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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What reminders want is both simple and clear. To remain within the eu , to accept the compromises that membership entails. That is not to say they are ecstatic with all European Union policies or directions. What is difficult to follow in that? What brexit supporters is extremely...
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    Why don't our police have this?

    Almost certainly magnetic. So just another reason to buy Audi .. The offenders are not likely to be stopping at lights and the delay of stopping the car getting out getting around the back then getting back in .. precious seconds lost. I agree with d8vh its a win win for forces of law...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ç In the eyes of the majority in Europe, the Brexit concept is such a monumental own goal, that it is difficult to construct any single coherent arguement against it. It is so bizzare on so many levels. Even were it but slightly wrong , which I don't for a moment accept, the way it has been...
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    Sexual wrongdoings is a 2-way street.

    But it is not.upsetting them.. The genuine Muslim community are not offended by signs of Christian Faith...They recognise Jesus as a prophet, and Christians as people of the book. ... Mind you they take a dim view of Crusaders .
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    Sexual wrongdoings is a 2-way street.

    Thanks for the nostalgia hit.. Actually it was my elder sister who was the GollyXXX addict.
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    ebike law changes coming....

    In the context of a 2000 plus bike, the inclusion of a phone SOC containing GSM and GPS and a dedicated sms service, would allow a whole host of services. .. identifying the location of the bike if misplaced or stolen, a kill switch disabling the electronics. Maybe even a working FM radio!. This...
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    ebike law changes coming....

    It would not be a wild guess, but it might not reach the level of certainty needed for a criminal conviction.
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    ebike law changes coming....

    .. or the problem is currently viewed as insignificant. Were it otherwise they could legislate. Would the sequence not be as follows. All vehicles on public highway are regulated. Vehicles with external mechanical power.. heat engines, electric power have particular requirements And have...
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    ebike law changes coming....

    No it is much simpler than that.. the manufacturer selects a speed measuring system based on either ... In a hub motor the number of revs of the hub or. .... in a crank drive , the number of rotations of the crank . Provided the hub motor wheel diameter is not changed, which would be a big...
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    I see your cheating then!

    We are all disabled.. just in different ways, I sing perfectly , but what comes out my mouth does not resemble the songs in my head... Nor apparently in any ones else's head! either.
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    ebike law changes coming....

    They very well might in the short run. It would depend on whether the legislation is drafted to exclude home or custom built solutions. A single sentence in a directive could make them illegal. Something like... " All ebikes need certified conformance by the competent national authority.". Now...
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    Cold Weather: Effect on battery range

    Reading around the topic there is a concensus that a battery which gives 100% at say 20 degrees will have a capacity of 50% at minus 20. So for a 40 degree swing it loses 50%, or 1% per degree Celsius. I suspect that it is not linear and the majority of the decline will be at the lower...
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    Cold Weather: Effect on battery range

    Temperature has an effect on battery performance, but not very much. I take it the temperature was above 0 Celsius the 10 degree drop between say 15 and 5 degrees Celsius would not have much effect. There are other contributing factors.. 1. Were you wearing more clothes? A bulky coat...
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    Remove 15mph speed limiter

    ... Or maybe not!
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    ebike law changes coming....

    Now to mix two threads... Long before anything becomes official it exists as ideas, as rumours, as conversations around the coffee pots. Then it makes it way into memos then agenda items , then policy then legislation. I could see this as being about halfway along the path... It would be in...
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    Presta valves OK on a Schrader wheel?

    Schreader Easy to use with power compressors , every garage has one.. the valve arrangement on the presta is such that it is very difficult not to spill some air when disconnecting them. I actually went to Halfords and got little brass adaptors so that I can use the schreader pump
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    Presta valves OK on a Schrader wheel?

    I cannot see any difficulty, the locking rings used to hold the valve in place on the rim should cover the slack. If not retain the old ring and use it as a washer . Anyway I hate Prestwick valves, give me Schrader anyday.
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    Transporting ebikes when towing a caravan

    All caravaning is a compromise!.
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    Had my bike a month and love it

    Enjoy your new bike, I noticed that you also have the raliegh Caprice.. a very strong lasting bike, we still have one purchased some 30 years ago, and I made it road worthy again this summer.
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    Sexual wrongdoings is a 2-way street.

    Does it not strike one as incongruous that a church, therefore Christian, would not celebrate , and make public the second most important feast in their yearly calendar?