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    That's Cheating!

    ...... Or those damned electric starter motors. Where not cranks good enough for our grandfather's .... And we still have enough of them on this site.
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    That's Cheating!

    ... Where in this hierarchy does automatic hand brake come?
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    Are battery covers worth it?

    Why would the battery cool?. An ambient temperature of around 20 is perfect for the battery. A
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    Almost on topic battery banter...

    Do you still have the original battery . If your problem was the charging port, then it might still give you the full 10 hrs. How sure are you that the replacement part was a OEM spec product? ... Only asking because I have got some mobile phone gaskets and battery which were almost correct...
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    Any good

    Hard to see how it could compete with a Bosch bike eg Raliegh Captus which has bigger battery, fully built, same price, proven reliability, guarantee as new, . If it were at 800 stl it might compete. Let alone the cheaper hub motor bikes....
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    "Huge leaps in e-bike battery capacity coming to e-bikes soon"

    Yep marginal improvements.... some in weight, some in discharge rates , some in overall capacity, some in mass production technique . An interesting observation I picked up in a car magazine is that the requirements of automotive and bike batteries are fundamentally different. Cars will need...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ...... But the 32bit RISC chip did go on and dominate the industry, it is the processor used in the vast majority of Mobilephones, tablets and kodi boxes worldwide. ARM Holdings , recently sold , to the japenese (I think), holds the intellectual property on these .
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    Riese & Muller Charger NuVinci Electric Bike?

    Firstly I am sure you will have great satisfaction from the Bosch motor system. I have only done 800 km on mine, but find it very fluid, responsive and accurate. Secondly. Are you not being prejudiced against derailleur systems. ? Any bicycle shop can adjust , replace and repair them , they...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    OK but that is a high risk strategy... Note the requirements in article 50 for qualified majority for negotiated settlement but unanimous for other options. All that requires is one State to scupper alternatives
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ....... From this I read that the EU holds all the aces once the article 50 has triggered by a State. Yes the EU parliament needs to ratify any agreement, but there is nothing the leaving State can do to control the process other than by negotiations. If the leaving State cannot negotiate a...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Article 50 1. Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements. 2. A Member State which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council of its intention. In the light of the guidelines provided by the European Council, the...
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    "Huge leaps in e-bike battery capacity coming to e-bikes soon"

    I'm with dv8 on this one.. a new factory , a tweaked manufacturing process, marginal improvements in cell chemistry, bigger cells, all making slight improvements can yield your 10% year on year improvements
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ....... Once the formal notification is received by EU , it is too late to back out, so the possibility of then conceding that it is too expensive or inconvenient or unravels is irrelevant and the process will terminate in a hard brexit.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    What I was saying is that she should present this plan to parliament before, not after , commencing the triggering of the article 50 . If and only if parliament agree with this plan should she proceed to commence the withdrawal process. Should she be succeed in getting a majority in the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I thought that the speech today was very well constructed and delivered. The logic now should be to present the same as a bill to your parliament ., If parliament agreed then she would have a democratic mandate to proceed , trigger the article 50 mechanism and seek to get the best custom union...
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    Elife 20" folding Bicycle

    Interesting that they omit the size of the battery in AmpHrs or watt hrs.
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    On the go navigation

    The USB spec calls for 5v and this is true whether the version is. A B or C . How the battery packs etc handle this from a nominal 3.8v Li ion cell ( the 4.2v is a peak value from a li ion cell), is unknown, and I have no intention is breaking up my 5v battery pack to find out.... . It is...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sorry my bad