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That's roughly correct, except too many members just wanting to feel superior and constantly trying to demonstrate it to each other. True, but it doesn't depress me since it's good that it has self destruction built in. Far from being the superior species that we think we are, we are...

Sadly that wouldn't work either, as you'd know if you'd ever been a member of Mensa, the High IQ society. I did qualify and join long ago, meeting some of the worst idiots I've ever had the misfortune to meet. Because I'd already known I'd resign once accepted, since being a member of a...

You're missing the point that the majority vote them and their ilk to rule and make the rules, thus once again proving the majority are always wrong. .

Not for me, I've never abseiled and fall rope is far too thick and stiff for abseiling, but I was at the time a 27 year old skilled and very fit climber of thick ropes. No longer, 60 years later even stairs are a challenge so I live on the ground floor. .

Indeed. Long, long ago in 1963, before pedelecs, laptops and lithium batteries existed, I moved into a converted house flat three floors up which had only the internal staircase, no fire escape. First thing I did was get a length of 1" hemp rope (scaffolders fall rope) and splice a loop in...

He might just have pulled success out of the bag with his innovative approach and populist policies, both in the speech and recently. HS2 , the forced e-car introduction, the imposition of huge 20mph limit zones. all have huge numbers of enemies. Very few will dislike the phasing out of future...

The above copied and pasted from this Bosch web site. They would say that wouldn't they, Bosch only make mid drive units! The majority are invariably wrong. That's why only the minority are wealthy. That's why only the minority are successful. That's why only one wins a race. These are...

Possibly not since Saracen declares he is proud of his autism. The third most common characteristic of autism is the presence of restrictive and repetitive behaviours. In turn often leading to being unwilling to change behaviours and annoyance with any change imposed. .

And on the evidence of the last 20 years, has on average more parts to fail, lower reliability, a far higher cost to repair or replace the drive unit if it fails and the pedelec with mid driven transmission costs far more to run, on top of the other higher costs. The Moral: If a rear hub...

Not that I know of, but two monthly is frequent enough for any lithium ion battery. Like you I have a large range of these batteries and have been charging only on the even months each year since the 1990s. No part charging, just letting them all fill each time and I've yet to have any one...

No, we should exploit it. Reasons: 1) We're not yet in a position to stop using oil or gas, so we should get our priorities right. That is reducing the requirement for them first. 2) They are not in short supply, so the world market for them is dictated by price and that total...

I certainly wouldn't bother Daniel. The police have little idea of the correct law and have made numerous mistakes, but they are gradually learning not to. We had an instance in London a while ago when in a swoop they confiscated a number of pedicabs, but then had to return them all due to...

You don't even need to do that Daniel, a 250 watt controller is permissable, despite the stricture about every detail agreeing with the 1983 law. In fact that law had become entirely unenforceable on 10th November 2003 due to the EU legal order to abolish it. That of course our DfT had failed...

Yes, it's only the age of the pedelec which counts, keeping grandfather rights. Wearing parts like a throttle can be replaced and batteries are consumables which have to be changed from time to time anyway. The battery capacity doesn't alter the performance, only the range. .

The Explorer was on sale in 2014/5 but seemed to disappear later as other models like the Avatar and Bliss were introduced by Roodog. Being sold prior to 1st January 2016, the fully acting throttle is legal since the bike has "Grandfather Rights" to remain unchanged. .

But that doesn't necessarily beat the system. For example, during WW2 we could keep up to 12 chickens producing eggs for our own household's consumption. Any more then that, even just 13 chickens, and ALL of the eggs had to be handed to a packing station for addition to the national supply...

No, that doesn't make the pedelec illegal in practice. As Saneagle says, it doesn't qualify as an Off Road Switch. Altering in that way is the software equivalent of using tools to physically alter the machine. As I said in my long reply to Jimod, we need to accept some flexibility in the...

Not legal, since to be a pedelec exempt from motor vehicle law, there cannot be any assist power when pedalling stops. In this instance it is the usage law of the current EAPC regulation, which rules that it becomes a motor vehicle, namely an L1e-A moped. BUT: Take it througn the new 250 LPM...

Yes. Yes. In both cases it has Grandfather Rights. The rights it had back in 2015, whether taken advantage of or not then, remain indefinitely. .

Yes, because it is a pedelec construction provision of the exemption in Type Approval law, that only dealing with design and construction, not rider usage. No, since it is not a usage provision for the exemption. .