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Wooooooow someone must be having a shite day…

I’m sure I watched this at the time, but I’m so old I’ve forgotten 🤣. It’s absolutely awesome. edits forever.

I've had absolutely no problems with it at all, it is the updated 4 pawl version (like the Pro 4). So that may be why I haven't experienced any skipping, that and I'm a wuss 😁

Yeah right, like there is a risk of running into local law enforcement whilst riding around on an open trail to check if your doing .5mph over the legal speed limit when techically we have left the EU...

How’s the pro5 (did you get an ss?) going? I’ve been enjoying riding again so much that it might be time to get a proper hub and step it up a little. Nicely coinciding with the death of my ultra cheap china special! I’ve always had good results with hope and they are waaaaaaay cheaper than the i9s etc.

Finally after months of searching managed to get hold of another semi decent 29er unicycle. Prices have gone ridiculous (the exact same build 29er muni I paid £180 delivered for about 8yrs ago is now £480!) but blagged this for £120 as I wasn't in a rush for the guy to post it. Bonus as well as it came with Tensile V brake adapters I can sell!

Aye, if you want the jail.

Fair point about the rear suspension, definitely something to consider. It's more the cost that was my issue - a decent full susser is significantly more than a hardtail. And as Rusevelt said, you can get them chipped to remove the speed limit - or raise it, anyway. Ultimately if I can get one around £2600 it's a free bike that will be fun to try out, if I don't get on with it I'll still have my Dartmoor to use, but I reckon I'll enjoy it as it'll give me freedom to go up hills - something my legs have always struggled to do, no matter how much I trained. And talking of training, my bike has gathered dust on the garage wall for about 4 years, so a new bike will definitely give me a kick up the arse to get out and about, especially since I need to put down some decent miles to get to anything fun - the assistance will help with that.

Can you not derestrict the EU 15.5mph limit to US 20mph, usually there is something within the display controls to switch it from EU to US.

Yeah, that's what they are for. This is like saying, I've got a nice F1 car, but am looking for a little more clearance for off roading. If FW noise is a deal breaker you are going to need to look into different cranks or a rear freehub, or you know, a different sport.

To be honest I’m pretty sure all modern FFW use heavier springs so will be considerably more draggy than the eno you’re used to. For lower rolling resistance I’d definitely look at Freehub.

Yep, the speed limit on the road to the trails is pure shite but once you get it on the trails, the topping out of speed isn't so noticeable unless its a long ass straight DH section.

Wow 😍

My wife recently got an eeb and though I was determined to hate it for being fat and heavy and ugly I actually mainly hate riding it because the motor cuts out so early (standard 15.5mph). On anything other than uphill slogs you end up at that limit and it feels harder to ride than if there wasn't a motor. I just don't really get it unfortunately for the type of riding we do and where we live. She loves it which is great and it means she can keep up with the boys and I and enjoys riding but I just don't get on with it at all. One thing I would say is that if I were to get one I'd definitely be looking at FS. remember that the bike will weigh ~25kgs and so any kind of rough stuff that weight will make for a pretty uncomfortable ride without the cushioning of rear suspension. The fact you've got a motor means the extra weight of a FS setup doesn't matter but you'll be glad of it off road I think.

"dating the bike"

I've no experience with modern freewheels as I switched to Hopes about 12 years ago, and this is very likely unfair but by my instinct I 100% wouldn't trust a freewheel made by either of those brands. People seem to prefer volume these days, so you might be hard-pressed to find what you're after. You might be able to bend the springs inwards or shave the extension down in height so there's less material pushing back in the Trialtech to alleviate some of the volume/drag. Not ideal, I know, but if all else fails... Josh is probably your guy for advice on bespoke solutions like that. I imagine he's fettled with all sorts of options before landing on double-springs in his own.

Hi guys, I’m after advice on which front freewheel to buy (that will run with the Crewkerz crank and bb combo). I’m currently running a new splined Trialtech front freewheel 108 on Trialtech cranks and I find the drag and noise way too much. Basically, out of the Crewkerz splined 108.9 and clean 135.8 splined freewheels, are either of them better for rolling and less drag than the Trialtech beast? Ideally, I am after recommendations for a modern, quieter, splined front FW that will be as quiet and same resistance as the ENO 72 FW. thanks in advance, sorry if posted in the wrong group. Nick

A thousand pounds?! Ain't nobody got time fo that.

Ah OK thanks, that's good to know. Tredz had a couple of good deals when I looked a few days ago, so that could be an option then. Hopefully I'll hear back from HR today and it doesn't end up being a £1000 limit.

If you get the Halfords voucher, they also cover Tredz. Its always worth looking for what bike you want outside of those two shops, then speaking to the bike shop its in and ask if they will accept the Halfords C2W voucher. Leisure Lakes isn't listed as an approved dealer but they accepted my voucher Just watch though, the bike I was looking at had 16% off but they put back on 10% so that they could "make some monies on the sale". Whatever...

Nice one, thanks mate. It also depends who the scheme is with - hopefully not Halfords, I looked at their selection, it was... er... not great. I haven't heard back from HR yet, so none the wiser on budget today.

Can land on some occasional bargains, there were a few GT full sus ebikes a few months back for £2500-2600 as GT been having problems so everything got reduced but yeah generally. Plus the full fat full sus bikes are absolute tanks, my lads Merida is a monster compared to the carbon half fat Heckler they've got as a demo bike but again the prices are ridiculous. Will see if him or his boss have any suggestions or what to avoid

I'll find out what my budget is hopefully later today, but no I don't want full sus as I'll be doing a mix of riding on it and nothing big enough to justify full sus - I suspect the budget on one would be significantly higher too. Yeah I definitely want an ebike, there's plenty of hills around here as I live near the valleys. I've always been terrible at climbs too, so it's time to accept that fact and get some electric assistance It'll be used for a real mix of stuff - I'd quite like to ride over to Bristol for beers some evenings (40 mile round trip), sometimes it'll be with my family, other times it'll be a trail centre like the Forest of Dean. If I go to Bike Park Wales I'll take my 'proper' bike as it has longer travel and is set up for flying downhill. ...qué?

Viral internet videos tells me ebike = trials So that's a win?