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Thousands of ordinary people of all ages take part in the 26 mile London marathon, so on that basis alone you can insist you can walk 26 miles well within a day. So cycle outward bound for 26 miles, your limit. Then cycle back home! ;) .

Dettol actually said people must not ingest disinfectants, which is likely upset the French makers of TCP, an antiseptic which is also classed as a disinfectant, albeit a mild one. It has several medical uses for mouth and throat. "The instructions on the TCP bottle state that TCP can be used...

My new Torq 1 failed at only 100 miles with exactly this fault but I didn't open it up at that time, just accepted an immediate replacement motor wheel. If you have a close look at your top right photo no: DSCN9273.JPG, you'll see what looks like crack in the sixth gear tooth from the top...

I'm in London and remember the London Olympics very well but have never heard of this man. That Olympics was organised by ex Olympic athlete Sebastian Coe, now Lord Coe. So Lord Paul Deighton was just a political figurehead at the time of the Olympics, more political bo!!ocks from Boris...

Simple to undertand because they are simple, but they became stupidly simple when the government foolishly decided to bring the law into it. The law is never simple, especially when dealing with a complex issue and an almost infinite number of variables among those it applies to. A number of...

Or that the "dragon" he slew was almost certainly a Nile crocodile. .

No, it's often very far from simple, as the police illustrated when they treated it as such and came a cropper. .

Only if it's prompted by love and not lust. .

My forecast is that it will be back to work and back to school on Monday June 1st. That day and date are just too convenient and tempting for the politicians to ignore and miss the opportunity. .

Poll tax was abolished on 21 March 1991. Since then private individuals pay Council Tax and businesses pay Rates. .

As above, there's no restriction on legal pedelecs which are exempted from being motor vehicles by exemption (h) of the Two and Three Wheeled Motor Vehicle Type Approval regulation 168/2013. Usually UK laws on cycling specify Bicycles, Tricycles and Bicycles with four of more wheels. But the...

In a country where the scale of housing shortage causes homelessness and completely inadequate housing, second homes are an abomination. .

It's usually the gears on these Ted, that earlier Bafang motor has a very thin wall rack in the hub shell, secured by recessed screws in the rack which tends to distort under load. You may find these details on my Torq website useful for stripping the motor. The Ezee agents now are Greentech...

No, they should still pay, since the ill effects they cause of high house prices and shortage of homes for locals still exist. And anyway, we aren't getting a rebate on VED (car tax) because we can't freely use our cars at present, so why should they? .

Brilliant, he was obviously enjoying the hill climbing! Next he'll be writing to your MP, complaining about the 14 years lower age limit. ;) .

As I posted, there are many exceptions, like Cocoa, a foreign word and the chocolate base. But that wasn't the clown Nicolai Poliakoff , his "stage" name was Coco. .

Maybe a pronunciation thing? In commonly used words "co", pronounced as in coexist, coincidence and coalesce is commonly followed by vowels, as in those examples. Although there are many exceptions, "co" followed by consonants commonly has a softer pronunciation as in connect, collateral etc...

Daum themselves are the only possibility. They didn't just design the motors, they manufactured them all and also sold them for a while under their own name before Kalkhoff adopted them. Theirs was the first German crank motor, before Bosch et al: daum electronic GmbH Manufacturer in Fürth...

CORVID? Stone the crows as the saying goes! :D You're the second I've seen make this mistake, but the other one had the excuse that he's a keen bird watcher. .

It's slightly under half the population who are truly supportive of royalty. Watch that shrink rapidly once the politically inclined Charles takes over. .