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As Daniel says just above. Second some of the crank drive units, Panasonic in particular are very quiet The ultimate for silence for the rider, a direct drive hub motor in the rear wheel with a sine wave controller. Adding a pair of large pannier bags will absorb any slight residual sound...

Don't be so certain, the independence refendum result was 55% to 45% with no Brexit threat in existence. The EU membership result was 62% to 38% in favour. The trend is clear, and the prospect of a shrivelled independent UK teat against the much larger EU one could weigh heavily. .

ISIS have probably made Nigel an honorary member! .

Indeed, in fact I refuse to call myself British since my nationality is English, and the UK is not Britain or Great Britain of course. But remaining in the EU was an assurance that the UK would not be able to try repeating any of the evils of the past. .

Yes and belt drive as supplied, see this link. Since it uses the BionX 500 watt motor which is cassette compatible, it may be possible to add a rear derailler mechanism by devising a frame mounting for the change mechanism, plus a chainwheel of course. .

But done huge harm to the United Kingdom, now very far from united with two countries somewhat marginally wanting to leave the EU and two countries very firmly wanting to remain in the EU. Far from erecting a statue of him, we should remove his citizenship, making him stateless. .

Less likely now due to Brexit, since this is an EU class not needing a driving licence which the DfT have been strongly opposed to. They did have it under consideration due to trade pressures but have already somewhat sabotaged it with their new driving licence categories. They include a...

This was their model for the S category Speed Pedelec Class in Germany and Switzerland. Illegal elsewhere in Europe at the time, though now legal in The Netherlands as well. .

I also recorded an accidental "Disagree" a couple of days after highlighting a few words from the post and copying them, I feel sure not going anywhere near the "tag" line. Worrying if it can happen so easily, since in my case it needlessly upset the recipient so much he deleted his post, the...

Seconded in every respect, he was one of our earliest members and was jointly responsible for instituting the Pedelecs members map. I'm now the only administrator for that, furtunately not too ardous a task since Google's improvements to the service. .

While we are still in the EU we're safe from that final change which could never happen there. But once out all bets are off. .

No they don't, look again. Category Q is expressly for up to 15.5 mph, can be petrol or electric. That's the DfT spoiler for these to be introduced here. .

Already posted about on this link .

Nice idea, but already the DfT have wrecked our prospects of having the same. There as in some other EU countries, no licence needed. Here they've introduced both category AM and category Q driving licences covering everything small and light except pedelecs. Link .

Positive yes, but oddly biased. Plugging Smug e-bikes which we've never heard of, the mythical Brompton e-bike, the Gocycle and Ebco. Very much fringes of the market or non-existent. And they really should avoid figures: Their one in three Dutch bikes sold being an e-bike is nonsense, it's...

That's democracy, we choose who we vote in, so when things go wrong, it's our fault. Those who have a dictator at least know nothing is their own fault. .

Yes we have many accurate documentaries and news items about this, and often at prime times too. But I'm afraid those who do all the moaning about immigrants and their supposed advantages do so from ignorance, since the TV they watch is more likely to be "Strictly Come Dancing" or "Celebrity...

Indeed, this early abandonment is even more true for unpowered bikes. Every year now some 3 million bikes are bought in the UK, so on the basis that they last for years and are not renewed every year, our roads should be clogged with 10 to 15 million bikes. Yet surveys reveal well under 2...

Yes, for at least the last ten years there have been many e-bikes on ebay with hardly any mileage. Some will be suspect of course, but most of the photos show little evidence of wear, assuming the photos are newly taken and not original shots. I think in many cases it's due to a...

It's why many years ago that I fitted a cycle mirror which solves that problem. Since the mirror makes all cycling much safer it's win all round. .