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I agree with Neal, no difference to battery life. Spinning faster with a higher cadence will ensure your knee joints have a longer life with greatly reduced risk of arthritis or needing a knee joint replacement, though these cycling risks are greatly reduced with motor assistance. .

There is one solution they aren't speaking of, the chaos of another world war. .

Probably needed those tyres for the long trip from Ukraine. ;) .

It will be clearer when we know what the new law will actually be. I can't see any way they can get around the need for a driving licence, group Q minimum, plus third party insurance. These could be a big limiters. .

But Jimmy Carter made a bit of a mess too, albeit well intentioned. The USA's overall policies are the trouble, they just insist they lead the world but they are not fit to. Republican or Democrat, they've caused nothing but trouble and vast numbers of unnecessary deaths ever since the WW2...

Not so, with a legal 250 watt motor fitted it will be a pedelec, so no fully acting throttle allowed, whether standing or not. With a scooter motor up to 500 watts, it will be a moped. I take your point though, this is the mess the legislators are getting themselves into. .

A hub motor e-bike like yours doesn't need any special chainrings, standard ones will be fine. .

We are in agreement in respect of the position the USA holds in the world, and they are behind so much you complain of. I've long held the view that Europe, including Britain, needs to distance itself from America, to isolate and weaken it for the good of both ourselves and the whole world. .

By force of arms and slavery. With that empire gone we have only been failing ever since. Of course not, there's no market for such things for most of the world! As for Hope and Endura, don't make me laugh. Most of the world won't even know who they are. They haven't exactly rescued our...

See this other thread with posts about this incident. .

Yes, I'm aware of this, but it doesn't show any knowledge of how chargers and e-vehicles actually work together. They only mention one make of charger and give "such as" possibilities. It's guesswork. My car for example only accepts up to 50 kw charge rate from a public rapid or ultra rapid...

Very unlikely, probably impossible. There's almost 900,000 plug-in electric cars in the UK now, the majority with home chargers and a complete absence of such a thing occurring. The charge control is jointly by the charger and the vehicle. If they can't handshake the charge discontinues. We...

Early 1950s 49cc Sinclair-Goddard PowerPak, ribbed alloy roller drive onto the tyre and the vibration a real bone shaker. Quite fast until it rained when the roller drive slipped, shredding the tyre tread. They were the first i.c. cyclemotor company to go broke back then. Even then electric...

The medicines are almost entirely the same, there's only one set of Covid medicines for example. I know from my own experiences of both that the only difference between private and NHS hospital treatments is in convenience, care and comfort. The medicines used are usually identical, except in...

Of course, my comment was on the likelyhood of an average conversion of a bicycle to i.c engine power passing the test. And that is low. .

If one is fitted to a bicycle the whole machine has to be presented to one of the official testing centres with a fee paid for the test. It will have to meet all the requirements for a 28 mph moped, which are listed in the manual obtainable on this link In the unlikely event it passes the...

Indeed, that's how most of the world cycles. Multi millions in Africa, India, China and most of the other Oriental countries, with South America, the Netherlands and Denmark often the same. If you think 10 mph slow, look at the Japanese grandmas who often cycle. For them it's around 6 mph...

So fine for at least 98% of the world's cyclists who never reach the terrifying speeds of over 15 mph. ;) Probably why some 98% of all bicycles have mechanical brakes and rim brakes ok for most of them. .

We're probaby safer with a medicines agency that any other. After all, the medicines are for all of us, so any corrupter is risking their own life and loved ones too. .

For the EU yes, but with the independence of Brexit I doubt the UK could take part now. .