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Precisely Mike, the Bafang motor it uses has the usual internal freewheel that disconnects the motor from the hub rotation and therefore the pedalling. If the freewheel jams, as can happen, pedalling the bike involves rotating the motor geared about 6 to 1 up, which is certainly tough. But...

But Gray's point was that it's the Remainers causing the problems, not soft or hard Brexiters. Remaining has no new problems, we just carry on as we are. Otherwise I agree with your post, but with the exception that the Hard Brexiters don't have viable answers. Their answers are mostly...

That's intrinsically nonsensical. We are where we are, it's the Leavers who are making the change into a whole host of new problems, while having no answers to them. .

That rather confuses the issue since it's changing from a hub motor to a crank drive motor. The latter do tend to be easier to pedal, less inertia to start with. Certainly my Panasonic crank drive Giant Lafree was a pleasure to ride without power and I often did. Very different from either...

Or just transfer from the home air con to the car's air con! An ectothermic ability that can decline with age though. Now in my later years I find it very difficult to cope with the two temperature extremes and need to take positive steps to alleviate them. .

You're in Amoto65, riding on Radcliffe Road: Map Link .

I'm guessing, but probably the very different chemistry to enable the extremely high discharge rate when starting a car is also tolerant of remaining unused in a charged state. .

When London's parking meters were introduced the official instruction to cyclists was that the correct place to park bikes was on the pavement side of a meter post and chained to it. It never occurred to officialdom that it meant the bike could just be lifted off the post. .

The 180 watt Salisbury originally used a 24 volt 20 cell NiMh battery, later a 7 cell 26 volt Li-polymer. .

I haven't used the jump starter on one of my cars for years, its main function is rescuing neighbours in winter when their parked-outside cars get stroppy in the cold. I'll never need it now with the Leaf's 40 kWh battery, mains charger connection and a motor that doesn't need a starter! Many...

Not techy Rick, all you had to do was click that highlighted link and then post BS23 in that thread. Fiftyish is no excuse, I'm 82. :) Anyway I've entered you in the map now and if you click on Map Link you'll see you are riding on Quantock Road. Click on your bike symbol and you'll see your...

I bought one of the traditional SLA types about 20 years ago and it still performs perfectly. I also use it to power a moth trap for several hours in the local nature reserve. The secret of its long life is that I give it a top up charge every two months, they should never be left more than 3...

If only you could see the many hundreds of times a member with their first hub motor e-bike has posted the same during the 12 years of this forum. I repeat, if it spins freely by hand, it's not the motor, and it's a mechanical impossibility for pedalling to cause the motor to start dragging...

You're in Derrick, riding on the A 4023: Map Link .

Yes that's all. You're in now, riding on Berryhill Road. Map Link .

You can post the first half of your post code in this linked thread Rick and I'll enter you into the pedelecs members map. Then you'll see any others around you who've done the same. .

The key word is at the end of the article, "eventually". It's true that the rate of expansion is slowing but the population is still growing. It's currently around 7.6 billions, but was a little over 2 billions when I was born. That tripling in a single lifetime not yet over, despite a major...

Or just throttles! .

Shouldn't you be challenging The Observer and The Guardian who reported as fact what you object to, quoting names of those in office at universities who'd allegedly stated it? Tillson was only quoting what they've published. .

That can't happen Rick, the rear sprocket is only connected to the external hub shell. There's no connection whatsoever between the chain drive and the internal motor. That only connects through a freewheel to the internal hubshell gear rack. Believe me, we've all experienced this drag...