I don't often showcase the electric side of the Mk5 Hybrid and even myself often forgets just how capable of an e-bike the 1000w/48v front hub setup is. Admittedly I was hoping to blast down the rail trail on the BT100 2 stroke but given it was such a sunny day, the trail was far too crowded to get away with it. So instead I opted to do the respectful thing and ride on electric power only (mostly). The range on the hybrid can be quite surprising if you're happy to cruise along on the lowest power setting like I was for most of this ride. But sometimes it's just far too much fun to crank the electric power all the way up to full and blast down the trail on stealth mode. It doesn't look very dramatic on video but the reality is that the cruising speed on the e-bike is well matched to the cruising speed of the BT100. This was the longest ride I have taken this bike on since I crashed it back in February and although the bike made it home no worse for wear than when I left, the wobble in the front wheel especially makes me very nervous, even though the ride is perfectly stable. It has come to my attention that the rear hub needs adjusting yet again, so it has to come off the bike for some much needed maintenance. If you've bothered to read this far (you must be bored) then I'll let you in on my upcoming plans. I've ordered a few bits and pieces for the Mk3 bike which I hope will be enough to get it running again. It was always my intention to run the 56 tooth sprocket on the Mk3 bike, but that wheel ended up going on the Mk2 frame after I put a BMX 20" rear wheel on the Mk3. The engine on that bike should be perfectly fine, the reason I stopped using it was because the 20" rear wheel was already old and janky when I put it on the bike and the torque I was putting through it was, well, kind of bending it out of shape! I've got spare engines coming out the wazoo so if for whatever reason this engine doesn't fire, I can just replace it with the 66cc that was originally on the Mk5...which was originally on the Mk2. And the engine on the Mk3 was originally on the Mk4, which had a 50cc on it originally for a day and the current engine was originally intended for the Mk3. (Are you as confused as I am right now?) My so-called garage is a messy nightmare and so is my rambling video description! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNVQL2_gzY

The risk to bikers is very rarely a matter of our own skill but rather the peril that car drivers regularly put us in. This is why bikers hate cagers! Luckily I was keeping an eye on this peach hole and saw what he was doing and kept to the left. This is also why I don't care what my mirrors look like, so long as I have good visibility behind me. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-rEQklpIRg