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  1. flecc

    Where Do You Live V2.0

    You're in thirteen, riding on Upton Avenue: Map Link .
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    Where Do You Live V2.0

    You're in Mark, riding on Redstone Lane: Map Link .
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    A2B Obree

    Yes, the Obree is a later version of the Orsted model and the SMMI is the unit one's smartphone connects to. Here's a link to some details Pages 22, 23 and 48 refer, but they don't show the triangle. P.S. Found that symbol, it's at the foot of page 15. This is what it says about it...
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    DVLA registration of an electric bike in Northern Ireland

    That probably depends on whether you have the same SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) motor vehicle regulation as us Andrew. It was introduced here on 31 January 1998. Under that if one fails to renew the VED (Road Tax, free or not), or complete a SORN "off road" notice to the licencing...
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    DVLA registration of an electric bike in Northern Ireland

    No, you should be safe in this respect Andrew. The mainland DfT have made a local ruling for the UK only that to have permission for a legal throttle added to a pedelec since December 2015, one needs to have it type approved. Then they will still regard it as a bureaucracy free pedelec. That...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yep, we've all got to keep our r'ses down. .
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    Is my ebike legal on the road

    Some more on the lack of any legal status for kit motors: None of the e-bike laws make any mention of kits in the UK and Europe. All three laws, technical standards EN15194, the exemption from motor vehicle type approval 168/2013 and the usage on the road law EAPC 1983 as modified 2015, they...
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    Is my ebike legal on the road

    That is the reverse of the truth I'm afraid. In UK law every form of motorised vehicle is illegal unless specifically allowed in law. Ergo, an otherwise legal pedelec with a fully acting throttle is illegal. There is a complex workaround in the UK only, but it's not worth all the trouble...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    These can happen with ganja, both the mist (smoke) and the visual delusions. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Don't confuse them! .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Best accept it, before long we'll all be facing some very steep tax increases as the true cost of this little episode is realised. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It didn't stop the Tory party or the Daily Mail with Corbyn. Their attitude seems to be whatever works, and lets face it, the intended audience is hardly a discerning one. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, I did, twice. The main attacks will be in the run up to the next GE though. The he'll suddenly become a Trotskyite, a Marxist, a Communist and Anti-Semitic. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Maybe. It worked the other way round for Sir Alec Douglas Home, they soon dropped the Sir after he was appointed PM. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I do agree with these two parts. But I still preferred Corbyn's quiet way of simply answering questions when being interviewed, rather than the retaliatory point scoring or the bluster we usually get. And the political use of Twitter I strongly dislike and am saddened that Starmer has...
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    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    English bicycle designer Mike Burrows is both a recumbent fan and short cranks enthusiast, so that pairing would seem favourable: Mike Burrows - bicycle designer Mike Burrows on Short Cranks .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The irony is that they've been struggling with supplies of PPE, but they studied PPE at university. In that world it stands for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, initials that have come back to haunt them. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In the USA it's called The American Dream, great for a tiny number but for far too many ending up with misery akin to the devastation and despair that is Detroit. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    1) The Tories under Johnson have given us socialism now, even before Covid-19 popped up giving handouts, nationalising Northern Rail and threatening more to come. 2) Starmer is a committed socialist, always has been and strongly supported Corbyn's left wing policies. He was named Keir after...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I disagree. Corbyn did often make very good points but he was being judged by everyone against the background of years of relentless false attacks by the media. Everyone, including members in here, were prejudging and making up their minds before he even spoke. Judge Starmer after the Tories...