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  1. Alan Quay

    Easiest way find percentage of a hill?

    I agree with you generally, but whenever this discussion comes up I'm amazed by people's ignorance of the metric system. (not yours, or any one else here BTW). I sat in a meeting the other day, and a well respected engineer told me that we could not use l/s (litres per second) to measure flow...
  2. Alan Quay

    Easiest way find percentage of a hill?

    It's not as silly as you would think. It's all part of the brilliant metric system, where all units relate to each other, and have a defined base unit. The farad is the amount of capacitance required to hold one coulomb of energy with a 1 volt PD. Similarly: 1 calorie is the amount of energy...
  3. Alan Quay

    Post-pedelec bike?

    I was just talking about 'going back' with my brother. I was mending a bike the other day for a mate. I took it round the block a few times while testing. It was a very nice bike, and I rode about 3 miles on all told. The thing that struck me was how boringly slow the uphill bits are. Even...
  4. Alan Quay

    Batteries in saddlebags

    Thanks all, but I'm specifically talking about a saddlebag, the sort of thing that hangs down below the saddle, normally contains a puncture repair kit.
  5. Alan Quay

    Scooter / Moped style. Legal?

    Even if it were technically legal (it probably isn't) you would be stopped by every passing police car, cos it looks like a moped but displays no plates.
  6. Alan Quay

    The UK Difference

    Do you mean this one in Bath? http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/bath-two-tunnels
  7. Alan Quay

    Batteries in saddlebags

    Yeah, that's without tax. Probably adds £30-40
  8. Alan Quay

    Batteries in saddlebags

    BMS battery do a 10ah 36v lithium battery. It's in shrink wrap, and can be got for £150 delivered. I installed one in friends bike, and it really neat and compact - 150x150x70 mm. I'm thinking about slinging one under the saddle, in a saddlebags for another project. Anyone done this before?