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At a slight tangent: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/made-in-scotland-changing-the-world/scottish-science-innovations/graeme-obrees-old-faithful-bicycle/ 'He used washing machine bearings when standard bike bearings were unsuitable...' Think how quick he could have been with an extra 250W.

Is that it? I think the pro-Brexit Sun readers* and Rees-Mogg have laid bare the vast breadth of their own stupidity and small-mindedness. Where's the big picture? The real benefits? Let's hear them. * (the source of the suggestions I believe)

Or an electric equivalent to a Super Cub if you have somewhere to charge a motorbike.

I would expect the UK use and fatalities to go in step as you've identified, unless there is a massive increase in cycle use, where cyclists become so common that many car drivers are cyclists themselves, like in the Netherlands*. That would be nice, but unlikely unless petrol becomes even more expensive. *207 deaths in 2021 but many more cyclists, so a much lower rate in effect.

Top job, and helps fill in a bit of a blank area. Thanks flecc.

This is what I was aiming for. Does that help? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Dasset+Rd,+Farnborough,+Banbury/@52.1435875,-1.3741856,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48772f83374eece7:0x5a01caded30814c0!8m2!3d52.1435875!4d-1.3719916

Ah that is v close - but my typo - Dasset Road CV47 with a single 't' is closer, but hey, both are lovely!

Dual battery. With a total weight of ' ~76lbs' That's 34 of your modern kilograms. Ouch - twice the weight of mine, no wonder it can carry so much. That's not a bike you'd ever want to run out of juice on.

Dassett Road CV47 please, flecc. I can recommend it, and live nearby.

True - it's a massive cost difference, but labour is missing, as is the appropriate suspension and brakes required for such a heavy bike (the Energica is no lightweight either). I wouldn't want to go fast on the homemade one without those upgrades. However I guess, with those taken into account it's around 50% - still v good value. It's a fun vehicle, but not one for 40k miles or so of ownership unless you're quite a skilled/dedicated owner.

It's a motorbike. Like this one but not as good: https://www.energicamotor.com/en/models/energica-ego-electric-motorcycle/ That goes much quicker than 110mph, and with a 200 mile range. But not at the same time.

One second elapses (tops) from overtake to brake and then into what would have been your area. There's absolutely no room for error by any of the 3 vehicles involved. It wasn't skillful - it was luck that nobody got hurt. The driver needs educating - not necessarily punishing, and a 'driver aware' course or similar would achieve that, so it's worth pursuing if you have the patience.

> My wife is a petite 5’2” and she too could ride the same bike. As a 6'4" bloke I normally need not just Large, but XLarge, as would you, whereas your wife will be a XSmall / women's small. I'm pretty sure that's too much of a compromise. I occasionally ride my wife's ebike (womens large - she's 5'7") and I can do it, but it's not much fun. If you're going to use the bike regularly (as 80 miles a week is) I'd go for a Large/XLarge framed one just so you're comfortable, and XSmall for your wife. Spend twice, but be in comfort. (If for some reason one of you decides to stop riding in future, then they will have some residual value, so not all the costs are sunk.) Why not try visting a Halfords, or somewhere with similar one-size bikes, and see how they feel for both of you.

The bicycle & motorcycle figures are correct - from here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/reported-road-accidents-vehicles-and-casualties-tables-for-great-britain#vehicles-in-reported-road-accidents-ras20 (the doc called RAS20001) On the scooter front - basic stats from the ROSPA report: - 360,000 scooters - 431 casualties - and they claim 0.66 casualties per million miles Therefore the miles travelled on scooters must be 431 / 0.66 = 653 million miles per year. That's 1,813 miles travelled by every scooter - or 5 miles per day, every day, all year. I could believe that from a central London hire scooter, but not from a private use scooter. I'd agree that their figures are poor.

Quite right - my mistake. When the system goes wrong, the first point of call will be Hedgesteeper though - not the vendor of the kit. That support will need factoring in.

Off the top of my head, here are a couple of risks: 1) you don't have a quality control over the parts, yet you have to accept back any faulty units. That means you need a good working relationship with the OEM, in terms of being able to return kit. 2) the customer abusing the system/bike - accidentally or otherwise. Many people don't take care of their bikes. Educating them will be part of your costs in terms of time (as opposed to building stuff). This can be offset by offering reasonably priced servicing to make sure they keep working, and guarantees you some ongoing income.

Agree with sjpt. The YouTube vid shows a different bike being ridden in the action shots, so you can ignore that bit of fluff. There's no limited company/ trader info on the website either, which is unusual. The website seems to have been around since Mar 21 - ie. not long in the grand scheme of things. However, on the postive side they have Bosch qualfied techs & they do have a store - so maybe visit?

Turns out it's OK for electrics as well. From that page, which I had missed: - 'Approved for use on electrics & engines '

The Park Tool doesn't mention % accuracy which I'd expect at that price, but then again Park Tool is unlikely to sell bad tools, so its probably within 10% or so. The one you linked to was 'Perfect for mid-to-high-torque applications such as bottom brackets, cassette lockrings, and crank bolts '. They do a smaller one too if you want something more accurate for lower torques: https://www.parktool.com/product/beam-type-torque-wrench-0-14-nm-tw-1-2 The Makita - I couldn't see any torque component in there but the price is fab, agreed.

I was under the impression it's useful for stopping corrosion rather than a water repellant, but maybe it does both?: http://www.acf-50.co.uk/acf-50.htm i.e. apply it to components that might rust. The other angle is that if you want protection in the hub, you'll need something that doesn't conduct electric, so maybe WD-40 Specialist Contact Cleaner: https://www.toolstation.com/wd-40-specialist-contact-cleaner/p87848

The Draper ones with certification are OK - I have one. Just make sure you don't get the one that starts at 30Nm (the one in the blue case you linked to), which is for cars not bikes. You need something that will measure down to 5Nm or thereabouts.

You're correctly stating the bleeding obvious: nothing ever 'works for every app every time on every Android phone'. If you want that - buy Apple, and live safely restricted in their eco-system (because they know best, right?). I only have OnePlus and Samsung Android devices to hand right now, but they both allow you to control background battery use of indivudal apps. However, we're now way off-topic.

It's background usage that's being optimised of course, which is a little meaningless for my camera app example above, but it's useful to know for other apps.

There are 3 or 4 dashcam apps for Android (that have 4+ stars or more*) which you can try. Most have ads and an option to purchase to get rid of the ads. Just search for 'dashcam app'. Two things I noted: - they assume you have a plug-in power source (see my note above about power banks as an alternative) - I saw that one says image stabilisation isn't supported, so that aspect is worth testing before purchasing. It's no good having high res vid that's bouncing all over the place, and I'd say bikes bounce more than cars. They all look like they avoid storage problems by looping & overwriting after a certain time, so that's good news. * 4+ stars is a good cut-off. Above that you can be reasonably sure the app works and the app developer is proactive. If it's 4.5+ stars and you're onto a winner. I'm an app developer, and it takes significant effort to keep your app above 4.

Hmm, there's quite a bit I disagree with there. Here's my take: - batteries are getting bigger (because phone dimensions are generally bigger) - thinness makes no difference - they're lasting just as long as they ever did - power saving can be disabled app by app, or for the whole phone overall on Android. (iPhone options are more limited.) - other battery-draining features such as high screen refresh rates (120Hz, 90Hz, 60Hz, etc) can also be decreased for longer battery life In general phones now have longer battery lives, but if you want to override that you can. The real issue is that users are doing more with their devices. That's why power-saving modes exist. Back to the OP: if you are after continual video as opposed to say a 5 min video, then you may hit storage problems as well as battery ones. Battery limitations can be overcome by using a power bank if you have space. They're cheap even for huge ones. Storage space can be overcome by an SD card. (Just experimented on my Android - 1920x1080 video at 30fps for 26 mins = 3GB storage needed. Battery used: about 10%. I didn't optimise anything.) Just note that you'll need Android 11 onwards to avoid a 4GB limit on the size of your video on older Androids. All that means picking your device carefully - you're probably looking at £200-300 min.