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    Backache

    Sorry I lost you.. what I was saying is that the knee has no problem with up down movement so if the saddle move up down so what! Normally we adjust the saddle so that the ball of the foot pushes down at near full extension on the pedal, at he bottom of the power stroke and the knee is nearly...
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    Chaos 1600w mosfet replacement help needed

    No that was not what I said... The IR component is not in the same league as the NCE component. Were you to rip open the plastic packaging.. say crushing it in a vize , the chip for the nce component would probably be 4 times larger in area. What's happening with the juddering is that current...
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    Backache

    The seat post is compressed under your dead weight and has slight movement going over bumps and hollows... The knee is very flexible in forward backwards movement so can easily adjust, provided the height on average is correct, there wouldn't be fatigue. There are always as many bumps as...
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    Spare Battery.... expensive luxury, or twice the fun.

    Everything ergonomic says don't carry weight on your back, that's what panniers and carriers are for. The only possible reason might be fear of pilfering..
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    Chaos 1600w mosfet replacement help needed

    The nce component is by orders of magnitude more suitable... While they might both use the same TO220 package, that is where the similarities end.
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    Battery cost

    It's complicated. Every time a lithium Ion cell is charged and then fully discharged, it loses a bit of capacity. One of the mechanisms is that the act of charging forces more material into a rigid structure and little bits fall off..... If the cell is not charged as much is to a slightly...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The amount of rewriting history is not confined to any one of the sides. The " cornation " of the new SF president last week is ample evidence.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Hopefully its over but history has a way of repeating itself. The price of peace and progress is constant care and taking nothing for granted. The grandchildren of those effected in the 70s are coming of age.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I suspect that the reality will be different, but whether the broad population of people realise what has caused the reductions in living standards, may well be hidden. On this island we do know , but are powerless, and we will suffer collateral damage
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    A random thread for things too unimportant for their own thread...

    Whatever the quality of the musicians, would you nor agree that pipes , particulary bag pipes are an acquired taste. ?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The hair dressers , the grocers , even the plumbers are using product sourced around the world. When the things they want are stuck in customs or stuck in transit.. the coconut oil shampoos, the bananas , the winter tomatoes, will they not also gripe?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I believe you are underestimating... Us websites suggest a school related firearms incident every second day since last new year's Day... Of course yesterday's was the worst
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Back to Brexit. The CEO of Dublin Port, the largest port in the country with 36 million tonnes through put , is putting in planning permission for the additional customs and storage required Put simply he cannot live with the uncertainty.... Are there similar planning permission applications...
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    A random thread for things too unimportant for their own thread...

    There is a delightful story in the current Newsweek. An American, picked up that there was a concert by the Red Hot Chilli Piper's , in the big arena in Belfast, and the tickets were an incredible 41 dollars each, As you are no doubt aware the Red Hot Chillies are a global supergroup.. any way...
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    A random thread for things too unimportant for their own thread...

    The traffic flows in Siagon are unbelievable, pedestrians, cyclists, mopeds and few cars converge onto a major crossroads, get mixed together and then somehow disentangle and proceed on their merry ways without apparently being slowed in the process.. We, myself and a German colleaguel, would...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Flecc, shame on you, you are not thinking outside the box, how is the uk to export goods to the eu post Brexit, if they aren't going to land them secretly on Brittany beaches
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    Parallel battery and Bosch CX

    What i understand is that the Bosch use only one battery at one time and then periodically switch over batteries. Unlike simpler battery systems the Bosch has some intelligence and recording of information inside the battery packs, so simple paralleled operation would confuse it.. was it...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In fairness getting these regional assemblies working is part of her job. It is a scandal that it has taken a year.
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    Purchase from china stuck at customs,advice needed

    Is this a bad time to mention Brexit?. Had those items been purchased within the EU, there would have been no duty ,vat or anything chargeable, and no delay, and all the bother of getting them from China would have devolved to the middleman in Belgium or Holland. Post 2020, the customs service...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wasn't she precident?. Now Ulster Scot is a particularly valuable ethnic group. In NI they have even invented their own dielect!