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    Creak -but not my knee!

    ... If it were a problem with the peddle crank it would not be present when you stop peddling Define creak. The type of noise can help identify the location. Examples.. A. Rattle .. a loose metal to metal connection look to carrier or mudguards. A clunk every time you rotate the pedals ...
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    DLR.de developed fuel cell for e-cargo

    .... I followed up on more of the posting on this very interesting product, and they will be presenting again in April in Hanover. From what I gather, there is a lot of interest in materials sciences circles about this and similar compounds. What this team have done is to add additional material...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. I. Believe that the EU would prefer the current status quo. With the UK remaining a full member, . With all the privileges services rights and responsibilities it currently enjoys.It is the UK which is pulling away and it needs to define what services it is prepared to accept and forgo, and...
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    Creak -but not my knee!

    .. hi sarabee, All new bikes need a bit of adjustment after a few weeks. Often the vendor will throw in a first shakedown service as part of the purchase. My shop did, although I have not taken him up on it yet. A creak could be anywhere, so let's try and isolate it. I s it periodic. Eg...
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    DLR.de developed fuel cell for e-cargo

    .. flecc is correct. When the hydrogen burns or oxidises in air it will combine with the oxygen in the air to liberate a lot of heat and produce water vapour. The chemical reaction is as he has said. However there will be a lot more oxygen in the air than would be consumed by the limited...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .......Yes but...... Can you not agree , hysteria or not that there a significant number of on line forums , where the level of invective published puts any offensive comments quoted here into the halfpenny place. Words matter, they provide licence for action.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... Whether you understand it or not, I am referring to a particular incident in a major London hospital, and I have no reason to believe my daughter exaggerated or told an untruth. At the time of the referendum, there were multiple reports of what I would term nationalism from certain sections...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... My daughter works in a London hospital and the mood there after the referendum was so low and dispairing that the management Trust found it necessary to send out a consoling message stating that they were all valuable and that they would be endevouring to keep them. Except those few from...
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    Just returned to cycling !

    ... I have an earlier model from UrbanMover, a folder and it would have had 6 wires going from the controller , which was mounted below the peddles and the motor on the back wheel. When I needed to get the rear cogs replaced I had to cut the cable assembly so that the removal tool would fit...
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    Folders

    Hi all bikes are compromises and folders particularly so. At any price point the fittings will be lesser than those on a fixed bike. Having said that.. a folder provides advantages also. Transport and storage. Small wheels good and bad .. good in cities more manuverable , bad on ruts Cyclists...
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    DLR.de developed fuel cell for e-cargo

    ... First this use of magnesium hydrides is very interesting.. had not heard of it before, but is very exciting. Not a rechargable battery but presumably a remanufacturable product. Similar in possibilities to a domestic butane gas cylinder, where you replace the empties. The underlying...
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    I knew I shouldn't have walked into the shop!!

    ....... Ban the C word Cheating has no meaning on this forum. Please replace with the E word . " enlightened" or "enjoying"
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    Just returned to cycling !

    ... I would assume that this is power to a hall effect sensor. Have you been able to look at voltages on the remaining 5 wires in the cluster. .. without braking any electrical connections. ..With the battery removed, my technique for doing this would be to remove a length of the overall...
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    Just returned to cycling !

    ... When you say low voltage what do you mean?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. are you actually serious about south East Asia. The overall populations of Europe and this organisation is roughly equivalent, but their relative wealth is not a gdp of 40k versus 4k is a significant difference. You may complain about the performance of the NHS, but compared to the chaos i...
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    Electric bike under£1000

    That's just Greek to me!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In my limited experience, government ministers are likely to fly kites .. they suggest things and unless there is an outcry move along that direction. Unless it was in their thinking why express it? A problem unique to the UK is that there is no written consitution. The government of the day...
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    Electric bike under£1000

    ... Are we still talking about bikes? Or is there a connection I'm missing?
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    Bike for a taller lady

    .... I m starting to sound like a cracked record but the Motus meets all of the above. I would not be concerned about flexing on the single tubed step through... That is the model I have, the argument about flexing is more theoretical than real. A twin tubed bike will be lighter, not stronger as...