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This is GIant's standard statement on weights. They introduced it after criticisms of their models being heavy. Their bikes are generally very good quality builds and that can make them a slightly heavier in some cases, so they are sensitive about printing the weights in consequence. .

And London unsurprisingly a white patch without data! .

Ouch, that's terrible. I was fortunate enough to have cleared my mortgages early, accrue cash and invest heavily in the crazy 15% government bonds of that Thatcher era, profitting hugely through to their expiries between 1998 and 2001. .

Indeed, I had one 1960s mortgage with the Property Owners Building Society at 9%. Today's mortgagees at 4.5% and often less don't realise how lucky they are. .

Already there in London, only 46% of the population are white British born. And even that minority of white British born are scarcely natives of Britain. I'm one of them, mother Anglo-Scots, father Italian. And the part of Italy he was from has a population derived from a mix of German...

Peugeot will probably be even more pleased they closed their Ryton UK factory earlier in the year, production now in Slovakia. .

Germany is a remarkably old fashioned country in certain respects. Married German women generally don't go out to work, especially if they have children, so they have an intrinsically greater need for immigrants to fill that hole. The dominance of males on even the lightest of production lines...

But no different from the same poor start in life over half a century ago, so still no special sympathy from me. It's in the nature of things that most can't start climbing from half way up a ladder. Inflation and the large fluctuations in house costs over time means patience and tolerance...

But only because you would be sticking to that spot. As Norman Tebbitt once remarked, metaphorically getting on one's bike can solve such problems. .

But that's not how the market works, there's huge exaggeration about housing costs. Average wage now in 2016 is more like £27,000 and first time buyers often start with a flat. Even in my London borough a one bedroom flat could still crop up at circa £150,000 before all the stocks ran out and...

I'm increasingly of the opinion that this is what will happen anyway. Yesterday's decision to spend a third of a billion pounds on expanding London City Airport will facilitate a big expansion of the regular business flights between the City and EU commercial centres. Spending that much at a...

But that's not an excuse not to try. Any degree of winning is worthwhile. .

I like all these ultra-light pedelec microcars for what they are and for what they can do. There are two interlinked problems with them though. One is the 250 watt power limit, the other that they are completely incompatible with current road traffic. As things stand they are only practical...

And another sign that they are going to get their way: Today London City Airport has been given the go-ahead for a £350 million expansion allowing many thousands of extra flights. This airport was created expressly for short take off and landing passenger planes to mainly serve the EU...

True Kirstin, but I was bearing in mind the restrictions of the Apache. It has no rack and it's not easy to add one with that rear suspension. And there's nowhere on the frame for a battery to go, the spring unit blocking the seat tube access and the fold blocking the top tube use. Therefore...

I'd wish him the best of luck with that. We've been talking with India about a possible trade agreement for eight years with no reported progress so far. Their main objective seem to be access for their IT specialists to come here, while what we want is access to sell them stuff. With such...

The Apache folding design in both rigid and rear suspension forms has been around for years under various names, first appearing claimed as a US army paratroop bike. In the last decade or so it's appeared with various rear hub motors, at one time the German Heinzman motor. This one has the...

The abrupt cutoff on some designs is an uncomfortable experience and many avoid riding at that speed for exactly that reason. Depending on the circumstance it's best to ride at either just below the cutoff speed under power, or above it unpowered, exactly as you've found. The nicest designs in...

Hope you enjoy your ride, we have a day of showers here. :( .

Agreed, it was a certainty, and it's something that will happen in many areas. There will be some groans from those shopping in supermarkets as food prices rise too. .