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Thanks for a very sensible appraisal of the gains and losses with higher speeds Larry. And of course there is a very real safety gain with the lower speeds. Less likelyhood of a driver misjudging your cycling approach speed and suddenly pulling out in front of you. And if that does happen...

To me it's been apparent for many years that our governance conforms to an agreed public policy, meaning it doesn't matter who we elect, the same formula applies. For example our military and armaments policies were identical thoughout the whole cold war period and now again. I'm quite sure...

Ditto no smartphone. It's easier for me since I have no mobile phone signal at home anyway. I also can't understand the fascination and obsession with them, which in many cases I view as a mental illness. .

Not that bad, the Car Wash is a totally enclosed tunnel one. Drive in and the roller shutter doors at each end close. All the wash stages are then sealed in, the roller shutters only opening once the car is washed and all water driven off it by compressed air. I have a fairly low opinion of...

Thanks Peter, very interesting. I understand he set up a small factory later and produced variants including upright models, but I only knew of his enterprise at a very early stage, virtually a one man business then. As a design it precisely fitted your mentioning the possibility of driving...

The public ignorance about electric cars continues to astonish. Went into the local BP filling station and stated the car wash price I wanted to get the token. Assistant asked "Any fuel?", so I said "No, electric car". Response was "Oh you can't go though the car wash with an electric car"...

Things are better with our London Hydrogen fuel cell buses though, wholly built and designed in Northern Ireland by Wrightbus: The technology was developed by Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus to launch its world-first zero-emission StreetDeck Hydroliner double deck and GB Kite Hydroliner single...

Everyone will be eating fungi if governments get their way and animal production drastically reduces to address climate change. Then it will be meat substitutes on plates, virtually all dependant of fungi in their makeup. All Quorn foods for example contain mycoprotein as an ingredient, which...

Yes Peter, the Cybien-Sport e-bike in France, invented and made by a one man outfit. It uses a different rim on the rear wheel which has extended rubber walls on the rim and dual motors that clamp either side. A clever touch is that as the bike reaches the legal 25 kph, the motor clamping...

You can be since it's all penalty whether fine or costs: Paul Nigel Miley, 52, was slapped with a £1,008 fine for driving without due care or attention - despite not touching the rider as he passed her in a village: LINK .

It's not a motor vehicle so doesn't have to be registered or plated. In law it is a "bicycle with four or more wheels", exempted from being a motor vehicle by exemption (h) in the type approval legislation. In other words, it is a pedelec just like your e-bikes, conforming to the EAPC usage law. .

It will definitely be 250 watt rated. There have been a number of 250 watt cargo quad bikes, generally rated for 5 cwt cargo (250 kilos), plenty for the half empty boxes of most Amazon deliveries, Being a quad it may be using the Lynch rear axle motor which can produce over 4 kilowatts at near...

You obviously haven't been watching this forum, since it was reported in here with links and video of the incident and how I found out about it. A line of riders were passing a parked car and the last seen passing, a woman rider, was passed by a driver of an Audi from the obvious direction at...

Yes, £4500 in one case, for a close pass of a cyclist. .

But they are cyclists. I'm speaking of the general public who think £300 is expensive for a whole bike so are appalled at the prospect of a £600 battery alone, or a £1000 mid motor replacement. You hit the nail on the head mentioning fashion. In the late 1980s golf suddenly became very...

Only until they first discover the prices of good e-bikes. Or until they first discover the price of a replacement battery. Or discover the cost of repairing a new mid drive unit. Or the cost of a new mid drive unit when it cannot be repaired. And discover how often they need to change...

It doesn't seem to have been noticed in here, but there is a crackdown on motorists going on in conjunction with the aggressive promotion of cycling. The new Highway Code measures to protect cyclists and pedestrians announced in January for example, coupled with the courts implementing huge...

Any other vehicle colliding, being hard and heavy, will often throw a person aside, just injuring them. The scooter having little weight won't do that, and since rider and pedestrian are both about the same height, head to head hits will be common with skull fractures and brain injury. A bit...

Near enough, just add the two together, since all cyclists and drivers are also pedestrians. ;) .

My preference is a single "ting" on the bell as I slow to near walking pace, then as they look round, giving a smile and adding as I slowly pass "Sorry to inconvenience you". That always gets a excellent response. .