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Indeed, the whole business of international model naming is highly risky. Suzuki played safe with my 4wd car, which rejoices in the catchy name: SX4 - SZ5 .

Yours uses the Panasonic rear hub motor Shucker, which is a Direct Drive motor. That means it's always engaged and with the power shut off it acts as a generator, causing some drag. It's inevitable with that type of motor, but they have other benefits, for example in smooth operation and...

Yes, all the e-bike/trike/quad bike weight restrictions were removed 6th April 2015. .

Indeed, and there's been others. Although not aware of the Caprino example, this website page lists many of them. .

:). Very good, but even worse! Acronyms and names etc can be dangerous, this reminds me of when Ford in the 1970s designed the Capri out of a mix of Cortina and Anglia parts. They coined the model name Ford Caprino for it, but just before the launch with all the glossy brochures and posters...

The trouble is that when the initials of that are spoken as a word like ISIS etc, it phonetically comes out as EMTB. :( Not an image we want! .

I'm afraid there never can be a freewheeling solution for the SwissDrive, as a direct drive the motor is part of the wheel and always engaged. Above drive speed it starts to become a generator so in that role will always have drag. The Kalkhoff has a freewheel that operates as soon as road...

Definitely my favourite so far! .

Islamic State - - ISIS - - EIIL (French) - - ISIL - - I.S. - - Daesh. Any idea what next week's name will be? :confused: .

That's chiefly for the reason I gave above on this link, bike weight does matter very much, each added kilo is really felt. There will also be small contributions to easier running from the slim tyres and better geometry of a racebike. .

Well - - - - - almost on the money, not all the propaganda has been rejected: "President Assad (who is bad) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled" That's the US/UK propaganda, but if he was so bad, why does much of the country support him, Sunni as well as Shia, even though his...

Thanks. Strange that they didn't use the 25 kph pedelec limit for consistency though. Maybe it was the "power phase down before 25 kph" pedelecs rule that put them off that. .

They're not for road use though, just shifting things in factories etc. .

They are speed limited by design to a maximum of 4 mph to conform the Pedestrian Control law. The EU law is similar and specifies 6kph. Downhill the brakes operate automatically so they can't run away either. Remember who is in front, they would get run over first if it was possible, but...

Yes, works well and I put this tip at the foot of my sprocket change page back in 2007, on this link. .

True, but they are intrinsically safe, the brakes locked on and no power is the normal state and only a person can keep them mobile and then only at walking pace. Years ago there used to be large numbers of these, the Post Office using them and also British Rail on station platforms amongst...

Depends on the weight, up to 400 kilos maximum there's no licence and the power cuts and brake comes on the moment the pedestrian lets go. The milk float like that can often be heavier so that then needs a clas K driving licence. The law on these is the 1963 Pedestrian Controlled Vehicle...

We could* if the DfT pass the necessary measures into law, but they've seem opposed to it whenever it's mentioned * The EU has a fundamental principle than any EU citizen is entitled to any benefit enjoyed by any other EU citizen, but each national government can have the last say. .

Good to hear. Other things can have an influence on chain suck occurring, for example some derailleur conditions can make chain thrash more likely when changing gear. Then when the chain momentarily goes slack between the chainwheel and rear mechanism as that mechanism bounces, there's no...

Thanks Eddie, I missed that was the case. As it's cropped frequently on the new Bosch units I assumed yet another case. I'm a bit surprised at the larger chainwheel on the Yamaha suffering it after only 1600 miles. .