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I've seldom read a more unpleasant stream of thought outside of Mein Kampf. Well done - go and start your own little branch of the EDL.

What a load of Daily Mail drivel.

Exactly so. That's what I had in mind - don't know why I missed out the US pop (brainfart).

I never mentioned memory effect; the memory effect on nicads was mostly rubbish anyway, and owed more to bad handling than any inherent characteristics of nicads themselves. Lithiums benefit from a break-in period, that's a fact. A simple full charge and flatten (not totally flat, obviously...

Yes, it was. Lithiums do like a break-in period and without it, they don't perform as well or as long.

I'd fasten some old car headlamp bulbs in series. 180W @36V gives 5A, so divide your battery pack Ah by that.

I used to believe that rubbish, too. It's all propaganda put out by the supermarkets, and it's been doing the rounds for decades. A right load of cobbles.

The population of Canada is 35 million. The population of the UK is? Grin Cyclery are a niche supplier to a much larger niche, in absolute terms.

The Invisible Man comic strip?

I've seen it being used by an electrician, who got his bucket of offcuts out and wrapped 2.5mm T&E around the tyres like that. Worked well enough to get him along the road.

Power tool chargers are notorious for killing their batteries with fast charging. It's a trade-off for the tradesman using it for a living, as the cost of a new battery has been paid for many times over already. For the diy-user, it's not so clear-cut and many would put up with a longer charge...

Deans connectors are utterly outmoded, use XT60s.

Best one I saw was an old Marina with a fan on the roofrack, powering a small wind genny. This wasn't one of yer fancy yachty-type wind gennies, this was an actual office fan. It must have been a sleepy day for him when the physics teacher talked about stuff like that, if he was there at all.

Damned tricky coves, bicycles. Should be a law against them.

Using a child as an out-rigger is generally frowned upon by the social services. :)

Impressive. APEX 5T6 BIKE LIGHT (3000lumens) - YouTube He made a base and remote battery carrier, to move the battery weight from the bars to the bike.

Neptune, same here - I got the travel bug out of my system by travelling too much for a living for years. Now, I prefer to stick around locally and even a trip of a hundred miles doesn't fill me with enthusiasm any more. On the bike, even with assist, I'm going slow enough to have intercourse...

Exactly the kind of thing; and since we generally have some carrying capacity, stowing it folded isn't a problem.

You know what is though? A hydraulic brake -light switch from older cars if you go rooting around the breakers.

The locals aren't often stupid enough to go up in this weather.