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  1. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    at the moment, our programming skills are just enough to recognize a ping pong ball in a ping pong game. To make a robot capable of bricklaying, you need a human level of general intelligence, that's at a very least 50-150 years of software development.
  2. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ways too one-sided. It takes the automotive industries decades to make sufficient progress for driverless trains, buses and now trucks and cars. I am convinced that the next stage of our evolution is technology led but on the introduction of robots into the workplace, the rate of displacement is...
  3. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    that's because too many of taxpayers are not willing to share more. We have about the lowest personal tax take in the top 10 countries. It starts with parents who hand over more and more of their parental responsibilities to the state and ends with an ever increasing tax free ceiling of IHT.
  4. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, we do. Our government collects taxes and organizes public services, including efforts to relieve poverty.
  5. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    a better, more compassionate society. Before food banks, those who use them would have to go hungry. You have to deal with the roots of poverty. Inherited wealth, disability, education, racism, job opportunity...
  6. Woosh

    import duty etc from s korea

    South Korea and the EU have an FTA, there is no import duty on most electronics, motors and bikes. You only pay VAT.
  7. Woosh

    Wanted: Step through Bike such as Wisper or Woosh

    Hello fotmax, The Santana2 has been slightly revised, with new Suntour NEX fork and new Ounce crankset. Prices remain same.
  8. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    not for those who want to see you recognised.
  9. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    the direction of brexit is left to the EU at the moment because we cannot spell out what we want in any level of details. The EU is likely to suggest CETA as their preferred model. That'll keep their goods flowing into the UK free of duty and entice our banks and insurance companies to move to...
  10. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    the government has to agree within the cabinet the shape of brexit so that David Davis can tell his opposite number what we want. TM can't control her cabinet, her own party and still seen as a caretaker PM despite winning the last election.
  11. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I can't say I disagree. It seems that the current government is paralysed by internal division.
  12. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    question for you, OG. do you think Corbyn is brave enough to negotiate a soft brexit if he was PM right now?
  13. Woosh

    Speed limit unlock for Carrera crosscity

    that's the pedal sensor. The speed sensor is usually mounted on the chainstay and actuated by a magnet bolted to a spoke.
  14. Woosh

    Speed limit unlock for Carrera crosscity

    his bike has aa 790 LED panel, no speed sensor. Also, the current fashion is to have the speed sensor inside the motor to increase reliability.
  15. Woosh

    Speed limit unlock for Carrera crosscity

    you know I can't help you breaking the laws, but adding another battery does not change the noload speed of the motor. Each motor has its KV constant, meaning the higher the voltage, the higher the noload speed.
  16. Woosh

    Speed limit unlock for Carrera crosscity

    there is nothing to do. The 790 LED panel does not restrict the bike (your bike is not restricted), the motor has a noload speed at around 15mph.
  17. Woosh

    New ebike - teething problems or more?

    no. It's possible that you are more aware of the motor's noise and as the initial grease is slightly dispersed after a few miles, the noise may have changed a little. Forget the noise for a while, enjoy riding your new bike then in a month's time, make another recording. If the noise level...
  18. Woosh

    Lightweight ebike

    there are a lot of similarities, they are made in the same factory. On components, the Stealth has 11.6AH battery, the Karoo is fitted with a larger capacity battery. The Stealth bottom bracket is square taper, the Karoo has a GXP bottom bracket with external ball bearings. If you google up GXP...
  19. Woosh

    Lightweight ebike

    the Woosh Rio MTB is fairly lightweight and much better equipped to climb hills. When you ride at high speed, a good fork is very useful.