Cycling UK Forum

In the story I read, he's quoted as saying he thinks he fainted, maybe a good thing he was on an E-bike rather than driving one of his many sports cars. It is a bad news story. not just for Mr Cowell's back, but also for the impression it gives of E-bikes being dangerous. We don't know the details ...

Robert Axle Project

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seat tube angle , ETT, head tube height above BB , in that order. Then other stuff like BB drop, front centres, etc. cheers How does the person on the street looking for a bike measure seat tube angle? Is there a specialist tool for it in bike shops? Head tube height above bottom bracket? I've not ...

I think we would agree that whatever else, they should be banned on pavements (or maybe limited to 2.5mph or 5m distancing from nearest pedestrian) with immediate confiscation where that is broken. I used one of the hire ones in Singapore. It was a great way to get around, but gutless on uphill slo...

I use the Rockbros rack, which is a cheaper version of the Seasucker. I've been very happy with it; very easy to deploy when needed, then seconds to remove when it's no longer required.

The bushes in that frame have been replaced, probably less than 1000 miles ago.

Why are eBikes speed limited in assistance and not effort limited in assistance? If they were effort limited, I could see their appeal. As they are, they take away the joy of climbing hills for me at least. It seems to me that eBikes are speed limited for legislative reasons, and because it's an ea...

Until very recently, I've always made every effort to carry the bike inside the car, both for the health of the bike, and for fuel economy. However, it does tend to result in done minor damage to the car trim over time. I've recently bought a Rockbros suction cup roof rack, a cheaper version of the ...

I replaced my bushings a couple of years ago with the factory ones, and didn't think to examine the housing in any detail. But, I'm now wondering, what's to stop one from fitting longer bushings, so as to increase the bearing surface and hence reduce wear? Are longer bushings available, and if so, a...

Most human beings can just about cope with differences of speed of up to 20mph. Closing speeds much higher than that do not allow enough reaction time for the average not-so-very-attentive driver to slow sufficiently, or take avoiding action. Where does this come from? The number of times I've been...

I've recently switched from miles to kilometers for cycling. The main reason was that I enjoy watching televised competitive cycling, where all the speeds and distances are reported in kilometers. I find that it spoils the enjoyment if I'm constantly doing mental arithmetic rather than simply being ...

To expand on Marcus's comprehensive post, I'd also suggest that once the sealant is in you should make sure you also spin the wheels in an almost horizontal plane in order to get sealant on the sidewalls and beads. Good luck, I've been happy with the switch to tubeless. Not been hugely impressed wit...

How do you distinguish between actions that are possible but not allowed, and actions that are allowed and possible? By employing the richness of the language to ensure that my text is not ambiguous. And not just ambiguous to myself, but to any reader that might stumble across it. I don't like push...

Bryn, can you explain how you think "may" and "can" should be used? Without checking official definitions, I think that both words are ambiguous, so find it hard to get upset about usage. "Can" is highly context dependent, meaning "able to", but without clarif...

I've started looking at saddles, what do you think of the ISM Touring saddle? Slightly odd shape but the cut out and shortness might help? At least in my mind it would.. My other half used to have similar issues until switching to use ISM Adamo saddles, though she has always used the less padded va...