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That's because they are not worried about a hard Brexit happening. Germany would be the most affected, but it wouldn't be serious and the German government have already stated that they can easily cope with the loss. They easily coped with that much in the 2008 recession. We're back to what...

And why should they say it, after all, we are the one's making the move to leave, so it's for us to say what we are wanting to do. Once we've let the EU know that, they can comment on it's acceptability or otherwise and negotiate with us. .

Also yes, and I qualified for a bus pass 21 years ago! That's not special though, in London fully half the population qualifies for a bus pass. Can't even pay with cash on our buses now. .

And once again the myth of Europe punishing us. When will it sink in the heads of these morons that we are merely being asked to pay what we promised and signed up to, and what we receive the benefits of. .

Yes, if there was another referendum, Remain would win by a large margin, certainly over 10% ahead. .

Ask the EU for a grant as they ask us for the £87 billion leaving payment. :D .

Once again due to our backward ways. You may remember a company called Central Railway who proposed a through route for freight, detailed on this link. That included a bypass link around the perimeter of London, which would have been the perfect opportunity to build an HS link alongside while...

I've got different feelings about this Tom. The UK is decades behind everyone else with surface transport links, be they rail or motorway. To compare with our European neighbours we should have at least HS1 to HS5 now, connecting all main regions of Great Britain together and with the...

See above! .

Indeed, and that isn't just a coincidence. Water is the best lubricant for rubber, so it makes it much easier for anything sharp to penetrate. If you want to cut rubber with a knife, wet the cutting area and it will slice through much easier. As a junior in the trade from 14 on, punctures...

During and just after WW2, bike tubes often had layers of patches overlapping each other. Tubes often had so many patches that the odds were it was a patch that punctured, rather than virgin tube! That was partly due to wartime shortages, but mostly sheer lack of money to buy a new tube...

Now there's an idea, why can't we each pay for personal membership and receive an EU passport and ID card to claim our entitlements like freedom of travel etc., or make use of EU facilities like the ECJ. And of course not pay our share of the Brexit exit charge. Makes perfect sense and would...

Now Sturmey is the only one Jerry, SRAM have given up making hub gears and the DualDrive. .

One comment I'd make is that fixing a puncture doen't entail taking out a back wheel, I never do and never did when in the trade. You just take the tube out of the tyre on the non-chain side to do the necessary. There is no foolproof quick and easy way to repair punctures, slime type products...

It's exactly the EU law, so must be pedelec control only, no throttle above 6kph. .

It isn't in London, but it was hoped that the sponsorship and hire income together would largely cover the costs. It hasn't, and it's the almost complete absence of hire income that is the trouble. We're on our second sponsor. In terms of rides it's very successful, last year hires exceeded...

Thanks for the research and clarification David, points fully understood. As for the above question, there was some confusion long ago about whether the 1983 EAPC regulations were UK or British, in the sense of Great Britain. No doubt that was due to the devolvement of transport. The position...

Sometimes by RAF executive jet from Northolt, but very often by Eurostar. .

Much of this is common to the London bike hire scheme, and that largely works ok, though at much higher cost than originally expected. The free 30 minutes is the problem, people have adapted to only doing that, meaning no further income. For longer trips/periods some will even swap the bike...

I posted at the outset that this Mobike scheme wouldn't work in Britain, it simply doesn't have a chance. Not that Paris was any better with their Velib bike scheme. When introduced it took no time for a large proportion of the bikes to be stolen and the scale of damage to the bikes was also...