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Of course, as I've posted, we are in for rough time whoever takes over, both this parliament and a few more to follow, but I see Sunak as very much better than Truss in terms of handling this situation. I honestly dont think she has a clue economically, only an instinct for implementing what...

I'd rather she didn't, since I'm sure she would be a disastrous PM, so better not elected. .

I second sjpt's comment, that is a very high mileage by most pedelec standards. The trouble with mid drives is that with both rider and motor power through bicyce transmission, that gets a hammering. We have members changing chains at as little as 500 miles and sprockets at far less than...

Wishful thinking. We would probably agree, but 41 million drivers plus the prospective 9 million provisional licence holders probably wouldn't. Somehow I think it's they who will get their own way and not the small minority cycling, since politicians have to get elected. .

I'm not so sure, since there are many other instances. For example a few years ago Brighton imposed a 10 mph cycling limit on a stretch of promenade and cyclists were fined for exceeding it. More recently that has changed since other cycling provisions have been made, but it showed...

Precedent says that isn't the case. The first example is The Locomotive Act 1861 (locomotive being the term for road going motor vehicles at that time). That imposed a universal speed limit of 10 mph at a time when there was no such thing as a road vehicle speedometer. The police could check...

Not so, they avoid that with this disclaimer from their web site: WE ONLY OFFER THESE SERVICES IF YOUR E- MOTOR IS OVER TWO YEARS AND OUT OF ITS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY thus avoiding the warranty rules. Peter could do the same. .

Kim was the pedestrian killed and was walking at the time. She was hit by cyclist Charlie Alliston who was cycling at 18 mph. .

It's a tough one to convert, but I have done something similar for a rear motor without threads for a freewheel. You can read the details from paragraph 4 on my T-Bike web page. Your other problem is if the bottom bracket housing will accept a conventional bottom bracket for a pedalshaft and...

And that was New (pseudo) Labour, often more Tory than Labour. The last Labour government was replaced by Thatcher's Tories in 1979, some 43 years ago. And that Labour government didn't control funding since the UK was under the economic control of the IMF. .

Oh goody. The Bank of England forecasts we will be in recession by the end of the year and that will continue thoughout the whole of 2023. .

A legacy of Empire, hundreds of years of getting our own way by force, breeding a wholly unjustified superiority complex. The USA suffers the same from a much shorter period of control. .

And I hope that continues for many thousands of miles for you. But for the sake of the vast majority of the public who either cannot do what you have done or do not wish to with a new product, I'm pleased the Impulse motors are no longer on the market. .

I totally agree with Corbyn on this subject. It was Western interference, namely the USA, that created the inevitability of this future war two decades ago. The blame for it lies entirely in the west, as does its prolongation now. .

Maybe he's a poacher. ;) .

And meanwhile pretty good for Sunak too. She really is as dumb as I originally thought. How anyone like her could have become a cabinet minister seems beyond belief. Little wonder we are in so much trouble if she represents the acceptable standard. .

I agree in part, but remember, only the £150 and the Winter Fuel allowance increases were solely energy assistance. Since then the politicians references in respect of the forthcoming £400 have also been to the cost of living, since food and many incidental costs are rocketing. As I remarked...

Having never used a flag or outrigger rod during the three decades in which I towed trailers, usually twice a week and almost entirely on the roads, I'm intrigued by this subject. At no time did I ever feel threatened by traffic, even with the low empty trailer, indeed when towing I was...

I'm certainly not defending Bosch and would never own one of their crank motors. Like you I've spent my life in mechanical engineering, but unlike you I was first involved with assist motors for bicycles in 1950 in a career that included the whole range of motor vehicles. Yes, I really have...

Untrue, don't speak of things you know nothing about. The UK agent 50cycles eventually ceased trading because customers no longer trusted them or Kalkhoff. Customers patience was exhausted by the repeated motor replacements, as many as five in a few cases. The responses to the troubles from...