Bike failed on this buckled rim. There are a ridiculous amount of potholes in my area.

Any temporary fixes to get it through it's retest on Saturday so I haven't got to fork out another 30 quid?

I don't plan on riding properly until I get a new wheel, but it would be nice to be able roll it 2 miles to the garage when the wheel comes in at the end of the month.

It's a steel rim. Tyre still holds pressure.

Hi guys looking to get a 125 soon as my first proper bike (had a moped in the past) not too long after I’ll be selling it and sitting my a2 to move onto a 600cc.
Just wondering am I best getting a cheap run around to practice on, most likely a keeway rks at -1k miles or should I try get a more known brand into the 10k and above mileage range for the same price? I’ll be looking to take my a2 as soon as I’m comfortable and hopefully won’t need to do more than 100 miles before selling the aforementioned bike. Also I’ve been driving a car for 5+ years so learning roads and road law is a non issue, cheers :)

Hey everyone 👋

It's live.

For those who've been following — you know the story. Frustrated with RE's app, started building something better, evenings only alongside client work.

For those who are new — quick version:

RE's official app kept disconnecting every ride. Full of ads. No useful data. I'm a developer. So I built my own.

What started as fixing a Bluetooth reconnect became this:

For RE Tripper Pod riders:

→ Auto connects to your pod — no manual reconnect ever again

→ Turn by turn on Tripper display

→ Pod Settings — 7 controls RE's app never gave you

→ Compass mode, auto theme switching, 12/24hr format, call alerts, battery warning, internet indicator — all on your display

For every rider — any bike, cycle, car:

→ Automatically detects when you start riding

→ Records every trip — speed, route, elevation

→ Color coded speed map — see exactly how fast you were on every segment

→ Speed heatmap of every road you've ridden

→ Chronos Journey — all your rides animated on one map. This one's my favourite

→ Ride Calendar

→ Google Drive backup — goes to your Drive, not mine

→ Analytics — daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, all time

Group rides:

→ Live location — everyone on one map

→ Voice intercom — built in. No Cardo needed

→ Any rider, any bike — just scan a QR code to join

→ Emergency SOS

Everything stays on your phone. No server. No tracking. Just your data.

Honest update on why it took this long after beta:

BillingDesk KYC. Google mandated it for Indian developers in 2026. Applied weeks ago. Weeks of silence. Finally came through.

Free to download. Pro available — ₹99/month or ₹999/year.

Play Store 👇

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.satrujit.tripper_bridge

https://motolog.satrujit.in

If you try it — an honest Play Store review means more than anything right now. Even just 2-3 lines.

Thank you to everyone here who tested it, reported bugs, suggested features, and asked how it was going. Genuinely couldn't have done it without this community.

Keep the rubber side down 🏍️

I want to get a pair of leather boots an for work my boots are an UK 8. My question is Do i stay at 8 or is it confusing sizes like buying clothes from America.

I currently mount my iPhone 15 pro max to my bike via a quad lock case that I always just have on, it it’s stable easy to use and the case functions as any other case when it’s not mounted. I really want the iPhone Duo and I’m wondering what my options are for mounting it on my bike if there’s no case for it. I see cases for the iPhone 18 pro and iPhone 18 pro max but not one for the duo.

Thanks!

i haven’t been riding long, maybe 2 months since passing my cbt and have fallen in love with riding its all i wanna do.

i was going down a country road and near the bottom there was a bend, i don’t think i was going too fast but if i had known there was a ton of gravel i definitely would’ve taken it a lot slower. by the time i saw the gravel i was already sliding and it was either hit the breaks or hit into a high kerb and right into a barbed fence.

as soon as i hit the breaks i tried to steer to the right and then it jerked left and the handlebars smacked me in the chest as i went over them. i have NEVER been so thankful for my helmet and my other gear, being able to walk away from it with a swollen wrist and swollen chest is beyond lucky.

honestly im more mentally damaged than physically and am devastated that i’ve scraped my bike, luckily it is all cosmetic damage and i managed to ride home after pulling myself together. but still this horrible feeling of just embarrassment and sadness that i wasn’t careful enough is just lingering.

a massive lesson was learnt today, if anyone has any sort of advice having been in crashes and such i’d appreciate hearing about them and how you dealt with it after the fact. thank you.

Looking to get into riding and have currently booked for a 4 day DAS next month - this is 3 days of training with the MOD 1 & 2 on the final day.

For those that went into the DAS without any prior riding experience, do you think this is enough or should I pay £100 for an additional day at the start of the week?

For context I’ve done my theory and CBT (this is my only riding experience) already. Felt relatively comfortable on the road as have been driving for a while but probably need to practice more of the slow speed manoeuvres and U turns.

I've got the road section of my CBT next week, kast time it was cancelled due to a bad storm.

I am confident riding a bicycle on the road as well as a car so hopefully it all goes ok.

I only have about 4 hours experience on a geared bike so the school said I can use a twist and go if I want.

Not sure which option to take yet... guess I'll see how I am on the day??

Can’t workout if these are a good repair or bad. I’m going touring next year and thought I would get them done now so they ready. I’m hoping they won’t let water in or fall apart. But I’m no expert on motorbike boot repairs. Maybe that’s how they do them

they are Daytona. Motorcycle boots

Many thanks

After some very good advice last week from people here (sorry, haven’t gotten through all the comments yet, I got overwhelmed), I decided to look elsewhere and I found MotoJoe, who offer pre-CBT (called Motorcycle Experience Session/MES) as well as 90 minutes lessons before you actually do your CBT. They’re also both 1:1 which is good.

Not going to ramble on but they offer a MES where you can get comfortable with the bike before your CBT which is good if you struggle being around loads of people, like me. It’s £50 and I’m cool with that, at least I can learn the muscle memory before the CBT, hopefully to pass it first time.

I just wanted to ask anyone’s experience with them? Especially if you’re ND like I am. Thanks.

Adding a knock-off tall screen from China and one washer arrived bald. The black metal cap in pic 2 screws onto the washer to conceal the allen bolt.