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by tenbikes
25 Mar 2024, 7:47pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Noisy freehub - quieten with grease?
Replies: 35
Views: 1560

Re: Noisy freehub - quieten with grease?

Over the years I have had about 15 pairs of Hope hubs, and currently have 10 pairs.

All are used off road, all year.

No problems at all.
by tenbikes
16 Mar 2024, 3:39pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Noisy freehub - quieten with grease?
Replies: 35
Views: 1560

Re: Noisy freehub - quieten with grease?

Hope hubs are greased, not oiled. If grease is good enough for Hope, that's good enough for me......the original stuff is green....
by tenbikes
12 Mar 2024, 2:27pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Hill Starts - E-assist not helping
Replies: 68
Views: 9196

Re: Hill Starts - E-assist not helping

Throttle start as a God send to me when I was recovering from a broken leg..........and remains useful for heavy loads on the cargo bike. :)
by tenbikes
19 Feb 2024, 8:09pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: People are right to trespass in fight for right to roam in England, says Green MP
Replies: 177
Views: 24897

Re: People are right to trespass in fight for right to roam in England, says Green MP

pwa wrote: 4 Nov 2023, 12:47pm
AndyBike wrote: 4 Nov 2023, 11:54am Being Scottish its hard for me to fathom the issues you must have, not being able to ride wherever the hell you want to.
For miles around my own home (rural) I would struggle to find extra places to ride a bike if the Scottish system were introduced here. It would open up just one useful track that I can think of. All the farm tracks are dead end affairs, of no interest at all. And when I look to the distant hills, the interesting tracks that go on for quite a distance are already bridleways, or are forestry already open to cyclists. We have a lot of those in the hills around Margam and the Afan and Garw Valleys
It may just be peculiar to my own region, but I don't see a vast untapped reservoir of cycling opportunities being kept closed by Keep Out signs.
When I run out of tracks in Scotland I just jump the fence ( or go through the gate ) and ride across the fields. Unless they have crops in them of course, then I go around the sides........eventually I'll get to another track. Off road in Scotland means just that :))
by tenbikes
15 Feb 2024, 6:29pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Cardiff police seize 17 illegal e-bikes
Replies: 60
Views: 9403

Re: Cardiff police seize 17 illegal e-bikes

They aren't necessarily all illegal.......some have Grandad Rights, built or converted pre legislation....

I assume the onus is on the police to prove otherwise if the cyclist claims GR.......innocent until proven guilty etc?
by tenbikes
9 Feb 2024, 10:44pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Should electric bikes go faster
Replies: 96
Views: 5861

Re: Should electric bikes go faster

Pebble wrote: 9 Feb 2024, 8:17pm Big NO from me, There should be a size/weight limit put on them too,

I would like to see a petition compelling the police to crack down on all the illegal/modified ones.
Size and weight would have to accommodate cargo bikes which are so well suited to e assist........making it pretty pointless from your perspective??
by tenbikes
9 Feb 2024, 7:56pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Should electric bikes go faster
Replies: 96
Views: 5861

Re: Should electric bikes go faster

I'm not interested in more speed, but I'd like more wattage. Think load hauling tractor, not sports car.......
by tenbikes
24 Jan 2024, 4:34pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Eccentric BB - why?
Replies: 21
Views: 1630

Re: Eccentric BB - why?

If using disc brakes then the brake mount also needs to slide. Many drop outs in modern frames have this feature.

I'd rather have an eccentric BB.
by tenbikes
23 Jan 2024, 12:23pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Who checks their bike before a ride?
Replies: 88
Views: 4802

Re: Who checks their bike before a ride?

Dingdong wrote: 10 Nov 2022, 6:05pm
Does anyone give their bike a good once over every time they ride out? Paranoia has gripped me and I've checked just about every bolt and nut on the bike, twice! Is it only me!
I consider my last ride to be the test and check for the next ride. After all, nothing much is going to change whilst the bike is in the rack in the garage, except perhaps tyre pressure, and that it tested in the first ten metres of the ride.
by tenbikes
3 Jan 2024, 12:05pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Old (non-Cycling) Technology That Still "Makes The Grade" (and then some)
Replies: 17
Views: 1004

Re: Old (non-Cycling) Technology That Still "Makes The Grade" (and then some)

Those planes are just beautiful. If they work as good as they look I'd sell my bikes for them!

I have a collection of simple paring chisels with box wood handles which are quite old but in mint condition. I only use them for hand cut joints and they always bring a smile to my face. Paring chisels are not common but when they are 'needed' they really are worth having.
by tenbikes
27 Dec 2023, 1:47pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Winter cycling photos and writeups
Replies: 205
Views: 24141

Re: Winter cycling photos and writeups

Wish me luck then, I'm about to set off along the PBW to go caving , using the bike as load carrying transport.

The Dales are flooding atm so I won't be venturing far underground, but I need to retrieve some ropes.

The biking will be the easy part of the day!
by tenbikes
24 Dec 2023, 10:31am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Thru axle wheel not wanting to drop out - SORTED
Replies: 38
Views: 2494

Re: Thru axle wheel not wanting to drop out

I have six through axle forks and none of them look like that. Very odd.
by tenbikes
15 Dec 2023, 9:32am
Forum: Cycling UK Member Groups and Affiliates
Topic: How close do you ride to each other
Replies: 24
Views: 9462

Re: How close do you ride to each other

Where I ride the distance is measured in miles !
by tenbikes
10 Dec 2023, 12:43pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: A car hit my locks. incident.
Replies: 121
Views: 142549

Re: A car hit my locks. incident.

Be very thankful that neither you nor you bike was involved.

Walk away with a sigh of relief. Be happy.
by tenbikes
2 Dec 2023, 9:33pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Recumbent trikes for winter riding
Replies: 30
Views: 3798

Re: Recumbent trikes for winter riding

Surely the answer is a fat bike ICE with e assist? Perfect combination. Not cheap 'off the shelf' but second hand plus Bafang mid drive should be cheaper. If you can find a second hand fat tyre ICE. I've seen a couple on UK eBay and was tempted myself.....