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Yes, the low cost Minn Kota range of four very low cost 12 volt electric outboards goes from circa 150 to 300 watts net power. Otherwise I have run a new Panasonic crank unit under water without problems since they are very well sealed, but that's far more than just a motor of course. .

Some while ago BBC 2 had a programme examining Boris Johnson, the man and his life, which took the form of Andrew Marr interviewing him at length for the entire programme. Apart from some perceptive and probing questions, Marr gave Johnson his head to speak freely, resulting in Johnson hanging...

SRAM have a three speed hub gear with coaster brake, and altnough one less gear it covers exactly the same 200% gear range as your old 4 speed. It's on this link. Because coaster brakes are very unpopular in the UK, you may have to source one from Germany or the Netherlands. Your Shimano...

I'm sure you could avoid doing that, after all we don't call Donald Tusk Mr President. Anyway, the dollars in your pocket would be some compensation. .

Another alternative to being part of the USA trading bloc is one that many here would like (though not me), joining the USA more fully, instead of the EU. The UK could apply to become a US state like Hawaii and Alaska, adopting a simple state name like Britain for example, or alternatively...

That process has already started, his latest utterances being far more moderate and conciliatory. Basically he's acting for Trump, rabble rousing to gain the popular vote, then presenting himself as acceptable to the establishment. How he would pan out with presidential decisions in our...

It's not worth either side getting upset, there'll be such scare tactics from both sides in all involved countries from now until the referendum. It's the nature of the beast. The one certainty is that we will all be thoroughly sick of the subject long before we vote. .

BikeTec Flyer got there first a decade ago, still in production:

Odd how political names come in runs. Under the recent labour government we had the Eds, Ed Milliband, Ed Balls and at least one other labour MP named Ed, (in a Dorset seat). Recently it looked like the era of the Daves with Cameron and others. But now it could be the time of the Donalds...

Wait until he gets to the rest of the world! ;) .

Currently available at half price, £6.50 from this link. .

Richard Peace has more relevant e-bike knowledge than most cycling journalists. He's tested e-bikes and kit motors for Velovision magazine, owns a Sunstar motor equipped recumbent and with David Henshaw is the joint author of the book below: "Electric Bicycles", ISBN 978-1-901464-24-5...

Hence my interest, I suggested earlier that it might be possible for Wingreen to use his existing lithium batteries. For his limited needs on a small lake, the lowest power model Minn Kota used only on it's lower three power settings could make that viable, even after voltage conversion loss...

Pending eHomer's reply, one supplier of this range of motors rate the models as from 0.2 and 0.4 hp. At 75% efficiency that indicates around 17 to 33 Amps at 12 volts, depending on which Minn Kota model. It will be interesting to learn eHomer's real world answer. .

As Frank Curran of Powabyke often remarked when he was posting in this forum, the active members in here are not average e-bikers, they're enthusiasts. The peculiar low or high consumptions that are quoted, from 5 to 25 Wh/mile are representative of that, and at any one time there's perhaps...

That means you're getting the usual sort of range that I quoted earlier. At the average of 12 Wh per mile, your battery gives 31 miles range, corresponding to KD's 130 less 100 short as you posted. .

Not sure, the concept of the front fork legs folding back from the top really worries me more than anything else about it. .

As we used to say in the army, "Never volunteer". It usually ends in tears. :( .

It's a 26" wheel bike Rob, but yes, it still looks well overpriced. Nearer half that would be about right. .

The Kalkhoff 100 miles was similar, done by three track cyclists. True ranges are all about the numbers of persons involved. Someone made a false comparison with car mpg by model earlier, apparently ignoring the numbers involved. Of course only a few buy a smallest engine ECO version of a...