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I was ready to give up and arranged to take the bike back on Sunday but thought I would try one more thing suggested and take the crank arms off to clean and re-grease. I noticed I needed a tool to take the cranks off and my brother had one so I decided to ride over to his to grab it, just...

Thanks for all your replies and suggestions. I was ready to give up and arranged to take the bike back on Sunday but thought I would try one more thing suggested and take the crank arms off to clean and re-grease. I noticed I needed a tool to take the cranks off and my brother had one so I...

I have a Haibike Hardnine 7 bike which uses the Yamaha PW-ST motor and is less than a month old. For around a week it’s developed a creak when pedalling under pressure or standing and seems to be from the crank/motor area. I’ve been on Facebook groups trying to get suggestions and acted upon...

Mine are square tapered or something? According to bike shop they shouldn’t get loose? I’ve no experience with these as I’ve always had a proper interchangeable bottom bracket. Scared of tightening too much however bike shop did say they checked it all which was only less than a week ago so...

Tried and failed! Either it’s a different issue or I don’t know. I have noticed that my crank arms are becoming loose though. Tightened them few days ago using small torque wrench, tried them now and they weren’t as tight again. No idea - taking bike back to shop! Fed up of it after spending...

I’m glad I found this post as I’ve been posting for a while on Facebook about my creaking issue and not getting anywhere! I have a Haibike Hardnine 7 and after I installed a dropper post which involved dropping the motor to feed the cable, I’ve since had creaking in the cranks/pedals when...

Thank you and exactly. With the scheme, after 18 months I either get to pay a lump sum to keep the bike at reduced and remaining price of what the bike is worth then, or I can return and get a different bike. So essentially I can see how I get on and in 18 months upgrade to a full suspension...

Thanks guys - I ended up going for the Haibike which should arrive within the next few weeks (stock comes in 3rd August then will be built etc). I have slight hopes I may have better forks than advertised - I noticed on all videos on this bike that they all said and showed the bike had air...

I agree with this, I thought my gravel 11spd bike would be much easier to climb road hills than my 12spd fs MTB being lighter, slimmer wheels etc. But that 1 gear made all the difference and they were on par effortwise which I was really shocked about and why I haven’t really used the gravel...

I can certainly ask, thanks for that! There’s some good bikes at the £4K mark. Although doesn’t seem to be anywhere online to change this. If I add a dearer bike to basket it says it’s gone over my company’s budget. I think for my usage, one of these should be sufficient. Somone on YouTube went...

You can’t add any funds towards it unfortunately, it’s a government scheme where work buys the bike, and you take a salary sacrifice to pay for it monthly, minus the tax and vat. So essentially I’m only paying roughly half or two thirds of the bikes value. It’s a good incentive here in the UK...

My work has a limit of £3k. Has to be with a store who accepts Cycle Solutions cycle to work scheme

As I stated many times though, my budget doesn’t cover a full suspension otherwise it would be a no brainer. These are the very top of the budget and the best I can get unfortunately but thanks for your input

Seems like the Haibike may just edge it then? Thanks for all your input :)

Unfortunately I can’t get a FS for the £3k limit I have so I’m trying to get the best I can for the price. I’d definitely go for FS if that wasn’t an option.

Thank you for your reply- unfortunately there’s not as the company is a few hundred miles away and so have to get it online. Also there is a maximum spend of £3k and both these bikes are at that, not any less so couldn’t go for anything better spec really unfortunately.

Hi guys. Total newbie when it comes to e-bikes, coming from a full suspension and gravel bike, I’m looking to get an emtb as I’m slowly getting tired of the other bikes, finding hills a chore as I’ve got a bad knee and health has gone downhill over the pandemic. I love cycling though as...