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Also agreed, major sport of all kinds is just a form of politics. FIFA, the IOC, the FIA, the UCI and other major sporting bodies are run on political lines in close association with national governments and run by the wealthy, the great and the good for their own benefit. Any gain for the...

Wow! What next, dmsims adding Hatti to his Christmas card list? :eek: .

That's certainly true for many, especially the shops dealing with roadies. The fear element is most likely more important in the general bike outlets. When Halfords quietly let slip that they were selling a Carrera SPARC e-bike in some outlets I popped into their major outlet in my area to see...

That's fear. They know nothing about the electrics and are frightened at the thought of having to deal with that aspect. .

Continuing an eZee tradition it seems! Eight years ago when 50cycles represented them, they delivered nationally with their own van and staff. I took a Torq over 300 miles to Loughborough and back in my Skoda Fabia, but had to drop the front wheel out to get it in and transport it safely. .

Yes, I understood that Hatti and it was partly why I described our situations as being so different. The largest items I remember receiving was a very large box of nearly 3' x 3' x 2', and an over seven foot long narrow package, but I've never suffered any content damage to date with any...

Doesn't seem to be the case with DPD in my area, the names change and I've seen no resentment of the system. However, as described my area is very untypical due to the very high delivery density, so a same-name system would very quickly be exposed. On one of my deliveries no name was supplied...

Totally different cases Hatti, you despatch goods, I'm a regularly receiving customer. I'm genuinely pleased that Parcelforce give you a service that is satisfactory but know only too well how far short of that they consistently fall for this customer, and always have done. When they are the...

For new e-bikes, from research done by A to B magazine some while ago and adding scraps of information and year by year trends, about 20,000 including all types of online dross on ebay etc was probably a rough annual total for the UK in the 2007 to 2010 period. Since then the indications point...

Having learned that averaging at least 25 mph for 15 miles without pedalling is not realistic for an e-bike, and that some very restrictive laws do apply in Ireland, I get the impression that Paddy may have departed. He seemed very irritated by that news and in denial about the law, but then...

When I pass a cyclist and they look momentarily surprised, I immediately say "I'm cheating, it's electric" with a smile. That keeps them happy! .

All I know in my area is how slow and unreliable Parcelforce have been. All the others have been ok and DPD have outstanding in every way. .

As soon as I saw Parcelforce mentioned I groaned. .

Definitely FWG are at or very near the top in volume. 50cycles have had some years at very high sales relative volumes and currently they must have reasonable volumes to finance the expansion into their own different shop locations. At one time eZee were the leader in high end e-bike sales...

Hopefully not within arms reach of each other. .

I'd also recommend you don't go below 20" wheels for general use in the countryside. At 19 kilos including battery the Kudos Secret is one of the lightest ones at a moderate price, many are 22 kilos or more. Here's a link to the webpage .

I know only too well Phill, I'm a fully qualified motor mechanic. Actually the 50,000 miles I quoted wasn't mine, I know they'll go much further. It was said in my presence by one of Ford GB's senior technical men some 15 years ago, and he meant all makes. Cars that flash up a service need are...

The mistake with Phill's method is the service plan. Any modern car should run for at least 50,000 miles without attention other than oil, so a low mileage car shouldn't cost much to run. Long ago GM in the USA introduced two models with their first service at 100,000 miles. In my case with...

Not so much gender as the different countries and measurements methods involved Wissy. We originally used inches of course, 20" and 26" being the approximate overall diameter of a tyre, and the tyre width in inches as well of course, 1 1/2", 2" etc. The 700 is the overall tyre diameter in...

Phill, Wissy, Here's a way to protect all the handlebar kit that I used on one e-bike: Handlebar protectors .