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. Or this Woosh Big Bear which, like that eZee model, has an especially powerful motor ideal for helping on those hills. .

I'm not missing that but take a different view of it. The motor traffic is usually running at higher speeds than cyclists and the latter at those lower speeds frequently pull out, often without looking or any warning. Is it reasonable for the driver to slam on brakes on every occasion of it...

I'm quite sure Beethoven would have approved of his music assisting the European project, given his German birth, Dutch family background and interests and connections in Austria and other European countries. .

Naughty, that's very selective! I did post this as well: "That in turn was due to the mistake of following through, instead of waiting until he had his own view ahead." The driver wasn't "driving at people", since he couldn't even see the second cyclist until it was too late. And overtaking...

An ability often exploited in syncopation, including classical music as far apart as J S Bach and Prokofiev. .

I agree, so long as the performance is for those wanting it. Sadly some kinds of music seem to have fans who insist on inflicting it on others, often at high volume for protracted periods. .

Yes, and many other such fads. Some are easier to accept, but it's natural to sometimes find one particularly annoying when it's frequency of use is too high. .

Nothing fundamentally wrong with using so, but have you commenced every answer to a question with so? It's just that response usage which seems to have appeared very recently. .

. Use both until one lets you down, and then get rid of that one. :) .

In general the apparent abuse of verb usage doesn't worry me either, it's more the meaning that concerns me. I'm not sure English has one nose to follow and all too often the meaning received differs from the meaning intended. While the young butcher their way through English by texting, their...

If calibre means advanced age, probably true! :) .

I think they are singing in German, though this could be filmed in Austria. The Ode to Joy theme from Beethovens ninth symphony has been put to words more then once, but with roughly the words of a poem by Schiller form the anthem of the EU. Here's Schiller's original words which Beethoven...

Fair comment, I also very much like my 20" wheel e-bike, despite the remaining slight disadvantage. As ever with change, the handling is mainly something to one gets used to. .

As a long term rider of 20" wheels, I'd describe the steering as somewhat twitchy. It's never a hands off experience as it can be with full size wheels. Folders often make this worse by having narrower than usual handlebars, long ago I swapped them on mine for full width and it made a big...

Brilliant! There can hardly be a better way to introduce classical music to the young and increase it's popularity, than bringing it to the streets. But I am a classical music fan, also a strong supporter of the European project and a harsh critic of Britain's attitude to the EU. Thanks for...

I'm afraid there's little possibility with that motor. Even the creators of the Nano-Brompton, A to B and Tony Castle, acknowledged it's limitation in speed terms. Its design is all about being as light as possible for an e-folder, at the cost of compromise elsewhere. The motor is the highest...

True, but I'm looking at the meaning in the context of English usage, which should always be practical as in the latter example you gave. I'm firmly of the opinion that the OED lets us down by not using its strength to correct and guide usage, in the manner that Joshua Webster did in his...

Nonetheless that driver meant well in giving wide clearance to the first cyclist. They were mistaken in that circumstance of course, but all drivers can learn from their mistakes and that driver will certainly have been aware at that last moment of the one they made. So I think the benefit of...

And as is so often the case with the English language (but almost nothing else), the Americans are right. .

The problem arose because the van obscured that car driver's view of the approaching cyclist until he was already wide in the overtake. That in turn was due to the mistake of following through, instead of waiting until he had his own view ahead. The last car driver who did this to me some...