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Yes, stick with trying BGA, but it will still cost near to £300, possibly more. The lithium battery is a very large proportion of any pedelecs price, I was paying £250 each new battery of this size 16 years ago. .

I've seen many, but only because the estate kids cadged rides on mine. But cost is a big barrier for Pedelecs. "Pavement" e-scooters can be bought from £300 new and under £700 buys something high end. Pedelec prices are a whole different order of course, generally over four times those...

In fairness this is not completely daft, given their experience with Smart Meters. The intention of those was for the people to be able to monitor their usage and be able to reduce it, the government hoping to reduce the need for new power stations. Of course as I predicted that was a daft...

I'm afraid you are stuck with that David. Although I know the variable spec on this series of Giant bikes, I have no experience of the details. Their Sanyo designed front hub motor sometimes had regeneration with additional connections, other times not. Some earlier models used NiMh...

Yes, we always used to have full size number plates after fitting any assist motor to a bike. It was the law and strictly adhered to:

Not so, there are other precedents of speed limits where speedometers are not required to be fitted, including for bicycles in some instances. The principles behind regulations are bendable and the Civil Service and Parliament happily bend them when convenient. I've just given such an example...

No new law would be needed, just a minor adjustment. Bicycles are only exempt from the speed limit because the Road Traffic Acts don't in general apply to them. But there is one exception, the 14 years lower age limit for riding a pedelec (which is a bicycle in law) isn't in EAPC law, it was...

All obvious of course, teaching granny to suck eggs! I really don't need such elementary lessons. As I made clear, the Panasonic units were designed to be very sparing with current, and it's done in a variety of cunning ways: This Panasonic design has integral to it the gradual phase down of...

Definitely not. The Eco mode was far too weak to be useful. I never used it in all my years of ownership. 8 or less Wh per mile was the norm for that Giant Lafree with most owners, and as your post shows, ExtraEnergy got 22 miles range in normal mode, 7.1 Wh per mile. That original Panasonic...

Actual historical for a number of members in each case: Giant Lafree Twist with Panasonic mid drive average consumption over time = 7.8 Wh per mile. Range typically 20 miles on its 156 Wh battery. Ezee Torq or Quando with powerful hub motor average consumption over time = 24 Wh per mile...

Singapore goes much further, it costs a small fortune to even contemplate owing a car there and their numbers are strictly rationed, so just getting permission to have one is a lottery. Their parking charges are eye watering too. .

There are opposing factors at work. With age the clarity of the eye steadily decreases and in extremis cataracts form, clouding the vision. However, also with age the muscles operating the iris act more slowly, so glare of any kind can react in loss of vision until the iris closes enough...

I've always felt the fatal mistake the authorities made back in the early 1920s was to allow any long term street parking to develop. No-one had ever garaged their horse and cart etc. in the street so the same should have been enforced for any motor vehicle. A refusal to register a vehicle...

They truly get madder by the minute, with even the Civil Service joining in the idiocy. .

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Postscript: I replied to my sister reiterating the deficits in healthcare that I've suffered, and this is from her reply: "We are so lucky with the healthcare here - it’s faultless. The locals moan but they have no experience of how bad it could be. I hear the same stories as yours from (Son)...

Two Countries After escaping England and its costs and living in India and Pakistan for a number of years, followed by a couple of years in West Africa and two years in South America, my sister and her partner finally settled in Bulgaria for their retirement. There they bought a traditional...

It's almost correct. The vast majority of adults are drivers, almost 51 million of our 68 millions have driving licences (over 41 m full, over 9 m provisional). Once the under 18s (14.5 m), the very old and the too disabled are deducted from the balance of 17 millions, we are largely only left...

The biggest difference as the OP points out is that the Wisper is sold though one's local dealer who gives excellent full service support locally. And a technical difference is that that the Wisper has a battery choice, either the same as the Rambletta for circa 30 mile range, or one for...

Or Timed Stage riders: