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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...

You need to pedal all the time with a hub drive as well (if legal). Unless you go for a legislated throttle but theres only 1 or 2 companies in the UK that sell them. What will be the primary use of the bike? Road or trail?

Wonderful. The raw, beautifully rugged Scottish landscape and random roaming wildlife is so refreshing to see after the predominantly concrete jungles and angry, packed in people of down south.

Lol, wasn't taking the piss, I've partaken in many, many jerry-rigged solutions over the years including rocks, paving slabs in fact anything to hand that would do the job. I even once used an old 70's thick granite ashtray to batter the end of a 3' breaker bar to get a sump plug out (it worked)...

The Rock hahahahahahaha :LOL:

Been a while since I posted the original stock pic of my bike. 2020 AllMtn3 in XL. Fitted Hope 220 floaters, RS 180mm Domains & SKF seals, RS MegNeg, RaceFace grips, DMR V12's, XX1 chain, Ergon SM-C seat, SLX shifter and derailleur, VolSpeed V4 chip. Still loving it, hasn't given me a single...

Brake cleaner should leave zero lubrication residue as clearly we dont want any oils around brakes. If it does, bin it as its clearly not doing the job its labeled for. Brake cleaner will also get rid of contaminants that IPA wont touch. IPA is great for general cleaning of 'delicate' surfaces...

With the title of this thread being 'Better jockeys', mine arrived today so thought I'd post them up. Not as strong as aluminium but are good at guiding undercarriage with minimal side-play

I agree, many don't though. I posted a pic of mine on another ebike forum and got loads of stick about how shit it looked. The funny thing was, the most vocal guy rides around on a shitty hub mounted thing that I would be embarrassed to put my Nan on.