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  1. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    She'd probably just start chanting: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall Who is the fairest of them all" It is after all the pantomime season. .
  2. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But potential trade agreements with those outside the EU are peripheral issues to follow Brexit, not Brexit itself which is leaving the EU. We know exactly what is going on with Brexit, it's nothing. That's because there are no Brexit negotiations, since the EU and member countries...
  3. flecc

    The Berlin truck atrocity

    But unfortunately a common detection rate across crimes is about 8%. A large study when both crime and police strengths were at their peak some while ago concluded that crime was almost as high as it could be and it would be little different if there were no police. Basically today's police...
  4. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Fully agree with this, it would be more fair. But I don't see a second referendum based on the previous voters being very much different. It could and probably would reverse the result, but with that still being marginal it still wouldn't truly decide anything. All in all it's been a lesson...
  5. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Indeed, exactly my views too. I see the USA as the world's worst terrorist nation of modern times, in consequence causing so much of the terrorist retaliation we suffer. Their guilt is shared by the UK due to our willing and unquestioning cooperation in their aggression. .
  6. flecc

    The Berlin truck atrocity

    No, that's our anti-terrorist travel system, gives the police a chance to finish their tea break before going after them. .
  7. flecc

    Has Giant manufactured their own crank drive system?

    They only ever did that once, a crank drive in 1999, and it was a horrible near 40 kilo tank of a bike. The Americans seemed to like it, probably because it made them look slimmer: .
  8. flecc

    The Berlin truck atrocity

    By train, the police said train ticket(s) found in his pocket. .
  9. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't think the referendum result would have been any different, whatever the EU countries did for Cameron. The anti-EU feeling had long been deeply ingrained into our working class society and and become even more widespread and strong than had been suspected. Now we pay the price for that. .
  10. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Indeed, it's inevitable with no co-ordinated effort to prevent it continuing worldwide. .
  11. flecc

    Happy Christmas Everyone

    Thank you Bob, I hope all at Juicybike have an enjoyable and peaceful Christmas and benefit from a successful and profitable New Year. .
  12. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I'm puzzled as to why you've plucked this out. Deutsche Bank have only done what many of the others in Britain and Europe did in what caused the 2008 collapse, with the US banks in the forefront having invented this way of selling on bundles of worthless securities. Either they should all be...
  13. flecc

    YAMAHA EASY.. Old pedelec ebike but the 24v mid drive unit has potential

    The deficit isn't as much as the age suggests, these Yamahas were well ahead of their time. In fact their motor unit has been revived in a virtual copy by the current Tonaro pedelecs, as you can see with their models on this link. .
  14. flecc

    News: DfT consults on insurance for e-bikes & lawnmowers

    This would mean the end of legal pedelecs and render the EAPC regulations superfluous. Registration, number plates and insurance would automatically qualify pedelecs as L1e-A, previously termed the Low Powered Moped class. That permits up to 1000 watts rating with 25 kph/15.6 mph assist limit...
  15. flecc

    The Berlin truck atrocity

    Indeed. Very little deters these religious fanatics, but speedy detection, and killing if necessary, on every occasion will at least put some off imitation. .
  16. flecc

    YAMAHA EASY.. Old pedelec ebike but the 24v mid drive unit has potential

    The Yamaha, like the Lafree, is torque sensing, and in standard power mode has a 50/50 split on power. The motor matches what you put in, but no more. In Eco mode it only delivers half what you put in. And of course if the battery isn't delivering current freely, there can be further...
  17. flecc

    YAMAHA EASY.. Old pedelec ebike but the 24v mid drive unit has potential

    I can recommend these having bought them, as have other pedelecs members. The original Panasonic charger supplied with the Giant Lafree NiMh bikes suffered many failures and this was a better replacement. In addition its thermistor was the correct value for the Lafree, being 10k, B = 3950. .
  18. flecc

    News: DfT consults on insurance for e-bikes & lawnmowers

    I still see flaws though. As another kiwi points out, a pedelec isn't a mechanically propelled vehicle. It's primarily a bicycle and only a mechanically assisted vehicle if the rider pedals, so it's questionable whether it even falls within the scope of the ECJ judgement. It will be at least...
  19. flecc

    News: DfT consults on insurance for e-bikes & lawnmowers

    I doubt this will be necessary since the Two and Three Wheel Type Approval EU wide law (168/2013) exempts compliant pedelecs from type approval as motor vehicles. .
  20. flecc

    Yorkshire Puddings

    Probably: Domestic science = 1950s Home economics = 1990s and after. .