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Possibly I am running well behind the curve, but today I came across this venture that Livall are into. "Pikaboost" Brings back visions of a neighbour in the early 50s with their petrol powered device over their rear wheel. At least now the awful two stroke's pollution has gone, but what are...

"Panorama's Internet survey; a sampling of a population more likely to be composed of nasty lonely unhappy people looking for someone to blame. They shouldn't be allowd anywhere near a keyboard or mouse, let alone the internet." Where did the basis of that take come from?

Seemed that both had no clue of how to use a roundabout. Need to check tonight.

Of interest as "cyclist" will be the Panorama programme on TV at 20:00 BBC1 tonight the 2nd Nov 2022 that focuses on this well-known issue to most of us. Just seen a "trailer" piece on Breakfast TV, so will be watching the programme tonight.

Re the Brompton's use of such small wheels, as an owner I would say it copes remarkably well, actually IMO giving a nicer ride than our 20" wheeled Dawes Kingpin. I take it on gravel tracks, but only of the better type and it is "doable". You need to watch for ruts and big stones and the tyre...

If it is the straps vibrating then simply twisting then ought to cure it, we do this on webbing straps and they do it with chimney stacks. Mine irritatingly seem often to self twist themselves, as I am frequently unravelling them. It costs and hurts nothing just to try a few twists.

Blowing the dust of this thread and turning the focus onto things technical; is the 2022 McLaren Engineering's rickshaw a "pedelec", and if so what if anything do we here know about it technically?

Hub gear and Gates belt drive here, all the gearing nicely lubricated away from the dirt wet etc; well I am impressed so far on several counts, durability & cleanliness being majors. From a user point of view the powering compensates for these being credited with somewhat lower drive efficiency...

They use totally differing powering technologies, one a rear wheel hub the other a crank drive, plus IMO so importantly offer very differing cycling experiences. At least try out the two technologies first to see if like me you prefer one to the other. Best if you can use the subject bikes, but...

Much the same, the routine being to generally keep it between 20 and 80% full, only going to 100% just prior to a significant ride. i resist micro top ups, possibly more to get away from the hassle of forever charging, having to carefully watch how long it's on charge and attrition to the plug...

Assuming the Cube bike you trialed at Rutland could have been a crank drive bike with torque sensing based system of control, and most suggestions here are using very different technologies, hub drives and cadence based control systems, my advice is try one featuring those technologies before...

The hub just offers one peak torque to the road wheel, anything you need more there comes from you. The mid drive itself has a unique peak torque, but talking where it matters, at the road wheel, the chain set gear enables this to be multiplied by any of the gear ratios then in use; that simple.

That clause alone, if indeed a deal killer nails things for you; a mid drive with a single crank wheel that is practical for use with assisted drive, will be harder work climbing, compared to your three ring set up, once there is no assisted drive. You can't odds that with an otherwise general...

Removing the battery, will of course not help in the OP quest to reduce the amount of the campervan payload an e bike takes; though opting for reduced range will of course. IME, the issue can come with recharging unless camping on or with access to a mains electrical supply. So we tend to like...

I agree for the reasons you state, add to that anyone sensitive to the longevity of the usable life they seek from their battery, is not going to be keen on rapid recharging.

Don't one of you stop and let the other pass, as typically we do on many towpaths, footways etc with cyclist, pedestrians and those with buggies? Much the same as when driving cars around our lanes. The only potential issue surely is with two brain dead individuals meeting.

As the spring is helically wound, it will have an inherent direction that "unwinds" the bore, and one that makes the bore even tighter. So, wind the bar in turning that unwinding way only. Though this will be obvious enough once you start.

I share that concern, most certainly with using what I envisage an aluminium bar infers. For me it would be something more like an 8mm section potting bamboo cane job, something that will snap long before endangering me.

We are at cross purposes here, I am talking about levels of extension towards the passing vehicle threat, not the overall width. Seeing it is on the passing vehicle side that needs to encourage them to stay further out,

IMO, albeit an uninformed opinion, one meter would be regarded as way too far an extension. As a guide, mirrors on domestic cars are limited to an extension of 200mm beyond the vehicles body width. If you take you bars as your bike's width, then add 200 mm to that would be effectively the...