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Re: Yes, great book. With free updates, well worth the money

Ummm, unless they are now producing spokes that don't stretch or bend slightly as the elbow seats into the holes, I'd have to disagree. Yes, good wheel building does involve loading the wheel, de stressing spokes etc, but you won't get it all fully settled till it starts bring ridden. Wether...

I should have elaborated more on wheel bearings. If they were your old hubs, if I was doing the build, first thing I would have done was at minimum, check play and tighten first if necessary, if not a full strip, clean and repack with grease. If that had been done it is probably not bearings...

probably 20,000 (20kW)or more. i know when I first built mine it showed peaks of 14kw but max after first 2 seconds of about 10kw, and it was no way as mad as that. I think some where on the video he is running it on a dyno. Most of the standard Infinieon square wave controllers that are...

Any one have a usable hub for a non specific build. Standard QR skewer type...what is that 9mm? 5mm? not sure what they are called..but the only sort I have ever seen on all my bikes from the 80's. standard 6 hole disk mount 36 spoke holes Low cost one only , don't need any special rare...

Depends on what the noise is. if it is a clicking / creaking noise then probably spokes...or it could be wheel bearings. Any newly built wheel really needs spook ensign checking every ride, for the first dozen rides or so. In fact after building a new wheel I'd be checking and re -truing if...

I rie horses too, no way i'd do that. See what you are saying about speed, but reckon to allow a powered speed a little bit above what average people cycle...but not as fast as every day road or hobby cyclists can do..25-30. If government are trying got get people out of cars, then making...

Bugger..sorry What i paid...well a bit less...£40 plus postage...cost me £50 from USA..and is unused.

I bought a Medium ride elastomer for the GT LTS4 ..and it is too soft for my weight..so i am going to send it back...unless any one else in the UK wants it. Get back to me tonight (15/05/14) phone best..07797 722 569...or it is going to be posted back tomorrow morning

Correct...you can still cycle it faster. But from the many people I have spoken to, older people and commuters, having the extra weigh and cost of an electric, then not getting something that gives them a bit more advantage, is a downer for them. Yes, they do have some advantage, but the...

Neat..thanks .. For now I am sending the new medium bush back to the supplier and have fitted two lengths of reinforced hydraulic rubber hose..

yep that will do it even on a flat smooth road. Just make sure you go out just as it is about to start pissing it down...and don't take your mobile phone or any tools...that will make it come off..make sure you cycle a remote route with little or no passing traffic too for 100 % reliability in...

Ah yes, I see what you mean. I have never had a coil suspension vehicle. Only have worked on leaf spring LandRover and Landcruisers, and the bump stops on those are way too hard square blocks that bolt to the chassis. I'll scout around a few car repair places later. Unfortunately no no car...

Well if you do have the proper puller then the next thing to do is just wait. Soak for a few days with penetrating oil. Fit puller and tension it up as tight as you can. Add a load of heat to the crank arm, then walk away. Maybe then come back in a few hours and try again. The combo of oil...

I'd say you don't need to get it that hot. Hot air paint stripper heat is more than enough. Are you using a pullet tool or just trying to tap it off? If yo are just tapping it...get the proper tool, you won't regret it. If you could get some...try some of that freeze spray that freezes...

I did try Landrover leaf spring bushings from the eyelet ends..but they are too hard...been down the boat yards but the rollers I found are too hard.

made up a collar to slip over the elastomer today. it stops it expanding so much..so makes the rica bit firmer. Not ideal but will do for now.

I turned a collar on the lathe today, and fitted that over the new too soft bush...that has reduced its ability to expand, so making the ride a bit firmer. it has reduced the travel a bit too..but it will do for now The pivot bolt at the rear...with standard bolt heads, is snapped at the...

I got the 1500 from tests on my bike with speed limited to 15. I am about 13 stone and perhaps the bike with motor and batteries is about 30 kilo, going up hills with a bit of pedalling to maintain 15mph often requires up to 1500 -2000 watts. I have a pile of scrap e-bikes because people buy...

All depends why you are using an e-bike. If you are a true cyclist then an e-bike is not for you any how..but if you are someone like a mate who died last week, then an e-bike that can do more than 15mph was his only means of transport for the last few years of his life. He had a brain tumour...