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    Flebi SL 9kg leccy folder, new?

    Just saw this bike, ' Flebi SL', Brompton-ish fold, claims to be only 9kg! ( Motor maybe only 120w, as per 'Standard' 10.5kg model €649) Novel mag molded front wheel with drum/roller brake and a pancake motor in the fork, ring gear driving it via a pinion. Different. Sites showing it all in...
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    Infrastructure Bill Vote Mon 26 Jan

    Please consider emailing your MP to vote for Cycling and Walking Amendment in the Parliamentary vote coming this Mon. It seems on the face of it that the Bill omits them! There are standard letters to use on CTC like: Dear ? ? Please vote to support the inclusion of a Cycling and Walking...
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    Met Police seize Motor-Assist Pedicabs

    http://road.cc/content/news/130186-metropolitan-police-seize-nine-london-pedicabs-fitted-motors Don't know what's triggered this pedicab purge, apart from the usual vested interest lobbies, but it may result in authorities taking a closer interest in all elec-assist cycles, so watch yourselves...
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    Support TfL's "Crossrail for Bikes"

    Even though it's a mixed bag, there is enough good stuff in the proposed North-South and East-West "Superhighways" to be worth supporting. http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/if-you-want-londons-largest-ever.html?m=1 The write up on site above is good so please give it a read and...
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    If UK roads were treated like cycle lanes

    Saw this on LCC and it made me smile :) Someone's PhotoShopped bike lane problems onto carriageway pictures. http://lcc.org.uk/articles/what-would-british-roads-look-like-if-we-treated-them-the-same-way-we-do-our-cycle-lanes
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    Chinese Straddle Super Bus

    It's not a bike, but it is electric and rechargeable! I've never seen this idea before and wondered how others thought cyclists would cope if these ever got on the road? http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Hv8_W2PA0rQ A Chinese Straddle Bus that is a Double-width bus with only a Top deck...
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    Interesting Folding Electric Bikes but not available!

    Interesting new (well 2013 it says) bike on Alibaba but 80 piece min order, and no price quoted, grrr! Anyone else know of bikes that have caught their interest but not available? Huaxin LiCi - Usual suspects on spec list, Shimano tourney 7sp, disc brakes, but some features not seen before...
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    Automatic Folding Electric Bike

    Just saw this on YouTube and it tickled me coz with all the high tech gear around, I bet this bike is KIS, keeping it simple :-) 'Plegado - Automatic Folding Electric Bicycle - from India'. YouTube enjoy
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    Hi, Bromptoneer from Haringey, London

    Hi, I'm a Bromptoneer hailing from Haringey, London. :-) Long time looker, but finally decided to sign up, better late than never! Round here I spend lot of time trying to keep the air in my tyres. The streets of haringey are paved, sort of, with not gold, but nails and glass :-( We call...