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  1. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Bojo believes sadly in his own propaganda. Just look at the yield on gilts and investment grade bonds. WTO brexit is going to make it very difficult to borrow more. There is a chart in the article, showing return on investment grade bonds in UK reaches 7% against German bonds at 2%. That shows...
  2. Woosh

    Bosch reliability

    : take the new Woosh Camino as a ball park example. The kit would be the XF08C with 15AH battery, cost: £549. Since the EU imposed anti-dumping duty on Chinese e-bikes, we have to assemble the bike ourselves in the UK. Cost: £75. Camino: £1,049 Electrics: £549 Assembly: £75 Bike transport...
  3. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I didn't say that. Although a fair proportion who voted for brexit apparently can't spell out what brexit is for except keeping our fish.
  4. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    the last 72 hours before 01-November is important. The Court system needs 72 hours to remove Bojo from Number 10. If Bojo prorogues parliament in the last 4 days, who knows?
  5. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Here is the brxit mug, as seen on BBC Dateline: You can read brexit on the mug but it's leaky. You can't do anything with it.
  6. Woosh

    Bosch reliability

    if you can remove the bottom bracket, then you will be OK.
  7. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    no. A judge can send that letter in case Bojo got done in Court but a PM or the Queen will still be needed to sign the agreement. The UK needs a head of state to send that letter. If parliament votes no to a confidence vote, it has to put up an alternative PM. Meanwhile, Bojo and his cabinet...
  8. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    his backers will want to make sure that we leave on WTO, what Bojo does or does not do matters not.
  9. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    if I were in his shoes, I'd do like John Major did to get his Maastricht treaty done. He resigned and forced a vote of confidence. Imagine we are on the 20-October. Johnson stands up in the HoC and tells the MPs that he is not sending the letter and if parliament does not accept to leave...
  10. Woosh

    Bosch reliability

    not a lot. It's the quality control. You can assemble a hub motor with parts made by a dozen specialist factories like gearbox, wound rotor, magnets, hall sensor boards, ballbearings etc like another factory next door, but it's the quality control that makes Bafang motors outstanding among...
  11. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    he bluffs as usual.
  12. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    On the balance of probabilities, I think the UK will leave, may be not this year or next year. The fundamental issue is the EU's future itself. There is no future for the EU if it shrinks its current spheres of competence and budget. If it standstills then it will eventually die because the...
  13. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    if and when the EU becomes a single state then yes. Other looser federations use similar 'handicap' systems to give a bigger voice to minorities such as the US Senate.
  14. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    that article does not add anything new. there are only 2 ways we can leave on the 31-October. The EU does not agree to an extension or parliament votes for it.
  15. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No. The agreement has to be signed by both parties. the A50 extension is a legal contract, we agree to pay the membership fee and abide by the rules of the club until the end date, which can only be cut short by mutual consent.
  16. Woosh

    Woosh Rio

    you press and hold the - button on the LCD for walk mode, you control the speed with the left brake lever. The throttle is full acting but you need to pedal first to activate it. The new Camino has the same facilities, its throttle has also an on/off switch to turn it off all the time when you...
  17. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    large countries have an influence factor of 1 (or near 1): Germany, UK, Italy, France) . You then compare their GDP and population with ours. It's like golf with handicap. Luxembourg has a handicap of 11, Cyprus 6.5. It's about as fair as golf I suppose.
  18. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Bojo caves in: The UK government promised the highest civil court in Scotlandthat Boris Johnson would send a letter to the EU seeking an extension to article 50 as required by the Benn act.
  19. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    your comparison is not totally fair. 11 MEPs for 4.3 millions Croatians works out one MEP per 390,000 Croatians. UK has 73 MEPs, that works out one MEP per 890,000 Britishers. The system is supposed to recognise that large countries have more block vote influence, so there is an 'influence...
  20. Woosh

    New to electric bikes

    slow cadence does not suit crank drive bikes.