One of my riding buddies is 75. Tends to take it a bit carefully on the downhills (we oldies tend to break not bounce) but he’s still faster up the hills than many of the younger ones in our group.
I can recommend Cycle World in Southampton and Portsmouth. They stock Giant, Whyte and Haibike, and are incredibly helpful - just what you want from a LBS.
A friend recently had the chain coming off her Trek Powerfly 4. LBS quickly realised the freehub was sticking and pushing the top run of the chain towards the chainset, creating slack so that it derailed. Pedals rotating when the bike was pushed forwards was the giveaway. New pawls in the...
Introducing myself. I’m first and foremost a petrolhead, but at age 65 have been bitten by the eBike bug and I now ride a Trek Powerfly 7, acquired end October 2021.
I started ebiking in April 2021 with a VanMoof S3 (two actually, the first one broke after 2 weeks) but rapidly realised that (a)...