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Contrary to popular and outdated misconception of the Chinese all running around in identical Chairman Mao jackets they seem to have a similar attitude to rules and regulations as the French, which paradoxically is why on some occasions the iron fist tends to come down (this also happens in...

ironically the factor is actually the warm weather! Crime rises in warmer weather - particularly violent crime / robberies and sexual assaults (due to more people being out on the streets later into the evening), then you have a rise in alcohol/drug offences (festival and outdoor rave season)...

TBH in a city area (not just London) where people are shooting and stabbing each other, violent incidents are commonplace and there are other crimes involving big companies with more power than a mere individual being ripped off and thousands of pounds involved its hardly surprising. To recover...

Contrary to popular misconception there are many precedents in law that its acceptable to commit a lesser "crime" to stop a larger one happening. Even contentious issues such as self defence or "DIY investigation" can be done perfectly legally if people are reasonable (as 50 cycles were in...

there seem to be two different kinds of plugs. The one I have seen pictured on here looked like a white molex-type connector - but the 2009 model is a black plastic multiway connector which looks like something you would find in a car wiring loom - it is impressive but I couldn't see how you...

Today I ended up replacing those Kenda tyres on my Wisper - after 880 miles, one had started to fail at the bead (at least I think that is what you call the bit by the rim) - I guess it was already on the way out and just as I got to work there was a loud "hissss" and I saw my tyre rapidly...

I once tried riding my Dawes Horizon tourer from the end of the Ridgeway just outside Reading to a rave in Wantage I had heard about, and due to the rutted condition of that area ended up on my behind in the mud in three unitary authority areas. In the end I gave up on that route and took the B...

might have been me. The Wuxing company for the bike components is here. (this is a link below to the English site but as the original URL is in Chinese you might get a bunch of odd characters on screen). ÎåÐdzµÒµÓÐÏÞ¹«Ë¾ That said I think they only sell in large quantity to other...

not seen this on a Powacycle but a (custom moulded and patented) box of this nature is used as a selling point on a Wisper. A very good idea it is too..

I have mostly quit listening to MP3's of electronic dance music whilst riding for safety reasons, having nearly cycled straight into the Anglian Water roadworks whilst listening to a DJ friend's breaks mix - had to take quick evasive action to avoid a few broken bones... plus listening to...

Whilst I don't disagree with the findings, Europe (especially in recent times) goes way beyond just NL and DK and I'd be interested to see what it would be like for the entire EU (both "old" and "new" entrants). I do think we could learn more from across the North Sea (particularly here in East...

VAT is chargeable on shipping (on VAT rated items or a consignment with > 50% such items) as shipping is usually from a service industry registered for VAT - unless the shipping is carried out entirely by the Royal Mail Group and the person shipping it makes no extra profit over and above the...

or much worse, wars killing both our young citizens and foreigners, bringing hate and anger back to our streets and destroying decades of positive progress, but then again the same wars are trying (ultimately in vain) to secure the oil to feed our consumer desires (including bringing our new...

I've heard of them being called "PCB header connectors", but not sure how you get them in small quantity. They get used on lots of cheap Chinese made AV equipment. Collect a broken discarded hi fi system or "ghetto blaster" or DVD player dumped in the street and gut it and you might strike lucky...

worth also remembering on a forum like this you just don't know who else is reading. :cool: I was once a Civil Servant, and was actually discreetly asked whether I wanted to transfer to HMRC as there were going to be budget cuts in my Department and they thought I was a chap with a good head...

there is something like that on the back of one of the UPS's I installed at work. Did all the bits come from Farnell? although I don't as yet have the time to build an ebike I am interested in high current low voltage power supplies (and associated kit) as part of some renewable energy projects..

I am about the same height as David, unless I use the Vladimir Putin scale of units :D

all good :) - it makes the journey to work or anywhere else enjoyable even in headwinds, lots of my friends in the countryside are impressed by it (I have a strange feeling that I probably dont live that far away from Straylight but travel the opposite direction to him!) it was the 906 types I...

will there eventually also be smaller frames made for the shorter folk? ;)

is there not a Dutch consumer protection organisation? I have been dealing with Dutch people for some other items (computer services), and got the impression that their laws and their business practices were "fair" and possibly better than in England - and when a problem occured they worked...