Prices of the electricity we use to charge

soundwave

Esteemed Pedelecer
May 23, 2015
17,928
6,723
we cant even make a pyramid yet we now control the hole world and weather bit like the titanic can never sink its all bs.

remove the money and bingo it don work same as the pyramid dave made buy hand :D

should blow it up and make a block of flats:p

The story about Napoleon's troops shooting the nose off the Sphinx is a myth. While Napoleon did invade Egypt and his troops were stationed near the pyramids and Sphinx, there's no evidence they intentionally damaged the statue. Historical records and drawings from before Napoleon's time show the Sphinx already missing its nose. The damage is believed to have occurred much earlier, potentially due to iconoclastic acts or natural weathering.
 

lenny

Esteemed Pedelecer
May 3, 2023
4,745
1,254
Political propaganda has no place on an electric bike forum. Ever since it was allowed in the Brexit thread, it's been driving away forum members. I'm no snowflake. It neither scares me nor influences me in any way other than that it annoys me that it's interfering with my hobby. I hate politics and propaganda. It brings out the worst in me, so I'll go wherever I'm not exposed to it so I don't have to worry about my own bad behavior.
 

Tony1951

Finding my (electric) wheels
Jul 29, 2025
8
3
The story about Napoleon's troops shooting the nose off the Sphinx is a myth. While Napoleon did invade Egypt and his troops were stationed near the pyramids and Sphinx, there's no evidence they intentionally damaged the statue. Historical records and drawings from before Napoleon's time show the Sphinx already missing its nose. The damage is believed to have occurred much earlier, potentially due to iconoclastic acts or natural weathering.
 

Woosh

Trade Member
May 19, 2012
21,368
17,336
Southend on Sea
wooshbikes.co.uk
Stop posting shite!!!
I would recommend that YT videos mustn't be embedded/inserted into posts unless they relate to e-bikes. Instead, post a link so they are not 'in your face'.
 

Tony1951

Finding my (electric) wheels
Jul 29, 2025
8
3
I can see how you can ignore a particular member, but how do you ignore a thread?
Don't click on it.

Its that easy.

I just put the 'Spammer in Chief' on Ignore. This thread loads instantly now because my browser is not trying to cache all the spam videos about American politics.

I also won't be tempted to click on the depressing thread about e-bike fires, or the one about the seizure of ridiculous franken-bikes captured by police while riding about pedestrian precincts. What ANY of that has to do with the average e-bike rider, I can't imagine.

If there ever was a campaign better designed to put people off buying and using an electric bike, I haven't seen it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: AndyBike and flecc

Woosh

Trade Member
May 19, 2012
21,368
17,336
Southend on Sea
wooshbikes.co.uk
This is why politics should be kept out of ebike forums. It's just a matter of time before members start name-calling, slagging each other off and generally provoking disharmony.
if there was any name calling in this thread, nothing serious that I recall.
Can you list some of the posts you are objecting to?
I often hold diametrally opposing views to MikelBikel's on renewables and the EU, immigration and welfare with soundwave but wouldn't want them to stop posting.
As long as the posts are within accepted social norms and forum rules, I can't see why they should be banned.
 

saneagle

Esteemed Pedelecer
Oct 10, 2010
8,975
4,014
Telford
if there was any name calling in this thread, nothing serious that I recall.
Can you list some of the posts you are objecting to?
I often hold diametrally opposing views to MikelBikel's on renewables and the EU, immigration and welfare with soundwave but wouldn't want them to stop posting.
As long as the posts are within accepted social norms and forum rules, I can't see why they should be banned.
Post #10573
 

AndyBike

Esteemed Pedelecer
Nov 8, 2020
1,719
735
Might help to have a sub section just for controversial topics like politics, genocide by the israelis etc etc where such content can be discussed without it contaminating other sub sections like general Ebike chit chat.