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I hope so. It used to in London long ago, but now councils seem more inclined to cut back on enforcement staff. And it's not just parking. Some are removing monitoring staff from CCTV rooms and at least one council has removed all their traffic cameras. Another has switched off all it's CCTV...

I just fully charge each time and recharge whenever I've used more than a quarter of the content. Our bike's systems prevent overcharge and cut off long before the battery is empty so do a pretty good job of protection. Only charging to 80% is beneficial, but not to any great degree, the...

The power and torque graphs for the hub motors I'm speaking of. They have optimums easily flat enough to cover the 5 to 15 mph range with two gears. Swapping a single gear change within that range for more changes just loses drive time. No changes at all keeps the power engaged. I really...

The worst thing posssible is to use a massive range of gears to cover a 10mph speed range with an electric motor. Two is the maximum needed. .

A CD example for Flud, the Panasonic CD motor, which is dwarfed by the BPM, CST and Ezee hub motors. It's stator is just 85 mm in diameter. The rotor within is 45 mm diameter and 43 mm wide:

Among all the reasons are two key ones. First the Woosh is made in China, the Kalkhoff in Germany, so the costs involved are very different. Second is that the Chinese hub motor in the Woosh is simpler to make than the German crank drive unit of the Kalkhoff. I don't know the Woosh battery...

This is why I said you'll need to get used to it to get the best outcome. Once you fully grasp how a differential works you'll understand that the two inputs, yours and the motor, are actually trying to fight each other. Your effort is trying to turn the motor drive backwards and the motor is...

Let's hope Stoke will be just as diligent with pavement parking when the new laws come into force. Judging by many of the London local authorities that's unlikely though, they plead cutbacks now to cover any service shortfall. .

There's no mechanical matching and I don't think there's any software matching either, but I've never had a chance to ride one to see how that works out in practice The system basically means that you can use either your own and/or motor effort in any proportions to get the speed you want. For...

It is definitely a Heinzmann motor in the Swizzbee. The rear hub is a differential used in reverse. The cassette drives one half shaft, the motor's belt sprocket drives the other half shaft. The combined drive output appears at the crown wheel, which in this case is the hub and wheel itself...

Congratulations on both events Kirstin, that bike has a brilliant motor and pedals transmission system. It might take a little getting used to to get the best out of it, but it's fast anyway. Several years ago a member commuted daily into London with one, but I don't know what happened to it...

What's the use though? Here in my London borough we have people parking every night and often all day long completely across pavements, blocking them and with one pair of wheels sitting on double yellow lines. The borough's parking control office has been repeatedly informed and provided with...

There are none of any importance, but I'm not sure what you mean. Tell me of one. There isn't a single area of London that I would be scared to walk in, day or night. Maybe you mean that in a small number of parts there are idiotic youngsters in a small minority of areas who think their...

That was really nasty Eddie. The other thing I hate is people working with strimmers on verges, often propelling stones and grit at high speeds. Once lost a windscreen on a brand new three day old car that way so I hate cycling past them at work and always look away. .

Just as well you aren't in London Phill. Here the white English born are just another minority at around 46% of the population and all 300 of the world's main languages are spoken. Even on my outer borough our local schools teach in 68 languages. But it works, and none of us seem to worry...

The other big deciding factor could be turnout to vote. There are reports that labour voters tend to be more ambivalent about the whole EU issue. Given that labour are traditionally the lower turnout party, their abstention plus a high rate of abstention of the floating voters could upset the...

The SNP (Southern Branch)? :) .

If there was a film of any substance glazed onto the rotors, the pads wouldn't grip, but sustained contact could make the substance heat up and soften, causing binding between pads and rotor. .

Your local chemist will have isopropyl alcohol and can supply a small bottle of it. They'll ask what it's for but will be happy with your answer. My opinion is also that it's the brake pads that need replacing, but clean the rotors before using the new pads. .

On the points here, I'd like to have seen the franchise extended to those 16 years and above as it was in the Scottish referendum. Now as then, it's their future and certainly not the future of those of my age since the long transition will probably see me out. I've got a mature 17 year old...