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  1. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I didn't watch since I knew in advance it would be a waste of time. Every attempt at TV debates with groups of politicians fails to produce any information of value, rather like PM's question time in the House of Commons. .
  2. flecc

    Fat tyre Scooters - 2019

    Definitely illegal in the UK. Not e-bikes since they have no pedals, nor can they be any moped or motorcycle class since they have no seat. I can't see how they could be legal anywhere in the EU either. .
  3. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not so, here's the latest position as Wicky posted: 20 Nov 2018 Spain would not oppose future independent Scotland rejoining EU - minister .
  4. flecc

    Help! SRAM p5 Rear hub for old giant twist/lafree

    Clearly the lower two gears are not engaging. The only things I can think of are the shifter rod and its adjustment, or that in some way the cargo core isn't compatible with the old hub shell. Without being able to see and feel what's going on it's difficult for me to tell. Did the core...
  5. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Indeed. But even if ready I would still have preferred them to have their own EU like bloc. That would have kept the EU smaller and more manageable and a partially Slav buffer between Russia and the EU would have been valuable defensively and probably diplomatically too. .
  6. flecc

    Forte and Sprint bikes from Ezee

    My powered bicycle history goes back a very long time to 1950 when in a motorcycle and cycle dealership. Then I was fitting and repairing petrol add-on motors like the Cyclemaster, PowerPak and Winged Wheel. But I was an unpowered cyclist and motorcyclist back then so those add-ons weren't...
  7. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sort of Rangers v Celtic? I don't see it, I think pride in Scotland will overcome any differences on the retention of Great Britain, which will cease to exist anyway if Scotland leaves. There'll just be Britain and the UK. .
  8. flecc

    Forte and Sprint bikes from Ezee

    Indeed, here's the link. I'm also in my eighties and bought my two Ezee bikes in 2006, a Torq and Quando. But they weren't my first, I also had a Giant Lafree Twist. .
  9. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Two things I can agree with there. I was strongly opposed to the expansion of the EU into the Warsaw pact countries. I'd rather have seen them form their own politico-economic group which would have been a valuable buffer between Russia and the EU. And yes, I think you are right that...
  10. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Indeed, and that's the flaw in his tactics. When working longer term with others as in the London Mayoral post and in the Foreign Office, continuous comedy bluff serves no purpose other than to irritate. This also shows with his family members who have quite low opinions of him, his sister...
  11. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Given our current suicidal tendencies, why not a partnership of the three to run the country? .
  12. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    He's been doing much like it ever since his twenties, a long practiced well understood artifice. .
  13. flecc

    Amazing what you find on Sustrans 4

    It's obviously for crushing any dongled or otherwise illegal e-bikes that race along there. :) .
  14. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This quoted main part of your post is excellent, perfectly summing up what a confidence trickster Boris Johnson is and has long been. But why can't you confine yourself to this quality and not descend into false assumptions and insults? .
  15. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Liar. .
  16. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    An expertise he has that is useless when trying to run anything. Hence how much he cost us in London and how we are still reversing what he did to put things right. .
  17. flecc

    Help! SRAM p5 Rear hub for old giant twist/lafree

    The cargo hub does have a lower first gear as I mentioned before, so you will spin a bit faster for a given speed. That's to get heavy loads moving of course. As mentioned if you do find the gearing too low you'll need to change the sprocket. I absent mindedly mentioned a larger one...
  18. flecc

    Help! SRAM p5 Rear hub for old giant twist/lafree

    Glad it fitted ok, I thought it would. I haven't come across this problem with gears one and two which probably use the epicyclics in compound mode, so potentially a little more drag. I'm guessing that is what you mean, very difficult to turn, but it shouldn't be severe though. I'd suggest...
  19. flecc

    Worlds first self charging e-bike

    Absolutely. On my Nissan Leaf e-car the energy recovery is rather disappointing even in Eco mode despite its near one and half tons. But I do use the regen boosted Eco mode in all urban and suburban driving since the motor does all the routine braking, meaning the brake pads will almost last...
  20. flecc

    bike laws

    Thanks for that information, they need to correct the photos on their website. However, the police are correct, with a fully acting throttle it is not a pedelec. The DfT have a concession for Great Britain only that it will be considered one if it has MSVA . With that you will not need...