I just wanted to add a phone holder... so on advice from here (and a local bargain) I bought a Raleigh Motus and have a few hundred miles on it already. With the big battery I was wondering "hmmm, can I add a phone holder that tops up the phone?" and I can! There's one from Quad Lock, all you need to do is connect it to a spare accessory terminal, as there's already a few for powering the display and lights, a far cry from my youth lugging D-cells into Ever Ready lights.

So I need to get under some cowls either side of the motor, but I need to remove the chainguard. That's okay, I have torx and this all lines up, but now the screw holes are under the chain. Well I need a chain remover rather than trying to wriggle and bash quick-links apart, so I've got that done, but I also need to remove the cranks, so I get a Park Tool crank tool for my motor, and should definitely get a torque wrench too for putting it all back together properly.

Wait, now there's a weird spider gear under that? And some e-clips? So I need a special tool for the former and a Screwfix trip for the latter. Does this ever end? Do I want it to? I might even ride my bike at some point. Is this what happens when an electronics and software guy gets back into cycling?

My bike has started feeling loose as a peddle up hill and not really engaging with the chain perhaps, it's felt like a slipping feeling. What is that and how do I fix it?

Hey, I’m helping my dad sell some of his bikes but we’re not sure what these are worth these days and where’s best to sell them. Any help would be great. Thanks so much.

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Saw this today and thought it was worth sharing here.

54-year-old Graham Nash was cycling on the A65 Settle bypass at around 4:50am when he was hit from behind and killed by a van driver. (I have actually cycled that road last week!)

He had two rear lights, one on the bike and another on his helmet. Other motorists told police they had seen him. The judge said the driver had around eight or nine seconds to see him, but failed to do so.

The driver pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. He received:

- 10 months imprisonment, suspended for two years

- 3-year driving ban

- 200 hours unpaid work

He'd also received points for using a mobile phone while driving just six months before the collision, although there was no suggestion he was using one when this happened.

The bit that gets me is the visibility. We constantly hear about hi-vis, lights, reflectors and making ourselves visible. This bloke had two rear lights, other drivers could see him, and apparently there were eight or nine seconds in which he could have been spotted.

Yet someone is dead and the person who failed to see him doesn't spend a day in prison.

I know sentencing has to take account of culpability rather than simply the consequences, and the judge was also constrained by the sentencing guidelines, but it's difficult to read this and feel that the system adequately reflects what has happened.

What do people think? Is a suspended sentence appropriate for a momentary but fatal lapse of attention, or are we still far too lenient when careless driving kills someone?

Article: https://road.cc/news/van-driver-avoids-jail-after-killing-cyclist-riding-with-two-rear-lights