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But those possibilities you mention are full of assumptions John. I'm not assuming that all the women ride up into the danger zone, but there have been many videos, including one of an actual death accident shown on ITV News, which show just this behaviour. It is clearly the major cause. I...

And only one Schrödinger! However, the God of the bible, Yahweh, was one of twelve Canaanite junior gods originally, before the Hebrews isolated him, his wife and the fellow junior god Baal from the rest to fill their religious void at the time. So a god possibly, but that god I think not. .

Yes, to be precise I should have worded it as stated design assist speed limit. I'm sure members understood what I meant though. .

True, I don't think safety alone is a consideration. I think the legislators simply had utility cycling speeds in mind at the time, and that certainly was the stated aim of the Japanese legislators who introduced the same 25 kph limit. They explicitly ruled out the sport cycling road speeds...

But the one I illustrated is part of a route that has plenty of good parts. The problem I'm highlighting is the tiny proportion of cyclists among that 100,000 who could be using the route. As said, the costs of comprehensive nation wide networks is untenable with an under 3% cycling rate. The...

Indeed, but I still prefer not to believe on the basis that I prefer to use the known form of existence more fruitfully. Of course the opening statement of Pascal is Schrödinger's Cat in another form, and leads into a similar time wasting nonsense. .

When we have 78% of our population riding bikes for the majority of journeys as they do. Until then the cost is politically impossible. Even when we do have ideal conditions, they are often hardly used, such is the low proportion of cyclists. Below is an example, serving a population of at...

Not relevant John, because you've chosen to make this singular about that court case. I did not, I started my reply to Jonathan by saying drivers. Like Jonathan's your reply was irrelevant to the subject, that of the excessive proportion of female deaths, once again in the plural. Until...

Yes that is specifically the problem in almost every one of these accidents. A cyclist getting into the position of being under the truck mirror view area or partially ahead of the cab. Both are blind spots to the driver of a high cab truck. .

I agree Rob, but I did not want the purpose of my thread post, to help in stopping these female deaths, from being diverted into something irrelevant to that purpose. .

It's the battery Matt, storing a lithium batery for 6 months without regular charges can kill it. In addition, these symptoms are well known with Phylion batteries, I believe they are no longer used by eZee. You can buy a new battery in various capacities from Cyclezee. .

The flaw in your contention that the drivers might be to blame is the difference in gender deaths Jonathan. Driver fault would not cause that. I've covered this in depth in previous posts. In the great majority of these deaths the driver has not been held to blame in any way and many are not...

Yesterday the latest of five London cyclists was killed so far this year, again going under a truck. And once again it was a woman, four out of the five being females. I keep posting about this year after year in the hope that something will change, since women dominate these deaths. I've...

I don't know it personally, but Woosh are a trusted supplier and it's specification is very much like that of the Big Bear which is popular in this forum. You'll certainly appreciate the power on either of them. As for the gears, I like both types for their respective advantages. That 7 speed...

By all means go for the Sunbear for that step-through frame, they are pretty much equal bikes, just so long as you are happy with the gears difference. The Sunbear has a Nexus hub gear with a chaincase that will need less chain maintenance. The Big Bear has a derailleur gear. You may have...

Nonetheless, if the motor is assisting at all at over 15.6 mph, it's not legal, that's an absolute.

Bee, the clue is in the URLs, the low price one says ex-demo, the other just listed as product. They might climb the 10% well, with such tiny wheels giving some mechanical advantage, but I doubt they'd be pleasant to ride, even for three miles each way. .

Sometimes a tube or socket spanner needs to be tapped on with a hammer, I've often found this with the Giant Lafree Panasonic unit bikes. It almost seems the nut is swelling very slightly when tight. .

The bearings are standard, others have changed them from time to time. You need a bearing factor though, motor factors and bike shops won't have them. If you don't have any listed locally, this Google page gives plenty of options. .

Visually no problem on the south of Croydon where I live, but there is a slight sulphurous smell in the air indicating that we haven't escaped completely. I shall be out walking in the countryside shortly. .