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How do you arrive at that Trex? I disagree for this reason; cyclists don't have throttles on their push-bikes so when they first try out EAPCs, they expect them to behave much as their push-bike but with less effort required to pedal, particularly the difficult bits. Gentle pedalling is...

I have the Mirrycle on all my bikes and I don't understand your comment Chris about the folding ability of the Dooback which suggests that the Mirrycle lacks such a facility. The nicely engineered friction surfaces of the Mirrycle joints allow exactly that function - it's simply a matter of...

No flecc, I think it's perfectly believable when you look around at the standard of MP by whom people are represented. When you watch them being interviewed on TV or listen to them on the wireless, it quickly becomes evident that many of them are bereft of any intellectual capacity. While...

Blimey, you've pulled off the same trick again! This thread could go anywhere now but as it's about soup for the moment, I'd just like to add my two-penn'orth. I'm a big fan of soup and regularly cook up my own, preferring that to the tinned or packet varieties from the supermarket shelves...

Apparently, sales of hoverboards, recently discussed in Pedelecs, are likely to go through the roof this Christmas, in spite of the fact that the Fire Service has been able to identify them as the single cause of at least three house fires in recent times. There's an interesting report here of...

It seemed like such an innocuous little post - just a mention for the membership that Aldi are doing bike gear again. Why do I think you knew exactly what would result by posting that? I think you were getting bored by post after post about how to de-restrict everything from a Tri-ang trike...

I don't know about EAPCs doing a 60 mile round trip daily though there may be some up to that task. It's the rider I'd worry about. It takes a very special type of person to undertake such a commute daily. If it's only a couple of times a week, I can imagine that but if it's every day, 5...

Therein lies the problem. I believe that a bicycle and by extension, an EAPC, would be fine. Is it possible though to insure something for any type of cover which cannot be defined as a bicycle and does not fit with the requirements for any other vehicle classification? I'm asking the...

This little episode highlights the dangers for all those with non-compliant bicycles. Given the increasingly litigious nature of society today, those who ride around on unregistered motor vehicles, pretending they are using EAPCs, risk the kind of claim the dog walker faced in this incident...

Done and dusted at £210! I think somebody got a good deal there. Forum member perhaps? Tom

Now imagine yourself as the barrister representing the family of the deceased pedestrian mown down by the cyclist whose throttle jammed open on the latter of those machines! Tom

There's an article in the BBC web pages which might be worth a read: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p039d5x9 Tom

If it's Panasonic, their batteries were frequently described as 24v but I believe they were in fact 26v and 50cycles could source one easily, I'm sure. The price might make your eyes water though! I can't remember when Kalkhoff binned Panasonic and went with their own motors but either way...

Yes Steve, I looked at that link and I think your suggestion of a maximum bid of £400 would be as much as I'd be prepared to pay if I wanted an illegal machine. Without checking, I'd hazard that a replacement battery would cost about a monkey for a decent one, so with an all-up investment of...

I have. On one occasion, I had a lengthy test ride aboard a Koga E-special with a similar suspension unit. It was really very nice, just doing enough to smooth out most of the road imperfections without being wallowy and causing lots of wasted effort uphill. I have also ridden a Cannondale...

D8veh has left the forum previously, on one occasion really throwing his dolly out of the pram. Forum members with problems still got advice from the many other people who have experience of electrical components and/or mechanical things and that is what forums are about. I'm afraid Dave...

There's a thread about unchecked children? Does Det Supt McDonald of Operation Midland know about this forum?;) Tom

Maybe we should ask Victoria Coren Mitchell to re-format that as one of the conundrums on 'Only Connect'. There are some very clever people among those teams on that show. Tom

If you're thinking about some more lights or more powerful lights on your bike with fog and dark nights in many parts over the winter months, you may find one or two additions you'd like to fit among this little collection: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34849850 Tom

Very sad and I echo your sentiment Kinninvie. I shall be interested to see the result of the FAI in due course. Tom