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Wisper investigated adopting these a year or two ago but seemed to drop the idea. .

True enough, though their small capacity to size is a problem, so they only appeared on one e-bike named as SCiB, a Schwinn model where they specified a half hour full charge. .

No. Toshiba have been regularly announcing batteries that charge in minutes for over a decade now, none ever coming to anything. One of their first was Lithium polymer which they claimed could charge in under 3 minutes, but of course that went on to become the slow charging type so many of us...

Indeed, since they are not part of the United Kingdom, though dependent on the Crown for support. .

It doesn't really fold of course, only comes apart into sections so doesn't suit as a commuting folder, hence less London appeal. A style machine and not my type of bike, I prefer more practicality, proper carrier, mudguards etc, but they do seem to have refined it well. D8veh in this forum...

That's what devolution has done, Scotland with its own parliament, Ireland and Wales with their own governing assemblies. But of course this is an old tradition here, the Crown Dependencies long being self ruling. One, the Isle of Man has the longest sitting parliament in the world, The...

Hi Jos, I remember you well from our past communication. It's good to hear that you are still actively e-biking on the Agattus with those trusty Panasonic motors. Unfortunately Kalkhoff have been going though a bad patch with unreliability of the Impulse motors that replaced the Panasonics, but...

I'm not sure of the details of the EU status, but they appear to be subject to UN rules. Just as we've had to incorporate EU law into our regulations, so the EU incorporates UN regulations into EU legislation. For just one example, the new EU L1e-B type approval regulations for mopeds fully...

I suppose it's the proximity and immediacy of influence, the national government nearby being felt more than a distant body like the EU. We have a parallel with Catalonia in this respect, with Scotland possibly seeking independence from the UK while wanting to be EU members. Meanwhile the UK...

For six months only. Since Northern Ireland has entirely devolved transport law they would be treated as vehicles visiting from another country. After six months they'd have to be registered here in the mainland UK under our rules. .

Catalonia's population is 7.5 millions. Thirteen EU member countries, that's almost half the member countries, have smaller populations, mostly very much smaller and sometimes in the thousands rather than millions. Information link .

And the riot police truncheons. .

So there are two Ides of March to beware of. Theresa May's March 2018 and all of our departures from the EU March 2019. Maybe we'll end up doing what the Russians did after leaving the USSR, turn back to the church and start praying for salvation. .

I don't think there was any chance of this happening while we were EU members with full access to the ECJ. Their equality of treatment principles for EU citizens would protect us. That was also the case for Northern Ireland since they had intended to pass the EU/UK regulations into law before...

I think the name change of the whole to Zimbabwe neatly disposed of that potential past problem! .

A fairy tale? .

Regardless of the size of the turnout, how can we? We refuse the recognise the Crimean referendum despite it's over 90% Russian population all voting to return to Russia from Ukraine. We refuse to recognise Abkhazia despite their overwhelming desire for previously leaving Russia for...

That's very much my view, and why I expressed those organising the referendum as being guilty of treason. For what they desire they should use the democratic processes. If they then still can't achieve what they want that way, either accept that democratic outcome or emigrate to somewhere else. .

Its just a contactless card that contains cash value that gets deducted as you use it. You get a card from many outlets or online and add value to it at the same outlets as it's needed, or you can have it top itself up from your bank etc as needed, up to a level you set. Simple, easy to use...

Never mind, when the wife's pedalling it around there'll be room for you to sit in as well. :) .