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    electric bike hire anyone?

    There's a couple in Ireland. ELECTRIC BIKE HOLIDAYS Near Limerick - also does a range of ebikes for sale There's a daily hire one in Dublin... Electric Bikes | Electric Scooters | Electric Bike Specialist | Electric Bike Ireland | Electric Bike Dublin | Folding Electric Bike | Electric...
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    Speed

    Exactly so, and in spite of the whingers on here blathering on about "illegal" bikes, I have no desire to slam 48 or even 72 Volts through my motor (it will take it, others have done so). No, 26mph is plenty fast enough for me on a 20 year old MTB, for the fact of the matter is, with my duff...
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    Tesco Folding Hopper 20" e-Bike

    Nothing compared to the annoyance caused by screaming weans in pushchairs, so don't worry about that. :) I did, once. Never, ever again. Spawn of the Devil, that was.
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    Speed

    Old Claud Butler Oracle (which I bought 20 years ago) and a Conhismotor 750W hub.
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    Solar Charging whist riding, sunbathing at the beach, and lazing around the campsite

    You can do it, but you'll need about three sq metres of panels. I came across a foldable panel last year (or a video thereof) showing exactly your intended use. Ride up to campsite, lay panel on ground or picnic table and while it charges, do something else. It wasn't cheap, and it was only...
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    Speed

    Normally, comfortable cruising speed was around 19mph with a 48t /14 . Yesterday I found I was able to sit for a fair distance at 26mph totally maxed pedalling without any great strain - the summer cruising has helped my legs a bit. When I had a 52t chainwheel, the comfortable speed was 22 to...
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    Raindrops keep falling on my head.

    Mr Sheen keeps umpteen things clean :)
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    vorsprung durch technik

    Ooh, I want one. :) Has a nice understated low-brutal ratbike look about it.
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    Raindrops keep falling on my head.

    Hmmm... Kent screens - very effective. Come to think of it, I'm sure I saw one fitted on a Land Rover decades ago. Probably not legal, but iirc, it was a Series II and probably pre-dated MoTs.
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    6 core cable anyone?

    Find it on hobbyking or ebay
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    Luxembourg on e-bike

    Guardian blog... Luxembourg by e-bike: a natural high | Frederika Whitehead | Environment | guardian.co.uk I'm amazed at the couple of comments beneath, where the writers apparently lack any imagination that might lead them to think they won't always be fit, young and healthy. Idiots.
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    Jules the stoker

    Joules - YouTube
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    1940's bike factory video

    Volvo did that in the late 60s or early 70s and found it increased quality by a fair bit. They had a team attached to each group of cars as they progressed through the plant, so were multi-skilled. Apparently the builders were quite interested in making sure the vehicles got put together as well...
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    Hub or Derailleur, Which Is Best?

    Currently I'm using the fairly standard derailleur setup on mine - as dictated by the Chinese hub motor coming with a 5sp freewheel set. My next build will use an SA X-RF5 I picked up for next to nothing as NOS a couple of years ago. I will use this in either a front hub drive arrangement or...
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    1940's bike factory video

    I noticed one grinder wearing goggles - he must have been a bit of a lightweight, unlike his tougher colleague who had cast-iron eyes. Jeez, when I see those kind of things I really wonder how factory owners got away with it - helped, of course, by idiots who didn't wear the gear that was supplied.
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    Gears, How Many is Too Many?

    Small slopes, but nothing much; the kind you notice without assistance, but even so aren't too bad. Of course, there are much bigger hills not so far away, but they can stay there :) My regular shopping/pottering routes don't involve much climbing at all. I've done with messing for gears for the...
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    The NOT Gears, How Many is Too Many? thread

    To give you something to do with your right hand instead of wielding a sword. Think horsemen. As I recall from those days, the Defence cuts she'd already planned would have meant we couldn't have put together a Task Force worth a damn if the Argies had bided their time and waited another year...
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    Towing a tent and caravan.

    If that's a full-sized bed in there, he must be a Pygmy.
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    A useful comparison of SLA batteries

    For those who have Sealed Lead Acid and want to stick with them, for reasons of purchase price and don't mind the weight. These two videos are worth watching, if only to alert members to the folly of trusting manufacturers' claims... Maplin Nikkai 4 in 1 Jump Starter review (part 1) - YouTube...
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    Any ideas how come?

    If I were running a comp like that, I'd only give it to a winner who would actually use it - not impossible to arrange.