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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. and i don't want a border with miles of trucks stuck on the hedgerows between dundalk and newry . If there is a relaxed stance it is in Whitehall not elsewhere. Irish commerce is making its view felt by voting with its pocket. I reported last week of a new ferry which will transport 600...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I accept fully your distinction, about the freedom of the uk parliament. .. "man proposes but God disposes " . I do believe that a majority of the EU would welcome a recindment or return, but I would not be sanguine that it would be unanimous or easy to achieve. I could name objectors... I...
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    Taking e-Bike on plane

    An x-ray of a power pack \battery with all those cylinders wired together is a dead ringer for something else!!!.
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    Single geared Ebikes?

    What type of terrain do you expect to be travelling around?. That is the important question. The standard single gear is ok for level ground or slight slopes. While my bike has 10 gears I find myself in 5 nearly all the time, except for the very steep 15% slope up from the sea. If I had no...
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    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    My experience of Green Party politicians is that of decent idealists , certainly here in the south and I would have little doubt that it is the same in NI.
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    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    Again my sympathy.. it's a bizzare situation. The secretary John McGrath has missed, probably intentionally, ( I suspect that he is a smart guy so it is probably not a failure in comprehension ) the import of the discussion. It is not about failures to communicate, it is about a failure to...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..huh calling someone a lier? ?? !!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As Mrs Brown might .Say .. "that's nice. ".. when she\ he means anything but.... But parliament does not have that freedom... The uk gave that away when they involked A50. This is all part of the fantasy affecting both sides of the British establishment in this matter. One side believes that...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Read what he has written ... There is sufficient evidence out there for trolling bots .
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    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    I might beg to differ. This might in fact be the catylst for change. Of course it hinges to some extent on the type of machine he was riding, but if it were one which were legal virtually everywhere in the EU except NI ,then the absurdity of the situation will be evident, and the type of...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Money buys time but does not irradicate principle. The decision by China to reoccupy Hong Kong a case in point. It would have made no difference how much money the uk would have been willing to spend. The same is true for Gibraltar. To the Spanish people it is a constant minor irritation.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    KTM, you have a greater degree of hope in an eventual sucessful process than I have. I would deem it a forlorn hope. Some of the younger people recognised that free movement was in their interest, and voted in the referendum accordingly. . We are now actually into the end game, and as far as I...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Peers in the largely pro-Remain chamber are to vote on what is being dubbed the “no Brexit Had the HoL been pro remain , would they have not scuppered the article 50 legislation??.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    By definition a lie is an untruth intended to deceive. If that report is actually by Robert Fisk, one of the few journalists whose integrity I totally respect, then it indicates that the western allies were premature in their judgements and acted on incomplete information, not that they lied.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So is finally the penny starting to drop? Is this brexit for slow learners?.
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    Returning my ebike to Decathlon tonight and here's why

    Just grow up.. perhaps in time you will. I am not interested in continuing such a conversation.
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    Rear brake pain

    I hope your bruised bits did not include your pride and joy.
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    BAFANG BBSO2 MOTOR PROBLEM

    You don't want to touch that with ungloved hands, if the capacitors are electrolytic, then this is basically caustic soda...
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    Battery Baffler

    The time to get the meter is now, when you don't need it... An hour playing with it , for instance measuring the resistance of your own skin , or the resistance between tongue and roof of mouth etc. Is fun and educational.... As Macron repeated yesterday we have nothing to fear except fear...
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    Any thoughts on Autofolder Airwheels R6

    The motor for the elongation is a gimmick . But I assure you, and I agree with Tommie, that folder bikes in the folded positon are usually pretty difficult devices to lift in and out of car boots. They flop they rotate, they swing around and pinch hands . The weight of ebikes is considerable and...