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There shouldn't be a problem using your Orbea Gain D40 as a bike for touring. You've fitted a rear rack and mudguards. You can probably fit tyres up to 40mm in width if you want to. The main issues are:- 1) The battery has to be charged in situ in the frame. 2) You cannot transport it on an aeroplan...

You will get more replies if you post in the E-Bike section of this forum. I bought an Orbea Gain e-road bike late last summer, I haven't used it yet. It doesn't look like an e-bike because the battery is "hidden in a slightly larger diameter down tube, the motor is in the rear hub and there is...

The last post should have read "Carrera Crosscity".

Late last summer I bought my first ebike which I haven't used yet. That was a Orbea Gain road bike which also has the battery "hidden" in the down tube.

I bought the Carrera Citycrossride.

The battery is housed in the main tube of the bike and therefore doesn't look like an ebike because you can't see the battery.

I have only just bought it and haven't ridden it yet.

Is there a short cut between Arnside and Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria?

Can pedestrians & cyclists use the Kent Viaduct to cross the Milnathorpe Sands (North end of Morecambe Bay) or is the viaduct only for trains?

To convert from v-brakes to disc brakes you need to buy:- 1) Have a front fork that has the mounts for mounting disc calipers. 2) Have a front wheel with a hub onto which you can mount the disc rotor. It is probably not worth making these changes on an old MTB. You could buy a second hand MTB with d...

Replacing cable operated (mechanical) disc brakes with hydraulic operated disc brakes is fairly easy. You don’t need to change your wheels which already have 160mm diameter disc rotors. There are many makes and models of hydraulic brake that will fit you bike. You appear to have very little knowledg...

Where does this ferry run to/from?

I'm assuming it's an "internal" ferry somewhere on the island.

I believe that one of the "Tubus" racks is very similar and they also have an extra long Quick Release Skewer onto which the rack attaches.

I have Avid BB7s on my drop bar touring bike which when set up correctly are excellent, almost as good as some of the hydraulic discs I have on my mountain bikes. I have found that compared to rim brakes good disc brakes are far better than rim brakes. I now have brakes on 5 bikes, the 6th bike is a...

Virtually all of the new MTBs have 650b ie 27.5" wheels!! This means that the 29er was in fashion for 3 years. In order to keep selling bikes year after year the manufacturers keep re inventing the wheel. It's very annoying that manufacturers are producing products that have built in obsolescen...

For the type of riding you are doing you could probably use a rigid or front suspension MTB. Off the shelf makes I like are Lapierre and Whyte. For the generous budget you have at your disposal I would be looking at a custom build. For a lot less I built my own lightweight trail bike based on a Kine...

Three years ago there were very few bikes meeting my and your requirements. I built my own bike up from components using a Kinesis Decade Tripster frameset. It's a lightweight aluminium frame with carbon fork and has drop handlebars, Disc brakes, 700c wheels, bosses for fitting rear pannier rack and...

I broke the footpeg on my Topeak turbo mountain morph a few years ago. I contacted Extra UK (The Topeak UK distributors) they sent me a replacement free. It was easy to fit the replacement. I am now more careful when standing on the footpeg, I stand on it very close to the pump body which puts less ...

With a budget of less than £350 I suggest you check out a second hand Specialized Tricoss. The older models of this CX bike had the bosses for fitting full sized mudguards and a rear rack and had cantilever brakes. Why did you have issues with disc brakes? I prefer disc brakes to the cantilever brak...