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  1. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Your currency dealer?
  2. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    would it fall foul of state aid rules? Perhaps we should do same here, around Felixstowe.
  3. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    the independent reports a figure of £4.5bn possible cost to British exporters. It's not exactly huge. The Treasury gets more than that back.
  4. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If she becomes the next French President, she will have plenty of time to wait for the brexit result before calling for a referendum. If she doesn't, she will most likely win the one in 2024.
  5. Woosh

    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    you should perhaps look at the stats from the point of view of usage and care given to the bikes. Cheap bikes tend to be used as cheap transport, left outside to be rained on and to rust and not much spent on it regarding maintenance. On the other hand, bikes costing over 2k are treated as...
  6. Woosh

    Even more battery news

    wiki lists them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_in_lithium-ion_batteries More than enough material to write one article a week.
  7. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Trust me, the EU is as much weakened by brexit as brexit weakens the UK's economy. It's a lose lose situation, nothing to be gained by delaying a deal. The difference is the UK can dig itself out of the brexit hole, the loss to the EU will remain until a deal is done. Barrier-wise, the UK can...
  8. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    the ball is with Michel Barnier. The EU knows it and is prepared for it. Mrs May has little choice than to prepare to face the worst, just in case. If I were in her shoes, I'd just play for time. 5 years from now, the EU will want to deal with us more than us with them.
  9. Woosh

    Trade Members Being Too Overtly Salesy in 'What Bike?' Threads?

    I think there is a difference between deviating and making a suggestion that is near to the thread's owner's requirement. Do give us an example of what you mean. I don't recall any thread where I made an irrelevant suggestion.
  10. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    that is correct. If they want hard brexit, they'll have hard brexit. If they don't want a deal, then we will have to wait. There is no other way. We'll be out of the EU soon enough.
  11. Woosh

    Non-legal mountain e-bike with good torque and top speed that is under 1500 quid?

    If I fitted the same shocks on my bikes, Wisper's David and RobF will be on my case permanently.
  12. Woosh

    Non-legal mountain e-bike with good torque and top speed that is under 1500 quid?

    If I had to sell it, I can get it made in China for $500.
  13. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Johnson and Fox don't have much to do do they? But we know we have to negotiate a new relationship with the EU, our weapon is time, believe it or not.
  14. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think you should take what Mrs May says (and David Davis) as the UK's position and forget even what comes out of that clown Boris Johnson's mouth.
  15. Woosh

    Non-legal mountain e-bike with good torque and top speed that is under 1500 quid?

    1) Their bikes have to be distinctive. It takes a lot of effort to make a good looking bike. That usually involves the brand;s own design effort. You will also have to be sure that you are going to sell a lot because the factories won't take your order for special components otherwise. 2) Their...
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    Non-legal mountain e-bike with good torque and top speed that is under 1500 quid?

    You pay more for the better components and also for the reputation of the brand and the distribution costs. A basic suspension fork costs about $25, a good one, $60, a basic V-brake costs less than $5, a good cable operated disc brake costs $10-$15 and a sensored hydraulic brake costs at least...
  17. Woosh

    Trade Members Being Too Overtly Salesy in 'What Bike?' Threads?

    Sometimes traders like myself propose one of their models that is nearest to what the thread owners require for the simple reason that the threads are usually read by other members with similar but not necessarily identical requirements.
  18. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't think we have. Let's just wait until next month or better, next year. Let's face it, what sort of clubs that charges high exit fees? Time share perhaps? If the EU makes negotiation too difficult for us, then the EU will fuel the nationalist movement.
  19. Woosh

    Non-legal mountain e-bike with good torque and top speed that is under 1500 quid?

    there isn't magic in e-bikes, we all know that. If you ride a derestricted bike against road legal bikes, then your bike is easily the fastest. What you get at the wheels is the product of voltage, current and conversion yield. Higher voltage, higher current and higher yield give you more Watts...
  20. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    it may take longer but why do you think we won't survive and will lose all friends?