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You made it too easy! Telling us in advance with New Year imminent that you were going to change the moniker, then posting on the first. .

I don't like either. I use devised car style balljoint couplings: http://www.flecc.uk/p/trailers.html http://www.flecc.uk/t/mods.html#bookmark6 .

I knew it wasn't your fault David, see my post just above. It seems a software glitch. .

Wisper has given me an Offensive Language emoticon somehow, though that option was removed long ago! New Year witchcraft. o_O .

Let's hope they gain a taste for rotting fish. .

I fitted and worked on many of them. The original was 25cc and had a black painted hubshell, but later it was uprated to 32 cc and the hubshell was grey painted. Although Cyclemaster was Dutch, the original design was by DKW of Germany, maybe handed over as part of war reparations as most...

That will be a struggle since they are really two parties. They know that and would divide, if it were not for the fact that each half would have no chance of getting power and the Blairite half is really just another LibDem anyway. The Tories are split too, but more fragmented into several...

I've posted a Disagree, not because what you've posted doesn't make sense, there's much sense there. It's because we haven't been voting for the party we like for a long time. Instead we have long been voting against what we don't like the most. It won't be too long before the Tories do...

They often ride much more dangerously than other cyclists. Unlike drivers who are inside, they tend to get dirty, especially in wet and muddy weather. .

How do Tillson, 50Herz, Barry Shittpeas. Welcome back in for the new year. P.S. Just seen Nev got there before me! .

My ideal version of all or any law is as liberal as possible, so in that respect i'm fully aligned with you. However I'm a realist and recognise that for a wide range of reasons that we are not going to get anything like what we really want. The main reason is that we are simply not a cycling...

Back again Chris to specifically satisfy your interest with opinions. From 2006 we had been pressurising the DfT on the whole gamut of e-bike legal matters, so eventually in 2011 the DfT decided on a public consultation on the issues. This was publicised widely in cycling circles, including...

Having been around for so long, to me the discussion that's been going on for 70 years has been done to death. You've said you feel that discussion could lead to some easement of the regulations but are probably not aware that happened long ago. When I joined the trade 70 years ago and was...

To a limited extent I agree Chris, but would add two words to your post: - - - - - - because the rules don't make sense to me. You see they do make sense to the government. There was once a time when with only 8% of the present number of vehicles we killed over 6000 people a year on our...

Exactly as I've continuously posted since the Great Repeal Bill in Autumn 2019. That sealed in our subjugation to EU law in many areas, and the deal has simply underlined that. .

Then I could express it as you are being unrealistic. For starters it is completely untrue that many in the industry are in favour, indeed I know of all those who are opposed to any change. Some were in favour of the S class being adopted as well as the pedelec one, and the government granted...

Chris, you are wasting your time and effort, just like all those before you arguing the same ways over the 14 year life of this forum. The two fundamental reasons are simple. Firstly, forget cars, they are completely irrelevant and no government will take any notice of such arguments. Motor...

In my case it's gross inefficiency. We were the first of the 50 designated centres in the country to get the Pfizer vaccine and now a very high priority heavily infected area. so there's no excuse. .

And so did all the British years ago, I know because I was there and in the trade. That was when more than half of Britain cycled before widespread motor vehicle ownership. Almost all of the rest of the world still chooses to cycle that way. It's only since about 1980 and returning to some...

Hancock would if he could. He's so typical of the squirts we saw strutting around in jackboots and high topped peaked caps durimg WW2, evidenced by the obvious pleasure he had in spelling out restrictions and hefty fines for non compliance with covid rules. He was in his element then. .