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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There was a report on yesterday's BBC news detailing how stagnant money has been over the last decade, .. basically since the crash of 2007. It would have supported Woosh s viewpoint. , Not Kudo s
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There were probably 17million different reasons to vote for Brexit and 15 million other different and even similar reasons to vote for remain. Wanting to express dissatisfaction with the ruling party was probably significant in both sides, .. but that really is all water under the bridge. What...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..minor correction .... My Asian friends stated that they voted leave
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I took the opportunity to follow the link to the daily express in reference to the earlier comments today. While the actual reporting is just filler material for what is the silly season in journalism, referring to an unnamed minister, the readers comments are highly revealing. It would be easy...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. we have been over this ground many times before, so little value in rehashing it. In a future, I suspect that historians will be more interested in why the two institutions entrusted with protecting the wealth and security of your nation abrogated their responsibility. I refer to your two...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I could see scenario in which a EU parliment might accept a transitional period. There will be a hope that sanity might breakout and UK re-evaluate. The EU values compromise.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The language would need to be moderated and soon .. and when the inevitable disputes arise, who arbitrates? The ECJ? The courts of UK or a third body.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What are you smoking? If the UK leaves without agreement with the EU.. a plausible scenario, then there would be a trade war. There would be a hard EU border along the Newry road , policed by irish troops, augmented by the EU boarder police., And paid for by an additional supplement from...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. you can't... That is why I suggest that my option 1 a few posts ago is most likely, least desirable but most likely.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... Eventually can be a long time... Google economic war Ireland and UK in the 1922 to 1936 period. The parallels between then and now are striking. A small country taking on an economic giant at least 15 times larger, and failing miserably. Actually 15 times larger is an understatement as...
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    One that rides well without assist..

    That is the key question. Any electric bike will meet your prime requirement ... 26 miles per day at 15 mph over undulating terrain. The question then is for how long, how reliable , how comfortable, how repairable. The majority of an electric bike is old standard mechanical engineering and...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes I have been consistent.. there is no upside for Ireland, North or South from this Brexit thing, just bad and worse options. .. Bad is staying in the EU, worse is leaving it along with the UK. The only good option would be for the UK to have an official change of heart.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... If that is what big money decides then the UK is xxxxxxxx.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... I'm sorry but that just don't cut it. "If wishes were fishes etc. ". It is precisely because there is a level of disharmony and incoherence that things will muddle on. The only logical outcomes at present are. 1. Muddle on , remain arrogant and defiant and achieve a hard Brexit. A border...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. were it so.. but in the absence of a process the inevitable will occur. How can it be stopped?
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    One that rides well without assist..

    ... Look at the Raleigh range particularly the Motus and Captus. I have been pleasantly surprised by how frictionless the Bosch central drive motor is when in the off power mode.. they are at the 1500 to 1700 pound price point. I am pretty sure that they would handle a 4000 yearly workload...
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    I need a bike shed!

    .. you've done it again... That looks the best of all the options suggested to date and is one of the lowest cost.
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    Can the Gtech go up hills?

    .. modern middle of the road indexed gamers are fine and robust, I cannot see why you would have trouble with them I have done 1000 miles without any adjustment and expect to continue indefinitely. The possibility that comes to mind is that since you have a carbon framed bike, that...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... Except on this forum?
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    Carrera Crossfire ebike Battery Charger

    My advice is to read carefully what d8veh has written, and not to be so sure. A green light on a charger actually means that it has received mains electricity and is now outputting either no current or a minute current. Most chargers do not have the intelligence to read the state of a battery...