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I think you are right about this. If we hadn't criticised the Germans or interfered in any way when they were persecuting and murdering millions of Jews and brutally invading other countries during the 1930s and 40s, I doubt that they would have considered attacking mainland England or our...

I agree that we don't need aircraft carriers, they are mainly used in an offensive capacity, defence of The Falklands and its residents being an exception to that, but I don't think that the Argentines pose much of a threat. I would disagree over Trident. I think that we need a modern and...

No, I don't think we do provide enough support. We just, "warehouse" people on overly generous benefits. There is plenty of work for the long term / never had a job / never intend to have a job, benefit claimants. A good start would be to set them on working in the community improving rundown...

Nobody is talking about penalising or persecuting the redundant. There is a distinct and easily detectable difference between a person who becomes unemployed and a person who has never worked and never intends to work. Sometimes, people choose to pretend that there is no difference between these...

M This is something which I often wonder about. There is bound to be a tipping point at which any government which attempts to tackle and reduce the welfare bill, will simply be committing electoral suicide. Once this point has been reached, the situation is irretrievable and we are all...

It gives me an uneasy feeling when I see trade which should remain within the UK fall to foreign competitors and I wonder where it will all end in the long term. We have lost our car, energy, telecoms, water and huge chunks of our retail industry to foreign companies and I think that this trend...

A bit of research reveals that the German seller has retail premises selling bikes and providing a maintenance service. They just happen to have an eBay outlet in exactly the same as UK retailers are free to do.

With a price disparity of the magnitude that I have illustrated, the simple truth is that people are going to go for the cheaper option and buy direct from Germany. In the present climate, personal finances are being hammered from all directions and that means passing some of the pain on to...

Are you suggesting that German manufacturers charge a higher wholesale price to UK companies than they do to their domestic market customers?

You have got me there!

The battery on my Kalkhoff bike is likely to need replacing in the not to distant future. I will then face a choice of either buying it directly from Germany for £383 delivered or buying the identical battery in the UK for £525 plus delivery. Some on here seem to advocate that I should hand...

I can understand how a sudden snatch at the chain could break it, but I would have thought that it would need to be a very severe pulse of power to do that, perhaps more that the motor is capable of delivering. Also, I can't see how that sudden burst of power could damage the gear change...

Can you describe what you mean by a, "shunt" from the motor a little more clearly please? Do you mean that it feels as though the motor is snatching at the chain with short bursts of power?

The only throttle available for the Kalkhoff / Panasonic models is one which takes the bike to about 4 mph and is intended to be used when walking alongside the bike. For your situation, I would have thought that something like the Panasonic / Bosch / Impulse drive would be ideal. All require...

Well if 2012 was the Chinese year of the Celebrity Pedophile, it looks like 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the Lycra Clad Middle Aged Sex Cannibal. Chilling.

I can sort of see why. Horse dung tends to be more fibrous and grass like in texture. Dog ** on the other hand (not literally), is a disgusting smelly paste. Given the choice, I know which I'd rather have stuck to the sole of my shoe.

Do you fancy training mine to do that? He's a good boy most of the time and very obedient, but the excitement levels escalate when there are squirrels about and this causes temporary deafness.

There is a cycle path near to where I live that is used by me as both a cyclist and a dog owner. Because it is designated as a cycle path (Number 67 if I remember correctly), I don't believe that it gives cyclists exclusive use. I certainly let my dog run free to chase squirrels and retrieve...

I ordered the DC-DC converter above and it works well with the Cree T6 Led lights, even the supposedly 4000 Lumen one. I've built the converter into a weatherproof box and brought out two output leads with jack plug type connectors to power the front and rear lights and one input lead / jack...

Yes, I had difficulty finding a new rear wheel rim after the original wore out after a couple of thousand miles / 9 month from new. In the end I wrote a polite letter to Kalkhoff to say that the 24 spoke wheel let down an otherwise great bike. They sent me a new 2 x 32 spoke front wheels and 2 x...