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geomannie wrote: ↑9 Mar 2024, 5:38pm I posted this a few years ago about my Cateye Speedo stopping working temporarily while cycling past the Skelton Transmitting Station. You might find some of the replies about radio/magnetic interference interesting

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Thanks geomannie

Thanks all

I did check the max speed and that was ok.

And if I remove the computer head unit and bring it upstairs to the kitchen or living room overnight - the mileage stays put everytime.

rareposter wrote: ↑9 Mar 2024, 3:52pm My guess is your great big oil-fired boiler (or some of the systems within it like a pump) are setting up magnetic fields and it's triggering the readout.

I've always suspected the relatively new (10 years) not so great big actually, Worcester Bosch boiler to be a ne'er do well sly and shifty sort, always trying its best to upset me it is, mainly in other less mysterious ways

I keep 3 bikes in a substantial stone built, strongly locked 'shed' that also houses my property's oil fired CH boiler and a washing machine. I'm sure the bikes appreciate the warmth and security.

One of the bikes has a Cateye Strada Slim wireless cycle computer. Some days/nights the odometer adds mileages to itself. Never subtracts. This will be anywhere between 1 mile to 20 miles - but mostly towards the smaller amounts. It doesn't happen every night.

Why?

I wore them and the Tudor "longs" for a decade-ish from 1990. I liked them. Always worn with clip on braces. They got a bit saggy and heavy when wet and being a cotton/nylon mix took ages to dry out - but because they kept you warm, it wasn't an issue for me personally.

Then I started wearing just the "plusses" (new modern ones - but just the same as the older ones x 2 pairs), with long socks, again from around 2010 until 2019. That would have been during Autumn, Winter and Spring, cycling daily and averaging at least 800 miles per month in all weathers. I just liked them. I did buy a pair of Goretex over trousers - but hated them and the clammy legs and noise and general feeling over dressed discomfort. And preferred to ride with wet, slightly saggy, slightly heavier Tudors. Which wasn't really noticeable until I got off the bike, to be honest. The essential (for me) clip on braces made a huge positive difference in comfort and fit. I would imagine they'd feel noticeably Nora Batty saggy when wet without?

I had size Small.

Always wore with a pair of padded short liners - the type which came with some German "Gonso" Palermo ¾ length summer "plusses"

Personally, never had any issue with the quality and no problems with sewing etc - that would have been around 19,000 miles for the latest ones.

What size are you? Happy to post you a used pair of my Small to try out for a month or so?

Why do bicycles need more speed?

Motor traffic is dangerous enough driven at any speed without due attention, why add more danger with potentially faster bicycles? What's the point of travelling faster? It certainly cannot be safety can it?

The issue about e-assist helping to keep up on 'club runs' is just a personal me me me wanna be in a certain type of gang.

The very efficient bicycle (including limited e-assist) as transport AND enjoyment AND responsible citizenship, is difficult to undispute, isn't it?

WE all know the problem - and it ain't bicycles ridden at reasonable bicycle speeds

PH wrote: ↑9 Feb 2024, 5:38pm the whole point of the regulation is to keep E-bikes in the same classification, and following the same regulations, as pedal cycles.

Very important point

No, I wouldn't sign it either.

Assist up to 15.5mph is more than fine and dandy for little old me cycling on the flat.

One of my e-Bikes has a Bosch Performance Line CX 85Nm motor, the acceleration from standstill in all modes apart from Eco is scary and potential dangerous, just the lightest pressure on the pedals for just half a stroke and you can be a very long way 'up the road'. I've set up a custom motor profile to dial that acceleration right back when I just use it for on road riding.

I guess it's easy to understand why folks might be disappointed when the assist cuts out, having got to 15mph with barely any effort - and then boof! it's like hitting a wall. But presumably they'd feel the same annoyance if the limit was 20mph?

2013, en route from Newtown to Presteigne for a romantic date on my 1992 Gerorge Longstaff tourer. Photo having climbed out of Dolfor on the B4355 approaching the top near Banc Gorddwr?

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PH wrote: ↑5 Jan 2024, 2:07pm Good result, but they look so significantly different, that IMO it ought to have been picked up long before it got to you. The fork manufacturer's quality control, bike assembly QC, and our last line of defence the PDI from the retailer, all seem to have either missed it or not cared.

Totally agree, but to give the retailer their due, they did sort it pronto and amicably once it was brought to their attention and I was able to deal with the same reasonable person.

Compare that to the 4 x £2000+ e-bikes which all had to be returned to Wiggle and eventually refunded AND the £2200 e-bike form Halfords that was refunded after a 'mechanic' damaged components whilst undertaking a 'repair' with the wrong replacement item. In those instances I had to 'deal with' bicycle ignorant people in remote Customer Care departments and continuously quoting the Consumers Rights Act 2015 at them, before any thing satisfactory occurred.

I'll happily deal with Freeborn Bikes again

SORTED

Original new bike's closed end forks collected Wednesday as arranged. Arrived at the shop yesterday morning. Replacement lower legs fitted and sent back the same day. Just arrived

Many thanks to Joe at Freeborn bikes https://www.freeborn.co.uk/ for dealing with the problem in a swift and satisfactory manner. Excellent personal service

Jezrant wrote: ↑31 Dec 2023, 3:17pm Nice one. Curious that Xfusion only sent replacement lowers rather than a new fork. Hope the retailer doesn't make a mess of it.

I wondered the same thing, but the fact X-Fusion sent them immediately to the retailer overnight and the retailer then went to the bother of sending a video of wheel removal and fitting with them, kinda gives me hope?

And replacing the lowers looks straightforward enough?

https://youtu.be/Zt56ICZtcWY?feature=shared

All will be revealed shortly. I will check on Tuesday the new fork lowers do indeed have a threaded mudguard/lighting boss on the rear of the bridge, as that's a crucial requirement. (the reason it's worth checking, apart from just satisfying one's natural catastrophising mind - for example, not ALL Rockshox Judy Silver forks have said boss and they don't clearly make this detail plain )

Cowsham wrote: ↑30 Dec 2023, 11:01pm Great result if all goes as planned -- will you tell us who the retailer is ?

Most certainly will. Fingerscrossed

Vetus Ossa wrote: ↑30 Dec 2023, 7:07pm I’m following this thread with interested, as I ride an ebike, and can never seem to get warm in cold weather.

Me too. Gone are the days of completely cooking on local winter ascents of Yr Eryi's magic road climbs and feezing to death on the descents due to all the sweat trapped under a Goretex cycling jacket. The e-bike cures the personal overheating admirably.

So this thread and info is very helpful - and there's a Buffalo and Paramo discount dealer in the nearest village only 3.5 miles away

I like the look of the Belay jacket, purely as it has a full length zip

Jdsk wrote: ↑30 Dec 2023, 6:41pm Thanks for the update. Sounds appropriate if you're happy with the arrangements for fitting.

Jonathan

It's a lot easier than packaging a complete bike for return!

It also means the steerer tube and it's correct length will be retained and the retailer will remove and refit the 1½" crown race - as I only have old school 1" and 1⅛" crown race setting tools

We shall see of course?

But yeah, it's a relief to be able to deal with the same person in the shop/workshop, rather than going through "customer care" chatbots of the likes of Wiggle and Halfords = AAAAGH

UPDATE.

Retailer contacted the X-Fusion fork manufacturer's UK concern and was sent replacement lower forks overnight. Retailer sent a video yesterday showing the new replacement forks being mounted and released on two different wheels in their workshop without need of physical force.

We have agreed I will remove my faulty forks and package up and retailer has booked a courier collection next Wednesday. They will then fit the new lowers and return. (to their credit they did offer to have the complete bike collected and returned - but I'm more than happy and tooled up to remove my own forks )