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Not really BREXIT related, but a good illustration of what a complete shower of sh 1 T this government are and how their propaganda machine ( The Daily Fail and other rags) support their dishonesty. It also illustrates how deceitfuly the people leading us into BREXIT behave. This letter asks...

The problem is the human factor. We are erratic, unpredictable and prone to making errors. This is compounded by a small element sincerely believing that they are in possession of superior skills which set them apart others, thus licensing themselves to behave recklessly. The best drivers...

From the article above, the picture of the cyclist which is emerging is that of a chancer, an unreliable person and a dishonest man. This fits perfectly with the profile of someone who would take a gamble with the safety of others for their own gratification.

I think you are dredging the bottom of the excuses barrel with the, "we don't know if he would have used the brakes" thing. That's on a par with, maybe the woman committed suicide by "fixie", we will never know, so no one is to blame. It is a fact that a track bike cannot be slowed using pedal...

That's very noble of you. I suspect that had it been one of your loved ones who had been killed, you would have been outside the court spitting at the prison van and screaming obscenities as the defendant was driven past.

The dispatch rider may have been very experienced and "Skilled" but the inescapable fact is that he collided with a pedestrian and that collision resulted in a death. The other fact is that the bike had no brakes and it was the riders decision to ride that bike in an area which was densely...

Totally agree re Techmoan. Very good impartial reviews based on a lot of experience.

I frequently ride a fixed wheel bike at my local velodrome and they take a lot of stopping. I'm quite a strong cyclist and it easily takes 1/3 lap to stop the bike due to the high gearing. A direct drive onto the front wheel, like an infants tricycle, would be easier to stop due to the lower...

He had no brake as required in law. He may have been able to gradually slow down by resisting the momentum of the bike through the pedals, but the law does not recognise that as being a brake. As the rider of a fixed wheel bike, he will have known how limited he was in his ability to slow down...

Donald Trump referring to North Korea's leader as Rocket Man. Funniest thing I've heard for a while :-)

I agree here. Had the poor woman lived, in all likelihood the cyclist would have escaped prosecution. His actions, intentions and manner of riding would have all been the same, but because the consequence (beyond anyone's control) turned out differently on this occasion, he goes to prison...

If I give someone a deep sea diver (five pound note), and they give me a tenner in return, that's a hand out. I'm not contributing to the generous fellow's wealth. I agree with you regarding wealthy U.K. Landowners reaping in money from the EU. That's a scandal.

It's not that simple. Many countries (18 out of 28) within the EU are not contributors, they receive more from the EU than they pay in and that is probably a strong reason why they are members. The money being a kind of sweetener during an aggressive expansion policy. The UK is a big...

I've lost interest in the Brexit thread, but it is in The Charging Post, which is for non-ebike / bike related topics. The thread has grown to over 1000 pages which makes it the most discussed topic in the history of this site. As far as I can see, the Brexit topic has a legitimate place in...

My friend's 5th motor cost £395, I think. That was a deal to reflect the ongoing problems. The motor now has the rolling 2 year warranty, so not a bad outcome.

That's actually a good point. The friend of mine who is on his fifth motor is a very fit cyclist. He does a lot of mountain biking and can put a lot of power through the pedals. An interesting graph would be the rider's fitness plotted against rate of failure. Sadly it would be virtually...

True, it just seems to be the ones which are powered up and used that fail :)

In fairness, you haven't really used the bike. Based on what I have read here and the experience of my friend who has had 5 motors, I would say that the probability of motor failure will be high once you start using the bike. Customer service usually is good when you aren't reporting a problem...

When you think about this government's recent relationship with the police this 2% rise seems rather sinister to me. It started with the humiliation of David Cameron over the Sheehy report when he was a Home Office Shitmuncher. He never forgave the police for that. Then they were further...

Most house insurance policies provide public liability cover and that includes bicycles. I've checked with mine (UIA) and that includes a legal ebike as they class it as a bicycle.