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Bike Europe announce this "first" on this link. They are wrong though, a full decade ago Aprilia produced one and since then some years ago a private individual also built one that was successful, that being announced in A to B Magazine with photo. Nor can they claim it's the first to be...

Eddie0 has sent me this following link announcing new smaller crank drive units from Bosch, Panasonic and TranzX, and new batteries from Bosch: English Translation link Original German link

. Yes, once more the day to celebrate the EU comes round again! You kip if your want to, I prefer to stay awake. :p :D

Now announced that ex MP Chris Huhne and ex wife Vicky Pryce are to be released on tags after just eight weeks of their eight month sentences, once again a quarter of their sentences when "ordinary" people have to serve a minimum of a half. No tag period has been specified so I'm betting...

A subject I raised a short while ago has sadly arisen yet again. On Monday Dr Katherine Giles, a young distinguished research fellow at University College London was killed by a left turning lorry, the most common single cause of cycling deaths in London. Once again she was riding on the left...

Oh how sick I am of some of the nonsense being currently spouted about Margaret Thatcher. I expect some sycophantism at times like this of course, but how many times must someone wrongly say how her being a prime minister blazed a trail for women worldwide, just said once again by Julia...

This morning I looked out to see fathers and children scurrying about clutching flowers and carrier bags and realised that the Mothers' Day racket had come round again. When I was young there was no Mothers' Day giving that I or anyone I know recognised, just gifts on Christmas Day and...

This new entry belt drive looks different in having a deep tooth profile, rather than the more familiar shallow tooth designs. It remains to be seen whether the friction is worse with this pattern: Contitech-Benchmark bicycle drive system

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An all party parliamentary inquiry committee has been formed to hear evidence and examine all the factors necessary to increase cycling safety and popularise cycling. The outcome will be a report to the government on what is necessary, the government apparently favourably inclined: About the...

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Today, Tuesday the 18th of December 2012, The Queen attended a cabinet meting in Downing Street and spoke twice, the first time a monarch has done so for 300 years. I see this as a very dangerous precedent, given that Prince Charles will be inheriting the throne in the near future. Charles has...

Sales of e-bikes to the Dutch are down slightly on last year, sales are still predominantly to the late middle age and elderly (80%), that's the less cheerful news. The good news is that 10% of all their households now have an e-bike! Imagine if we had that here in Britain, 3 million e-bikes...

Today's BBC TV news, a car driver who flung open his door without checking his mirror charged with causing the death of the cyclist who swerved to avoid it. More here

Midday London TV news, another London cyclist killed in collision with a truck in central London at 8.30 this morning, the 14th in London this year. When will cyclists learn this obvious lesson? Keep clear of the nearside of trucks where the drivers are blind to much what is happening there...

Your inbox is full and we cannot reply by PM at present: Here is the information you asked for: The left hand control is as I described and it changes the rear 7 gear sprockets in use. The right hand control is for the front three chainrings, changing those. The combination gives you the 21...

Our hopes of the European Parliament recommendation for pedelec power limitation to be removed becoming law have now been dashed, the 250 watt limit is final: Read the details here

Euro Millions was at £91 millions on Friday. I did win. £4.70 :(

Just received the latest issue 92 of A to B magazine, which has reviews of two new simply specified Chinese made e-bikes under the Momentum brand. They have some interesting features and A to B are clearly impressed. The Tonaro review is of the Eagle model and it is distinctly critical in a...

I've received the following from David Henshaw, editor of A to B magazine: "In the next A to B we're publishing an article on converting a Lafree to Li-ion, using an aero-modeller 5.8Ah cell pack. It's working well, giving nearly 18 miles". That compares favourably with the typical 20 miles...