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This link above is not much use since one has to subscribe. This alternative link is accessible for everyone. I'n not arguing that it won't happen, only that the alternatives will take the place of cash and current banking and saving methods. The population will insist on it. .

Although it is a threat, if it ever came about there would be a boom in alternative currencies, from the likes of Bitcoin to local trading currencies. There's already a large number of alternatives, plus numerous local currencies. And of course there is still investment in bonds and the like...

Direct drive at crank speed! It's going to be gutless. That's why they are able to claim so much range from a miniscule 80 Wh battery, about the smallest ever on an e-bike. .

No they won't be exempt, firstly since they are not expressly for the disabled, secondly due to the law on the application of VAT. .

They will be. The agreement only permits Syrians to apply in that way. The rest, Afghans, Iraqis and others from Africa, all economic migrants, are to be sent straight back. No doubt Turkey in turn will eject them, but that's not our problem. .

Only for this present situation, for over three decades the EU have stubbornly blocked Turkey's wish to join the Union. Now with their greatly improved economy, Turkey has lost much of it's enthusiasm for doing so anyway. But I agree that the current "solution" to the migrant issue is only a...

But now they've agreed to having them sent back, that number is likely to reduce since the Turkish authorities will be likely to make more effort to stop them setting out. They clearly haven't been trying very hard so far. .

Applies to much of the UK too, once provided the cyclepaths are rarely if ever maintained in any way, no sweeping and no repairs. Over time they deteriorate to the point of falling out of use. .

The Ezee bikes I've had and have are like this when switched into pedelec mode. Power is only available when rotating the pedals, and the amount is controlled by the throttle, from zero to 100%. I don't know if the throttles on the current models operate like this. .

Tends to look that way, but I don't believe that 3% undecided from the Telegraph. All previous polls have shown vastly more undecided. .

Exactly my feelings about the NuVinci too, also shared by Velovision and A to B magazine. And you aren't the only one to use the expression "cycling through treacle" when describing it in use. .

No doubt those four layers of carcase on the sides are making it difficult to get both beads into the rim well on the opposite side. At risk of teaching granny to suck eggs, work the beads into the well of the rim on the opposite side and tie, tape or strap the tyre and rim tightly close...

Yes, they are a menace. They and the press did the same to Boris Johnson who never used to wear a helmet but since he'd become London Mayor, he felt blackmailed into wearing one. He hates them though. .

You still have the facility to do this on many e-bikes. A throttle working up to 4 mph is legal and can be used to aid taking off. Likwise you could wriggle past a barrier at that speed. This was originally intended as a walk along side throttle for use on hills to steep to ride up, when the...

That's correct, they will remain EAPCs, but only for the UK. However, there is no method by which any can be type approved at present, though such a method is intended to be introduced in January 2018. Technically any post January 2016 new e-bike cannot have a full range throttle until...

But I don't think an e-bike sucking its way along would perform well, especially not uphill! ;) .

This is the pedalshaft assembly with torque sensor, very much following Panasonic's much earlier design shown below:

In your optimism it potentially exists for us, it doesn't factually exist. That's the difference between us, you take laboratory experimental results as fact while I only recognise technology that's proven in practical applications. The sort of announcements you quote are ten a penny, and I've...

I think you mean Hanover Primary School, Noel Road, Islington. That has a rooftop playground, the school designed by LCC architects in 1932. .

This is pure fantasy stuff, theory which simply isn't practically realisable for e-bikes. I could quote endlessly such announcements which never reach fruition. Tell me when some product arrives. We know nothing of the sort, the advances in lithium batteries have been slow over the last two...