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    Pantomime Villain & Car Plan Ambassador Crombers's Avatar
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    Afternoon peeps,

    After selling our house a couple of years ago we sold off / gave away a lot of our garage stuff including a selection of bikes (my 'decent' Ridgeback included).
    Last summer K announced that she wanted a bike to keep fit ......... OK says me, where we gonna keep it?
    Our second bedroom became the bikes (ORBEA MX50, nearly new, bought from a work colleague) home & the bike was used ....... a little!!
    Move on a few months & the R50 was badly needing a new home. My folks garage, where it had been residing was unbeknown to me, leaking like a sieve. A new home (new build, water tight lock up) was secured in the local village and the R50 started to share odds & ends from the flat, including the bike that K had bought.
    K has now announced that she fancies an electric bike!!! ...... (looks like I've acquired the ORBEA .... fine by me) too much peddling in a 'manual' says she & as the work has a cycle to work scheme she will get a 'great discount. OK says me so an 'assist' bike is being sought.

    Therefore has anyone got any recommendations re

    A) electric bike purchase (Carrerra @ Halfords says K!!!)

    B) what cycle roof rack is recommended/best for an F55
    Last edited by Crombers; 19th February 2021 at 05:34 PM.


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    Pantomime Villain & Car Plan Ambassador Crombers's Avatar
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    Must all still be out on their bikes ..........


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    Can’t help with either Crombers sorry. There’s a girl at work with an electric bike and she loves it. I’ll see if I can find out what kind it is.
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    Thing you'll have to watch Alan is that electric bikes are HEAVY (man)….don't want you doing your back in trying to get it up....on the roof rack...lol
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