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Already done years ago, the Swizzbee made in Switzerland uses a high mounted motor just by the seatpost, driving the left hand side of the rear wheel with a toothed belt. The right hand side is driven by a chain derailleur and a differential balances the two drives into the wheel. This link...

Or just have enough trailer capacity:

Most of our bike panniers are floppy and can crush soft grocery items, especially on poor roads. The Dutch who have always been utility cyclists know far more about this than any other nation so make sensible, practical pannier bags. I bought mine ages ago from one of the Dutch shops trading...

The inclusion of magnesium concerns me. We've been down that street before, following the spate of cobalt cathode lithium battery fires in the 2000s, magnesium based cathodes were adopted. Apparently ok in development and much safer, on e-bikes they failed to deliver current at high enough...

I'd seen that, but it seemed none of those involved are French or in France. Predictably Germany and Africa were involved. .

You couldn't be more wrong about the French, have you never heard of Médecins Sans Frontières? Now an international organisation, it was founded almost 49 years ago in France by the French as a charity providing free medical aid to anyone thoughout the world with neither fear nor favour. .

Best not pick a side, they both have their pluses and minuses, like many experienced assisted cyclists I've owned and enjoyed both at the same time over years. The preference is very personal to each individual, so it's best to offer the choice for them to try where possible. .

That's right, Covid-19 is also a psycho-somatic virus, imagining one has contracted it induces its symptoms and consequent illness. In extreme cases of hysteria, death can result. As such, it is just as dangerous to forum users and email recipients. The only effective defence is to induce a...

I'd also strongly recommend Wisper Bikes. Established early in the previous decade by principal David Miall, he and the company have built up an excellent reputation for the support and spares backup they give to dealers and consumers. Unlike many of the longer established companies they are...

Unless you use the map and information on this link Making it common with the River Dee. .

This phrase is an alteration of plain as a packstaff , which dates from the mid 16th century, the staff being that of a pedlar, on which he rested his pack of goods for sale. The version with pikestaff had developed by the end of the 16th century. .

All governments use circumstances to advance their own agenda, it's the norm and has been as long as government existed. But there is no current conspiracy, Covid-19 is as inconvenient to the government as it is to us all, since it's making a real mess of their Brexit plans and ambitions. You...

Challenging crackpots just reinforces their determination to continue. They are best ignored as eccentrics. .

I remember it well, it did nothing for the reputation of the RAF at the time, appearing to be unable to destroy even an immobilised merchant ship. .

I've twice repaired badly damaged battery cases using Duct Tape with lifelong success. One silver case I repaired with black tape I later corrcete with silver duct tape for a good match. You can see all the details on this link .

No, I want it to be a vacant plinth as a monument to the true value of the human race, i.e none at all. .

They wish! ;) Meanwhile they have to make do with Dominic Cummings. .

I'll pass them to you after I've used them. :) .

How's this for three month accurate forecasting: LINK .

There are usually other factors involved. For example we produced a little over 18,000 Spitfires for WW2 but only 13,600 Hurricanes, but the Hurricanes shot down far, far more enemy aircraft than the Spitfires, contrary to popular belief. The four main reasons for that are well understood, but...