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I meant the treaties we have signed with the EU.

be careful, Nealh assumed that you pick a Chinese bike. German bikes have torque sensor, you rarely use more than 8WH per mile, you have to pedal a fair bit.

On Bosch bikes with 500WH battery, you are usually limited by your own fitness. The bikes offer between 100% and 300% assistance, you have to provide the rest. If you can do 10 miles without assistance, then you'll get at most 300% of that from the bike, your range would be then 40 miles.

except that the terms of the contract in this case are far from being clear and enforceable. That's why there is a need of goodwill from both sides.

the object of the torque arm is two-fold: resist the torque from the motor and more importantly, keep the motor axle inside the jaws of the fork's opening. Therefore, the smaller the torque arm, the better because it restricts the movement of the motor axle better. The best example I found...

BTW, the EU27 needs our money even more than us. We are the guy with the cash, at a pinch, we can spend £100 billions on building new trade routes. the EU27 will start very soon (in weeks) their own discussion how they see trade with the UK post brexit. You'll see.

there are many reasons why the EU27 needs to keep the UK 'in the customs union' zone. 1. existing quotas. If the UK is out of the EU zone, quotas have to be renegotiated because of the split and reduction in trade. 2. Trade weight. The EU28 accounts for roughly 20% of world trade, EU27 15%. This...

in the US, there is a trick of the trade in second hand trucks. Most third world countries charge higher duty on new trucks and reduced duty on secondhand ones. The difference could well be in the region of 50%. There are plenty of importers paying US truck drivers to drive brand new trucks to...

it's pretty easy to say that if you can do 30 miles without assistance then we know you are pretty fit, you would unlikely be needing maximum assist (300%) on a Bosch bike unless it's a steep hill. At average 200% assist, you can do 100 miles easy peasy with a 500WH battery.

You seem to think that we have to beg the EU27 to deal with us. Nothing further from the truth. We all know that no deal is bad for business and as long as there is no deal, the divorce bill won't be finalized. The EU27 has surely more time than the UK but even so, they are just as pressured...

it's a market place, therefore subject to market forces. There will always people who will pay £1300 for a Brompton M6L while others pay half that for a Tern Verge. After brexit, it's not you who will decide where the Mondeo will come from but Ford UK. They may choose to partner with Ford Mexico...

importers like yourself will act accordingly. If the same car made in Germany attracts 10% duty and 0% if made from Mexico then they'll bring in that car from Mexico. As I said, the EU27 has currently not agreed between themselves what to do about trade with the UK after brexit. That's why they...

they are quasi commodities. Give it 2-3 years, the shift will be clear for all to see. You may stick to the same brand but we'll buy more cars and bikes made in Mexico and less from Germany.

range has more to do with your fitness and the battery capacity than other factors like bike motor, geometry, weight. You should test ride the bike(s) to see how close they are to ride like an unpowered bike.

I agree. Overtime, sale of EU made products will decrease, sales of comparable products made elsewhere increase. The overall effect is that duty will cost sale. Countries which do not enter free trade deals will ultimately be punished. The overall effect on large exporters into the UK like...

yes. At eco setting, you do more pedaling than the motor.

to collect import duty from goods originated in the EU. There is current agreement between the EU27 to make the UK pay the divorce bill but not a pip on how future trade will be conducted. That's why there seems to be a broad similarity between the EU and hard brexiters. Once the EU27 work out...

that may be the price worth paying to some.

it's going to be difficult. we need to protect as much as possible all the goodwill of the EU immigrants, so that they don't leave the UK. We need to re-assure investors that we are working on a trade deal with the EU as priority, but at the same time, we need to charge EU imports as much duty...

At the moment, the EU thinks that it holds all the cards. That's true as long as the UK has not prepared for a no deal outcome. If the UK spend say £10 billions preparing for WTO brexit, the EU will have to start talking trade soon. That's practically the only subject where the two sides will...