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They're Americans, so if things really get bad the cyclists can get tooled up as well - contrary to some urban myth a Hummer isn't bullet proof. Apparently in "wild west" days a chap called Iver Johnson who made both guns and bicycles, and even "pistols for cyclists" Iver Johnson - Wikipedia...

My other "normal" bike is a Raleigh Pioneer hybrid - I agree they could do well with being sold together but the battery range is still the sticking point here. If the X series had the same range as something like the Powacycle Salisbury (which will do 26 miles on a charge and still have two...

if they take up the offer, and most of them are "proper" LBS's (I got my Raleigh Hybrid from such a place) I don't think its a bad thing as it raises awareness of ebikes to normal dealers and if they made a X-series with longer battery range I might have been interested, although I do think...

its a smarter move by the Italians, shame our politicians seem to think subsidies other than for the unemployed are only for banks or farmers yep this is the problem - even though I don't currently have a full license I could now do my CBT and get a cheap petrol moped for much less than a...

YouTube - Project A - Jackie's Bicycle Scene

I believe there have already been investigations and arrests in Met / City of London areas due to illegally converted electric rickshaws. IME most bobbies who are genuinely interested in bicycles (and there are some) are very clued up about them and willing to monitor and enforce the laws...

I remember reading a while back that Cycling weekly had actually got a warning letter from Sacha Baron Cohen's agents because they had "used a picture of an unauthorised Ali G impersonator". It turned out this was a perfectly legitimate picture of Marco Pantani, in his team gear and shades :D...

although some foreign nations clearly have better infrastructure, I do think we in Britain feel "the grass is greener on the other side" with regard to speed. Many blogs, and anecdotal evidence from Europeans (including a post on this thread) state the average cycling speed on their paths is...

Oh, it was a digital one - I have to admit when I saw Sectors original post on this subject I had visions of him cycling down the road with an original Avometer strapped to his handebars, and wondered "wouldn't that give false readings due to the needle being rattled about"? :D

Of course - business is business - why would a company not use regulations to their advantage? a few years back I worked in a Civil Service Department which had some regulatory powers and an investigative force (it was also where I got seriously into cycling as they had something like...

front mech is a front derailleur with multiple chain rings, as found on most mountain bikes, hybrids and road bikes. MTBs and hybrids/tourers usually have three chain rings, whilst road bikes normally have two.

what are the age limits (if any) elsewhere in the EU?

TBH the "green-ness" of previous years was much more to do with cost, availability and post-war austerity than any kind of concious attempt to change lifestyles - in fact this sort of wiring setup was still commonplace in Malaysia (where my parents are from) until the 1980s/1990s... but much...

I think one big issue is compared to other EU nations (many with similar climates) we lost 20 years of potential progress with renewables due to the privatisation of the electricity companies. I remember loads of eco-projects in the 1980s when at school (the Electricity Boards even mentioned the...

I think this the lower birth rate and people delaying having kids is true for SE England and London but certainly in the East birth rates are very high (and the bulk being from parents both native to Britain) - with parents also being young (late teens to early 20s is very common here)...

putting aside the extra energy input of manufacturing the electronic bits (and I'd be interested in comparisons with something like a MP3 player or laptop or digital camera); the same argument can now also be applied to conventional bicycles particularly the higher end ones due to the decline in...

it was not that long ago I was a teenage boy; and I remember "solid spoke" type BMX's similar to this; these never took off presumably for the same reasons flecc mentioned. Although most 20-30 something businessmen are unlikely to be trying many stunts; there are potholes in abundance in many...

I saw the go-cycle in the Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative catalogue which recently came through my letterbox and was surprised to see it in there when there are far better e-bikes. IMO they would be better off (particularly with their co-operative ethos) becoming a dealer for Synergie/Alien (thus...

wonder how they would fare on Wispers? :D Police in high-speed bike chase - Evening Star 24

I have a strange suspicion that Alien and Synergie are the exact same company :rolleyes: - if not they are very closely linked. Its a bit poor that Alien will not provide a telephone number (nor an explanation for why not) when requested but then again it might be exactly the same as Synergie :D...