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I have no idea whether it will fit your bike, but if you have any evidence that the motor has only done 85 miles, then it is worth a bob or two! Just take a look at what new e8000 motors are selling for! Yes, I know it doesn't have a warranty, but many riders will take a chance, especially if...

That works for you, but it wouldn't work for me. Even when I was a wage-slave I still maintained my bikes. It doesn't take much effort, scarcely any in fact, to maximise the battery life and put off the day when you have to get another one. I would not enjoy riding a bike with a rusty or...

You know it makes sense! (y)

Add in layer of fine abrasive from the mud that we collect (or dust in the Summer) and you have a nice grinding going on. It wouldn't take long to wear away the paint and the carbon underneath.

The last thing he would want would be to encumbered with any of the old staff, with their service and pension entitlements. How he managed to avoid the TUPE legislation, I have no idea. TUPE = Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment). It means that when you take over or buy a...

I put helicopter tape under the velcro!

Apart from replacing a gunged-up Presta valve core, I have done nothing to my bike. It is still sitting there cover in mud. It reproaches me every time I go into the garage, which is at least twice per day. Maybe I should just leave it outside in the rain?

It would not be a graceful fall! There would be heroic flailing about while I tried to avoid the inevitable, then a lot of wailing as I recognised the inevitable, followed by an enormous splash. Then some gasping and splashing as I swam to the side and heaved myself out. Followed by a pause...

I wrap two metres around my mini-pump. But as I discovered when I came to use it for the first time (several years later), if you leave it for too long it goes off and no longer peels off as easily as it does from a fresh roll. YUK! o_O I had cut myself quite badly and I used the paper towels...

What's wrong with working up a sweat while you wank away with your mini-pump?

That is the first 100% positive review of ABS on an mtb that I have seen. I'm glad you posted before me as I was about to post a "don't bother" based upon the so-so reviews I had read to date. I would have made clear that I have not ridden an ABS mtb.

I have never done that, if all I did was to clean the rotors with IPA, brake cleaner, whatever. But if I have done a disco inferno on the pads and flattened the discs on emery paper (or wire wool), then yes I always bed in the pads.

That's a head f**k right there! If that was a brick wall instead of a kerb on the edge of the canal, I'd do it without hesitation. But the possibility of a drop into the water just sets me on edge. :oops: It's a bit like riding a white line on the road, easy-peasy. Put a 12" wide plank ten feet...

I agree. But despite that many helmets come with the fittings to add a camera; my Bell Super 3R for example. I don't have a camera so that was an easy decision. :)

What @Dax said. I have broken every helmet I have ever owned except the two I have now. I will break them too. One helmet just delaminated from all the minor impacts with tree branches and general rough handling. Helmets are sacrificial elements designed to protect you from drooling the rest...

Another tip: Do not discard a broken chain. Keep it until you get another one (you will). Marry the two together for extra life. When a new chain would not run on an old cassette, I connected an old Shimano XT chain and an old KMC gold together and they ran perfectly on the old cassette. I got...

You will get slower because you will not want to brake and generate the sound of a car horn every time you touch the levers.

@BVision I take that bit of chain that I have to cut off a new chain to make it fit my bike (5-6 links). That plus a few quick links and a chain breaker and I'm good to go. Know how to fit and remove a quick link. I take also, one or two spare inner tubes, depending upon whether I have a mullet...

@Arethustra 1: Check the motor mounting bolts for tightness. (Check all the other bolts as you would for any new bike). 2: Remove the various covers and remove the battery, just so you know how to do it while the bike is shiny and new. I have a removable battery, but I reckon I have removed...

They have just been launched at some trade fair or other. Can't find them for sale in the UK yet.