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  1. flecc

    Looking to make my daily commute as easy as possible

    Your original choices of e-bike are legal and has been said, it means a 1.5 to 2 hrs each way journey. Using an fast S pedelec or a dongle on a standard bike to make it faster and slightly shorten the journey time is very unlikely to result in being caught as has been said. However, in their...
  2. flecc

    sugestions for tyre for 700c rear moter wheel

    That's a fair price for the MP tyre. I'm surprised you haven't seenm a price for the Tour version, there's plenty showing in Google. Here's one at Wiggle for example. I hope you got bought the Tour version, the standard one isn't as grippy. .
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    sugestions for tyre for 700c rear moter wheel

    For the maximum puncture protection combined with a fair degree of grip, the Tour version of Schwalbe's Marathon Plus tyre is a good choice. In the 700 size there's a choice of widths, 35mm, 42mm or 47mm. They are shown in the continental sizes as 622 on this link, but that's still 700 size...
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    What was the best thing (non bike) you bought in 2015?

    Looks good, I like the blurb "One Touch Intelligence". I wonder if the country can afford 650 of them for the House of Commons members? Best thing bought this year other than Bike related? That was probably the new Humax Freeview triple tuner recorder, visual quality much better than expected...
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    Ultra HD Television Sets

    Agreed, the interpolation is just good guessing, but in my experience Sony and Samsung seem to have algorithms that are particularly effective, producing surprisingly realistic results. They seem to be ahead of the best photo processing programs like Adobe Photoshop's resizing in this respect...
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    Ultra HD Television Sets

    That's what I've been advising everyone over the last year and a half, and those who've seen mine don't need any convincing, seeing really is believing. .
  7. flecc

    Ultra HD Television Sets

    Glad that you are enjoying the upscaling as much as I am, stunning it really is. I agree about Star Wars, I only meant some marginal programs could become more watchable, that's certainly not a universal benefit. .
  8. flecc

    Hoverboards Again, and Their Uses in Crime.

    He was sentenced here at Croydon today with 40 hours of community service for the theft, and also convicted of riding a motor vehicle on the pavement. In addition he was resentenced to 180 hours community service for missing three community service appointments of a previous sentence of 150...
  9. flecc

    Merry Christmas

    It finally did stop all day today here on the London /Surrey border, but it's promised to be back before dawn tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it won't be too wet for your planned Christmas rides Eddie. Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Successful and Safe New Year to all Cyclists...
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    An Interview With Justin

    Visual humility. :) .
  11. flecc

    Ebike to keep up with fast group

    But the power assist still has to be limited to a maximum of 15.5 mph to be legal. It would certainly make matching the club riders on uphills much easier, but on the flat you'd have to do all the work to keep up. .
  12. flecc

    Ebike to keep up with fast group

    Some have claimed there was a saving, but in other cases people have opted to collect the bike, so only train fares involved. .
  13. flecc

    Graphene Comes To Cycling

    I'm always cautious about the claims made for any wonder material or other type of breakthrough, since only a small fraction of them ever amount to anything and even the ones that do survive are often hardly game changers. All too often the main beneficiary is the sales following marketing...
  14. flecc

    2015 Kalkhoff Clearance - 20% Off Top Models

    At the UK's current inflation rate, that's a discount of 0.0052 pence per passing day. So still a reduction! :D .
  15. flecc

    Hey, it's me, FantaisyRat

    And we also have yet another signing himself frank, he is the member named "mechaniker", a German national who lives in both Germany and China. .
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    Hey, it's me, FantaisyRat

    And a a welcome from me too, it's good to have a member with a big cargo trike as well as other bikes. We also have a French member who lives in London, site name cwah, and he rides a folder too since he needs a small bike for various reasons. He has this long thread running at the moment. .
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    Ebike to keep up with fast group

    e-thos? ;) .
  18. flecc

    Ebike to keep up with fast group

    Another club also made welcome an elderly rider on a powered recumbent trike, and an article about him was published, I think in Velovision. Even when he finally couldn't keep up when in his early 90s he was still able to join them at a favourite stop point. They certainly aren't all hostile...
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    An Interview With Justin

    Thanks Daniel, I wondered whether the comparatively very large airspace volume made a difference and clearly it does in Justin's judgement. .
  20. flecc

    Ebike to keep up with fast group

    It's the dealers in Germany who would sell you one and cannot be prevented from doing that under EU law. The manufacturer won't sell to you direct at all, and their warranty is through the selling dealer, it's not an internationally transferrable one. I doubt 50cycles would support a German...