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None for me since my hobby has no cost. .

to wet yourself when doing it. :) .

Indeed. When they adopted the Kalkhoff brand they were even supplying the USA as well, until Kalkhoff took over that function with a US branch supplying dealers directly. As you say, it's a trend followed as a market develops to a size that enables more direct representation. .

No there's nothing binding on the elected government or the House of Commons on any manifesto issue. But if a manifesto issue is approved by the House of Commons it can be enforced on the Lords, if necessary by the triple presentation. The principle is that the people vote a government in on...

This post from 50cycles says it is a Derby Cycles extension of warranty. I don't take much notice of their claim that they negotiated it, Derby Cycles wouldn't agree such a thing solely for the small UK minority market. Given the much larger scale of this problem in Germany and the...

er, UKish. :p :D .

With a manifesto issue like the promised referendum, the House of Commons can keep presenting a bill unchanged to the House of Lords and on the third presentation the Lords have to pass it. This is a long standing constitutional rule enforcing the will of the people. The Lords only have final...

Impossible Tom. By the time that could happen there will be no-one left alive who remembers what it was like as an EU member! And whatever life is like then, everyone will still be moaning. .

No, I didn't take it as critical at all. I think we are so used to a huge variety of looks, accents and languages here we don't take any notice any more. .

They'll probably let you have that one if you ask nicely. :) .

I hope for dealer's sakes they have plans to establish some sort of support base here too. Derby Cycles gmbh attitude to customer service has been less than adequate to date. .

They aren't immigrants, they're Londoners Croxden, like me. Only 46% of Londoners are White, British born. A fair proportion of the remaining 54% are also British born but not white. For those of us here none of this makes any difference, as far as we are concerned we're all Londoners, even...

In that case we could take a leaf out of the book of Irish politics and form the Provisional EU, inviting them to join us as an EU rival. The Provisional one would be the more ruthless of course, something Germany should be good at, so it could be a great success. .

That's optimistic, at this rate we may not have handed in article 50 notice by then! :) .

A banana is a popular favourite for a quick energy boost, even during exercise. Witness the Wimbledon tennis stars scoffing a banana in the breaks between sets. They get the best sports medical advice. So no harm in eating one just before setting off or even taking one with you to eat during...

They weren't told how much though. ;) .

I agree Derf, which is why I said the independent alternative is to become more competitive in bulk manufacturing by accepting less reward for harder work. The likelyhood of that happening is a different matter of course. .

We don't manufacture remotely enough for our economic health. From 1950 through to the 1980s I watched the decline, losing in turn bicycle manufacturing, then motorcycles, cars, trucks and buses, aircraft, shipbuilding. Now the only large scale manufacturing we do is for others, like the...

It was the 1940s, life was somewhat more crude back then, none of today's mollycoddling. .

She rides at twice the height we do, yet still doesn't need a helmet. ;) She'd be alright on the roads though, no driver would dare get near her riding like that, but I don't suppose the police would be impressed. . .