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I seem to remember that he felt even the original rubber cone setup had been compromised by others, hence the after-market 'Smootha Ride' kit he developed later which was closer to his original intent. It seems that his ideas often suffered when others got involved - I had a Pashley APB for a...

Weren't both hydrolastic and hydragas also developed by Moulton though? It is likely that he thought them improvements and even used hydrolastic on the New Series Moulton.

I think the future belongs to kits and bikes that can provide durability and close on 100% reliability. In my opinion a multimeter should not be an essential tool for an electric bike rider, although I appreciate the sentiment of that other thread.

I agree completely. The freedom from legislation that Pedelecs currently enjoy is not to be taken lightly.

They are pulsejet powered bikes made by a slightly crazed American called Robert Maddox. He builds them as collectors pieces and they are, indeed, beautifully done but they also actually work. The pulsejets are fuelled by propane and produce about 60-120lb of thrust. The bikes get up to...

How about one of these for an IC bike? Or maybe this one?

Yes, the 'new' standard Brompton saddle is very good. It is also well suited for riding in jeans which is not always the case. I just put a Brooks B17 on my old Moulton but although it looks great I bitterly regret not just buying a Brompton saddle to match my everyday commuter.

i have not tried an R2 but my R1 was great straight out of the box. I think I ended up with it slightly more nose down than my more usual saddles. It is still on my mountain bike because I found it spectacularly good for off-road.

I used to really enjoy riding a tandem solo, very comfy. You could always whip out the stoker seatpost and put on a long rack a la extracycle or a yuba mundo.

Are the Chinese being any more aggressive than the west? We haven't always been perfect gentlemen whilst securing our natural resources have we?

I think the Tikit might be a very interesting candidate for electrification - especially with the front pannier rack which you can leave loaded as you wheel the bike around. Ideal for a battery/controller in a bag, methinks.

The 8 speed fully auto 'cyber nexus' groupset is still available (though not in the UK). At least one blogger is almost disturbingly enthusiastic about the performance of it. The 3 speed auto-d is also still available although the 4 speed version appears to have been discontinued - it was...

Looks good. The only 'big name' longtail I know of is the Kona 'Ute' but there is no electric option - yet.

I think it has all the ingredients to be fully auto - to quote one of the articles: "What is in particular interesting about Shimano STEPS is the fact it is a fully integrated system. Some examples: the Nexus 8-speed gear hub is coupled with the torque sensor. With that it gets SEIS, which...

I was on the verge of ordering an Alien or Sunlova kit but this changes everything for me. All my experiences with Shimano equipment have been overwhelmingly positive and I can't imagine that this will be launched half-baked. Sure, Shimano have had some sales flops like 'coasting' but they...

I absolutely agree. There is so much competition about who can make the cheapest 'real car' (like the Tata Nano for example) that the market for truly innovative new types of light vehicle is in danger of being strangled at birth.

The Aerorider was always slightly different from most velomobiles in that it was intended from the start to have substantial amounts of electric power (500w). I fully accept that there will be no real issue with 250w pedelecs - I just maintain that exactly the same common sense should apply to...

I think that the Aerorider would probably be classified as a three wheeled moped - much easier to gain approval for than cars. I suppose that the DfT response confirming that EAPC law has precedence in Britain means that all 250W bikes are just as illegal as a pedelec quadricycle?

Me too, I just could not see how this could possibly work at first. I presume that your feet have to resist the torque of the pedals - something they do not have to do in normal pedalling? Put bluntly (and I might be being really thick here) won't it make your ankles ache? I would love to...

Let's hope they get this sorted out soon, it would be nice to have some clarity.