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No difference at all Phill, as a response from the government's own Roads Research Laboratory showed. Using the benefit of all their accumulated knowledge, a previous government asked them a simple question, "What single measure would produce the greatest reduction in road accidents?" After...

Flower pots? Don't they know that theft of garden plants is also a well known problem? These will be ideally placed for secretively lifting into panniers or carrier boxes/baskets. .

Perceptions of danger vary greatly of course, today's Radio 4 news at 1 pm had a report of a man dialling 999 after being frightened by a hedgehog in his garden.

I agree Andrew, and I've also had bikes easily capable of that. In fact there is very little loss of efficency from running a chain out of line, certainly not enough to be of concern. However, there is a loss of useful gear numbers with multiple sprocket/chainwheel derailleurs simply due to...

I think it's almost entirely due to the lack of cycling anyway Hatti, a country needs to be a cycling country in the first place for e-bikes to become popular. The Netherlands for example, top cycling country and also top e-bike country with up to 1 in 6 bikes sold being an e-bike. The...

Nothing wrong with that Croxden. E-cars aren't much different from the Prius since they mostly use current from dirty fossil fuel power stations. Also their huge batteries use large amounts of limited resources like lithium which isn't recycled later. I doubt there is very much in it...

And of course the Americans are actually politically happy about this, since it has the by-product of hurting Russia's economy at a time when that is an objective. That too will probably influence the timing of the turn round point when oil prices start to rise again. As for the influence on...

That is the trouble Eddie, people do start to take advantage and for while I suffered the same with car work for others. I don't clean bikes very often, but once started like to do a good job, but I'm not surprised at what you say, most people are incredibly lazy, here's an example from today...

Just let it be known that you offer a free bicycle and motorcycle cleaning service Eddie. You'll never again be without something to do! And you might be surprised at the generosity and frequency of the tips given by grateful owners. Many people just hate cleaning them. .

It's not at the thread I'm sure John, but motivated by suspicion about insurance schemes and cop-out clauses. Many have suffered from them or have heard of their ill-effects so they wish to check for any possible defects in the cover. The fact that that it's a personal cover rather than bike...

I thnk you've matched me one for one in every respect John, and I'm always amused when someone expressing an opinion states it to be fact as you've just done. The real facts are that I've posted agreements to differ on a number of past occasions in this forum rather than argue, and I attempted...

The insults continue, so much for knocking it on the head. In reply to Tubamanandy, the original subject appeared spent when some posts illustrated that home appliances were the greater danger. .

A community wide EU law that e-bikes and pedelecs using lithium batteries must carry approved fire extinguishers? :D .

One Dual-Drive version uses a 10 sprocket cassette, so with a triple chainring a total of 90 gears. I like the DualDrive, but see it as best suited to recumbents and especially recumbent trikes, since they are notoriously slower climbers yet are capable of very high speeds on the flat and...

I understand that this sort of defacing of new bikes is common in The Netherlands where bike theft is also a big problem. Apparently they go even further, hand brushing with paint and subsequently never properly cleaning their new bike, making it look like an old wreck from the outset. .

It only has the Nexus three speed hub gear, so no really low gears if you find the hills tough. Also the 6.6 Ah battery is rather small, even for your short commute. The range reduces as the battery ages, so it might prove inadequate after a while, especialy in cold weather which reduces...

Please don't worry Jonathan, I think John was possibly annoyed at my production of a docuument showing the truth of Concorde's French nature in support of what I posted. It's often the case that faced with such evidence, those losing an argument resort to insults and nit picking, such as my...

No John, it is you who are posting nonsense by repeating current inaccurate history. I'm posting what actually happened. Here is a report from an impeccable source including the early truth of what actually finally happened to the British supersonic project that was dropped in favour of the...

It was a stated fact at the time that they wanted to use the Ghost engine for corporate reasons and that was the driving reason for the light metal and glued design. They could easily have swallowed their pride and used twin engines that were available from Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce in a...

Lithium batteries are cyclic, so prefer recharging frequently with every use rather than emptying. Fully charging is not at all a problem now, since in the interests of long life the BMS design cuts the charge before the battery is actually full. For the same reason, the battery cutout at low...