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  1. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No it doesn't, you are misreading the article. In the line: "To Sean Urbanski, a University of Maryland student, he was black." the "he" after the second comma refers to the other person who Urbanski murdered, not to Urbanski himself. That comma is crucial in the reading. .
  2. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And there's a much earlier example from decades ago when a BBC team came across a drought and starvation situation in a north east African country. They set in pace a huge emotionally based aid package from around the world to feed the unfortunate, the effect of which was for them to survive to...
  3. flecc

    A trekking mtb. Do they exist?

    Yes, it was made out of step ladders like the one being carried. You can read how it was made on this web page. .
  4. flecc

    A trekking mtb. Do they exist?

    Panniers and trailers isn't either/or. You can use both like me:
  5. flecc

    Is this true.

    There's never been any specific enforcement, the number of them in the UK to small to notice. The only time there's been a hint of possible trouble is when one is involved in an accident. You shouldn't be too upset about the legal position, it's wonderful compared with the way it was. When...
  6. flecc

    Is this true.

    No, nothing missed. The absence of any law on how power was controlled on pedelecs and conversions meant any method including a throttle was legal under the old EAPC regulations up to 5th April 2015. From the 1st January 2016 any new pedelec could not have an independent throttle without first...
  7. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You could be right, it really is a poisoned chalice at present. .
  8. flecc

    Is this true.

    Just to clarify this further, there was no mention in law that throttles were allowed before January 2016 either. It's just that the pre 2016 law didn't specify how the power was applied, so one could use any method. .
  9. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Confirms what I warned the day she became PM, this woman is another Margaret Thatcher and every bit as dangerous. .
  10. flecc

    Is this true.

    It's the way you are interpreting this that is misleading you into thinking it silly. There is a law that specifies that new e-bikes post January 2016 have to have type approval to have a throttle. However, type approval only applies to manufactured e-bikes, e-bikes created by converting...
  11. flecc

    How not to cross a train track with your bike

    I think it can be positive rather than sad. It reflects the knowledge people have of how "having a go" all too often makes matters worse. This wasn't a matter for self-appointed police, we have organisations, methods and equipment to deal with the sort of irresponsibly impatient individual who...
  12. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The tories used the same dirty tricks tactics against Ken Livingstone after he was again elected Mayor of London, raising totally false allegations about corruption and his relationship with a female member of his team. Ken was far too clever for them though. He immediately called in the...
  13. flecc

    What Raleigh Should Do

    Really!!! On one occasion when a new Bafang failed from 100 miles and couldn't reach 200 miles, I took the bike back to the importer to swap the motor wheel. Their warehouse was adorned with a large number of two types of rather new hub motor wheels opened up for attention. Most appeared to...
  14. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But that's made almost impossibly difficult when the opposition and the bulk of the media propagate the same lies against them. It's one against the world. .
  15. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But as highlighted you've just done it again, posting the opposite. Ken Livingstone was never extreme left, only the smears and lies implied that. Jeremy Corbyn's policies though not extreme are more to the left than Ken's ever were, and the Labour movement knows that to be true. Labour...
  16. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I strongly object to this inclusion of Ken Livingstone, his was another case of someone being falsely smeared with a pack of lies. He was an excellent leader of the old and new GLCs and every bit as good as Mayor of London. His "Fares, Fair" policy was highly successful and applauded even by...
  17. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Surely not, for example: We'll still be able to comment on the government's strong and stable mistakes. We'll still be able to discuss the strong and stable growth rate of the national deficit due to Brexit . And their strong and stable determination to tax us more we'll still be able to...
  18. flecc

    Future bikes

    That doesn't say much though. I had the chance of a six month old Nissan Leaf with hardly any mileage on the clock, including battery for £10,500. It was bought for circa £27,000. It doesn't take much to better that phenomenal depreciation. .
  19. flecc

    Future bikes

    I've raised this problem before, as have many others in the wider world, but it doesn't end with producing enough, the distribution is a new nightmare. Obviously recharge stations replacing current fuel stations would have to use fast charge rates of at least 50 kW even for a 30 minute charge...
  20. flecc

    Camera in your pocket thread.

    Hence that latin name, ferox = fierce. In truth though spiders are not aggressive and prefer to avoid conflict with us. They only bite when they feel seriously threatened. .