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I guess that will be the outcome the politicians will be hoping for. Its easier to wrap it all up and usher the elephant out of the room that way. Either way, they are likely have very shallow French ancestry.

I sincerely hope that this comes as a wake up call and that governments start to enforce proper controls over who enters and who is residing in their country. For the sake of those who have been murdered, I hope that some good, in terms of a safer country, eventually prevails.

What happens on a cloudy day and there is no breeze to turn the electricity windmills?

But you are forgetting that this is the United Kingdom and not Germany where proper people live. Have you stopped in the street and looked at the souls around you? A herd of goats was probably the last thing that most of them drove. Stores are cancelling Pre Christmas sales because customers are...

I can understand why other Strava users get upset when someone ruins a section by using an electric bike. The spirit of the Strava section feature is to allow users to compete using leg power alone. Yes, equipment will make a difference, but electric assist completely ruins the game. I'm within...

Maybe they have ambitions to gas the entire population of the planet this time.

This might not be related, but a friend of mine has a Pro Connect fitted with the Impulse 2 motor. He cycles to work most days and hence does a lot of miles. His motor developed this clicking noise which was initially intermittent. Through continued use, the clicking became worse until...

I always apply a very thin film of copper grease on the tapers too, just enough to colour the surface. It's never caused a problem.

Great, another Panasonic still on the road. The best ebike motors ever made :-)

I hope that this is true, because I quite like the idea of a 150 hp (I suspect this figure is a fiddle too) car in a £30/year tax banding. That was the main reason I bought it.

Sorry if I'm late resurrecting this thread. I bought a Garmin EDGE 1000 from a German company. I think this was about £70 cheaper than Wiggle and about £110 cheaper than Halfords. The warranty seems to be European and they have a UK service centre. It has some great features (mentioned by...

That will depend on the exact nature of the modification. If it's a tweak to the ECU software, not long, 6 months. If it's a new exhaust system as mentioned above, 1 to 2 years. I hope this bankrupts them.

These Polite high-vis vests have been around for years. They mainly seem to be worn by female horseists. Perhaps they just have a fantasy about being mounted. No harm done.

I As things stand, I won't be taking my car in for any modifications. I believe that the latest proposal involves changing or modifying the exhaust system. The modified system utilised a chemical which needs replenishing at £50 a time. No doubt the base cost of this chemical is about 50p...

I find the MPG figures can be achieved with our Golf. I can't get the claimed 80 MPG but I can get it into the 70s. It's not really practical to drive it that way all the time though and I would say that a realistic average is in the high 50s. I had quite a gap in VW ownership from my Mk2 to...

One of our cars is a VW Golf TDI Bluemotion. It's a 2012 model with the 2.0 litre 140 hp diesel engine. So almost certainly one of the affected cars. The car is currently £30 / year VEL and I can squeeze 70 + MPG out of it if driven carefully on the motorway. The performance isn't bad either...

Kalkhoff used to make an electric tricycle. It might be worth calling 50 Cycles to see if they still produce them.

Nice one John, I'm sure you will be pleased with the bike. £ v Euro always makes me laugh. It's a one way ratchet. Prices, we are told, need to increase when the £ is weak, but they never come down again when the £ strengthens. They are having our trousers down, but what can we do? Just enjoy...

Yes, definitely. I really like Strava and its provided me with motivation to keep pushing myself to the maximum. As for the bike, it's the first decent road bike I've owned and I love riding it. I've mainly been using it for commuting and have started taking longer routes to and from work to...