New bike - a few questions

doodah

doodah

doodah

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Recently bought a Boardman HYB 8.8 and loving it. I was temporarily using my wife's ageing Reebok mountain bike (:):p) which does the job but it's old and heavy. The Boardman has been fantastic on roads and parks. I have a few questions though...
  1. There's a rattle on the front wheel when it turns, it sounds like something is catching against the spokes but the sound is coming from inside the frame/forks.
  2. I have registered the bike with BikeRegister though a page I read online suggested the serial number is 6-10 characters long. The stamped number on mine is longer but seems the most likely to be the serial. Is it worth paying any extra on BikeRegister for their kits?
  3. I take it all insurers require the bike been attached to something immovable? There really isn't anything in our garden other than a tree but it's in an awkward corner so would need a massive chain which isn't ideal. There is potential to drill into a fence post or a back wall but I don't have a drill but could borrow one
  4. Any recommendations on a multitool? And basic maintenance items?
We have done two ~25km rides in the last few days and hopefully a ton more over the years, I think we will be looking for a women's hybrid soon enough. Thanks :)
 
Thank you. Slight twist, I went to go check the noise on the front wheel and the tyre is flat. We did have to cycle past some broken glass on a road yesterday but I spot it fairly quickly and thought I avoided it.

Edit - and of course these tyres appear to be out of stock :p.
 
Thanks! Yeah sorry I should have said tube (definitely can't tell this is my first bike in 20 years :o). Got a bit of work to do but will read though at lunch time.

So pumped to get into cycling :D.

Edit - pumped the front tyre and will check again in a few hours, if it is a puncture I assume it's a slow one.

Edit - definitely a slow puncture, back down again this morning. Will fix today.
 
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Bless Halfords - doing my best to support local businesses but it felt a very disjointed shop. If I hadn't rang a couple of times, I get the feeling they would have taken weeks to sort out the inner tube.

Turns out the rattling was something to do with the calipers, needed resetting apparently. Any way all good now, cheeky Richmond Park cycle today :cool::D.
 
So I found this by the side of the house....



Surely it could be easily unscrewed though?

Edit - disc brakes work well as a dog jumped out of nowhere yesterday right in front of me at speed :p.
 
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