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  1. Wicky

    Bike for overweight, nervy rider wanting to do long railway paths but not that fit

    http://www.oxygenbicycles.com/shop-2/s-cross-st/
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Fingers, thank you for those optimistic words direct from the Ministry of Alternative Information...
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    Disregarding UK pedelec laws

    Did I miss something in the summary? "and speed up hill is depends on me ...:" Or rather peer pressure from what you wrote earlier. "People I ride with are very understanding - as long as I don't ride like an a***hole up the hills" Why don't you let your friends know you struggle on the flat...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well before we lecture EU on their percieved failing, the UK Boundary Commissions had first better get our house in order with your proposal: Size of constituencies by electorate The number of people able to vote (the electorate) differs by constituency. The Office for National Statistics...
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    Disregarding UK pedelec laws

    He doesn't want to go up hill faster than non-assisted riders, wants a max of 18mph on the flats - and wants drop handlebars...
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    Disregarding UK pedelec laws

    Whatever you choose you'll still be accused of cheating by unpowered riders... no matter what it looks like, drops or not. https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42887
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    Disregarding UK pedelec laws

    Take your pick MkII https://road.cc/content/tech-news/252817-stealthy-assisted-speed-e-bikes-look-road-bikes
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    Disregarding UK pedelec laws

    With a speed pedelec you've got a motor assisting you to 28mph so you don't need drops! The unresticted motor helps overcome the aerodynamic drag. If you feel as if you still need them fit aftermarket ones.
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    Disregarding UK pedelec laws

    Take your pick https://urbanebikes.com/collections/speed-pedelec
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    Disregarding UK pedelec laws

    There are now many shared cycle / pedestrian paths around - So if you have 20-30mph electric cycles on them things could get interesting for everyone. When I chose my first pedelec I at first thought I wanted one as quick as possible, coming to it as a motorcyclist. After test rides and...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "In the House of Commons of England, each English county elected two "knights of the shire" while each enfranchised borough elected "burgesses" (usually two, sometimes four, and in a few cases one). From 1535 each Welsh county and borough was represented, by one knight or burgess. The franchise...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I've seen a Syrian dentist at work oddly enough in sunny Frinton - not me thankfully. He did the swiftest tooth extraction I've ever seen, just mere seconds after the pain killing injection. This was 5 years ago...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Colchester school compulsory homework back after protests Compulsory homework is to be brought back to a school that abolished it in 2016 to give teachers more time. The policy introduced to Philip Morant School and College in Colchester by former head Catherine Hutley was "divisive and...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Black Arrow is being restored in Scotland 1 careful owner - Should clean up nicely
  16. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wishful thinking
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There's (almost) miniature fusion reactors to sell to the world... Brexit puts Europe's nuclear fusion future in doubt