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basic marketing rules. Let's face it, if you know your bike won't last 5 years, would you buy it? (except perhaps Mike63, he does 4,000-5,000 miles a year). no party is going to win if they completely flesh out their ideas.

to slow down at the descent, the descent engine has to provide enough thrust to counteract gravity on the moon and reduce forward speed. wikipedia gave these figures: thrust: 45kN (4.5 earth tons), the throttle can control burn between 10%-60%. To ascent, part of the lunar landing platform is...

the most efficient speed depends on your target: most range, most speed or a combination of the two. If you want best range, follow NealH's advice. If you want best speed (derestricted), you need a crank driven bike with rigid fork and thin tyres, if you want a combination of the two, you need a...

why not? is it because they were lawyers before becoming MPs? if you are concerned with how they earn their crust before becoming politicians, look at those MPs who previously run investment funds. Plenty of them among the conservative MPs. They are the ones who have nothing in common with...

Governments have traditionally promised more than delivered. They all have to borrow to spend, it is logically to expect that they can't please all the people all the time and there will be plenty of unhappy voters. In fact, recent governments are voted in by one in 3 voters. let's just wait...

Think of dust particles as snooker balls and the propellant jets as snooker queues, very little dust can be projected above the LEM in the first place. most of the dust fell back down to the surface of the moon well away the LEM even before the 4 legs of the LEM touch the ground.

you misunderstood the physics of rocket engines. The vacuum does not have much effect on the thrust.

the lack of atmosphere on the moon makes comparison with landing on earth futile. You have to imagine a world where feathers (or dust in this case) fall down to earth at near speed of lead or stones. There are a few videos showing the ascent as viewed from the CSM or the Lunar Roving Vehicle...

bikes that run with a torque sensor do not need brake cutoffs because the motors do not overrun like bikes that work with a cadence sensor. People instinctively reduce pedal pressure when turning a tight spot or braking, the motor instantly reduces its output accordingly. Brake cutoffs are still...

no throttle, only pedal assist. The harder you push on the pedals, the more the motor gives. there are 4 assist levels (eco, tour speed and turbo) + zero assist. The motor weighs 2.64kgs and can give up to 100NM torque. This is a 48V motor, about 30% more power than the 36V unit. Road legal...

best kit for lightweight road bikes with drop bars and STI levers is the 48V TSDZ2. You get power, lightness, simple wiring and torque sensor. You don't need to fit brake cut out sensors. http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?cdkit#tsdz2

vfr400 voted to remain. he only defends leavers on this thread.

and two million others who marched against the war, including my then 16 year old daughter. I kept the boards she brought home well after Blair has left office. A lot of people knew that Blair exaggerated the risk posed by Saddam (his 45 minutes claim), lied about the Iraq dossier etc but it's...

one moment, you call the press I read crooked, then immediately after that, those recognised by most people as 'far right' are paragon of free speech and democracy. Why don't you add to it that I am an idiot for believing the wrong press and the far right is perfectly reasonable, intelligent...

I think democracy needs to be applied with great care. More and more examples show that idea of moving power from the centre to the people, albeit looks good in principle, does not work well and often abused by small groups with interest in singe issues. I give you the Common Fisheries policy...

stumbled on this piece If the polls are anything to go by, far-right parties will do well from Finland to Italy. Fascism is not only a mainstream ideology again in Europe; the presence of fascists in government is now a banal fact of life across the continent. The xenophobia, racism, and...

if you have an immediate bill for £39 billions and more to follow, you may be forgiven to leave it to the last day.

a lot of kippers are flogging to Farage's new party. I can't see BXP beating Labour in the next GE. JC will either give you andrex soft brexit or he'll put brexit on indefinite hold.

nonsense. GDP is not house price dependent. It's measured against a basket of major currencies or USD.

accepting the Withdrawal Agreement means he wants a deal with the EU where most of our exports go to, which means that we continue with goods' standard alignment and get nothing more out of the EU and the USA than we get at the moment. Basically, it's all about Boris getting the top job.