorkshire and County Durham. Out in the sticks :). So anywhere is a fairly long journey.

Might get to the bike shop in Pickering next week to look at the Trek FS PF4 and Trek Rail 5. Found a downside to the FS4 already - specs say the maximum tyre size you can fit is 2.4. It comes with 2.3's. Trek describes it as a more comfortable geometry for beginners though (presumably...

Thanks. So am now starting to think - hardtail, wider tyres for rear stability, dropper seat post. Easier to maintain than full suspension. I was looking at the Cube Reaction Hybrid pro 625 online. It already has 2.6" tyres (as opposed to the 2.3" on the Trek Powerfly). Seems popular as...

Notice you have the Powerfly 5 as well. What tyres do you have on it please? I like riding it but found downhill rough gravel it's not great at the back end (as in not very stable and a bit skitty). However that was a hire bike - no idea what tyre pressures were and assume it had the stock...

Any tips for getting on and off while keeping your footing?! For some reason I can only get off left sided. Which is annoying as that's the side I wear the built up boot - which has a kind of rocker underneath. Whereas my right foot I wear a grippy trainer.

Thanks. That looks very interesting. I'm not sure it would help with my left foot as it's more a case of getting my footing on the ground when getting off. The only reason I fell over today was a) I was in thick mud and b) I let go of one handlebar lol. I was just standing there fiddling with...

How do magnetic pedals work? Do you need metal in your shoe?

That's more specific to me - I only seem to be able to get off left sided and that's the side I wear a weird boot on my foot. Which is fine mostly but harder to keep balance standing getting off on uneven surfaces. So a dropper post would help. My right foot has a normal shoe but can't seem...

And something with a dropper post. Still had the odd difficult getting on and off. Fell over once :) . Brakes are very sharp so if you brake to get off it can be a bit painful hitting the crossbar! But that's just getting used to it. OH (68) and our 14 year old found them great too - OH also...

It is a good bike - we were out today - had three of them booked for hire (the only emtb I can hire locally). Wanted to see how it was again. It's nice. It was fine on most of the Swaledale trail. Although we stopped at the steep hill going up which was muddy and narrow. It wasn't good in...

When I hired the Specialized Levo a few years ago, I rode that on road for a few miles and found it fine :)

Thanks :) It would be nice if I could try both. But as the difference in price isn't that much - the Rail 5 is tempting. Except not in stock to try. The difference in price between them is only £50. Although that's with 625 on the PF FS4 and 500 on the Rail 5 (couldn't see a Rail 5 625 at that...

Thanks. They have the Powerfly FS4 in stock - all the Rails say "special order" - but I guess they are selling fast so hard to keep in stock. Will check out the place in Redcar too (although Pickering easier to get to).