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  1. flecc

    edf smart meters, anyone got one ?

    They don't use WiFi, our UK smart meter system uses the mobile phone network. I have an EDF smart meter but it's never worked as a smart meter simply because there's no mobile phone signal here. Anyway, left EDF very long ago. No problem, where it's already in use such as Denmark it's...
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    Help! New e-bike for 16 mile commute

    Thank you for your response. As I told you, I Iooked at my recent posts to find what you meant. And I had correctly guessed you might have meant this one. That is not a correction of Saracen and it is in no way pedantic so an apology is due following your insult. It was an answer to Saracen's...
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    Could you support this please if in the UK

    Yes, with difficulty on an unassisted bicycle or a pedelec without a throttle, but much easier on a pedelec with a throttle that allows a powered getaway. We have at least two members with one leg, member Stumpy also rides a powerful motorcycle, its registration plate making it clear he has...
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    Could you support this please if in the UK

    This is a difficult request often previously made, the reason why it is difficult is that the authorities consider it already met by the L1e-A motor vehicle class, also informally known as Low Powered Moped. That is usually bicycle based like our pedelecs and restricted to 15.5 mph assist...
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    Help! New e-bike for 16 mile commute

    I'm unaware of doing so, and a search of my recent posts hasn't enlightened me. Perhaps you could furnish a link? .
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    Help! New e-bike for 16 mile commute

    Your pedantry is now becoming very silly. Woosh was posting the capabilities of his pedelecs, I and another saw that and appended "Likes" since his meaning was very clear. Yes the post's wording could be improved for technical perfection, but I would never nitpick as you are doing, knowing as...
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    Help! New e-bike for 16 mile commute

    The gist is identical, you quoted the models by name, the motors they are equipped with and their respective controllers maximum amps, all that is needed and matching this statement: How concisely you posted is your prerogative of course. .
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    Help! New e-bike for 16 mile commute

    Which is exactly what Woosh did in this post starting this difference. As you later agreed in posting this: Just what he did for his named bike models. .
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    Help! New e-bike for 16 mile commute

    Not quite in respect of my previous reply. Although a 20 ampere hour battery will deliver longer than a smaller one, there's also the question of the rate it can deliver at, and that varies. So if the controller of the motor can deliver at a rate of 20 amps, but the battery can't issue the...
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    Help! New e-bike for 16 mile commute

    Keeping it simple as you request, these motors are slaves. They can only do what the controller tells them to do, and that is limited by the voltage and the current the battery can deliver. More of either is a good thing when you need to get up hills, more of both even better. That's because...
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    Ebike acidents

    Not surprising, if they are less than 200 yards apart, repeater limit signs aren't permitted. So jumping out is the only way they can restrain speeding drivers. .
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    Could you support this please if in the UK

    Of course it doesn't say, the OP and his son are both autistic and that in part is what autism is about. So we have to guess to make allowances for that autism, and a fair bet is that the petition is about autistic rights and provisions. Information Link .
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    TV..Tonight: E-Bikes & Scooters on itv

    There's no doubt that the EU mainland countries are far more law abiding than the UK where pedelec law is concerned. There's none of the talk about throttles being necessary/vital for example, as your mention of the makes you see most commonly shows. .
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    TV..Tonight: E-Bikes & Scooters on itv

    I'll let someone else do that, since it would be of little use due to only a tiny proportion of members ever even viewing. Pedelecs admin stopped posting how many members there are long ago, but it will definitely be well over 20,000 and only a handful join and visit. There's several times...
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    TV..Tonight: E-Bikes & Scooters on itv

    You are making a judgment based on your own area, but despite that your upper end of 40% is close to meeting my matching possibility. If I do the same the majority are overwhelmingly illegal. I live in the relatively affluent southern half of the London Borough of Croydon where the position...
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    TV..Tonight: E-Bikes & Scooters on itv

    In fairness the program had to be viewed as what it was, an explanation for the general uninformed public of the situation, and in this respect within the 30 minute format it was a excellent program and a credit to producer and director. The first half covered the main problem of illegal...
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    Paris says au revoir to rental e-scooters

    As made clear on a TV program, Cheshire Police have acted very strongly against e-scooters, stopping the riders often by chasing them and confiscating the machines. As shown with batteries removed for recycling, all the scooters are shredded for their metal scrap. They aren't alone, though...
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    Man charged after Glasgow cyclist dies in fatal Broomielaw crash seven months ago

    I agree, I'm all for far lighter sentences all round. I wasn't posting critically, just illustrating what a state of confusion our society is in with punishment. All because in punishing crime, too often it's the symptoms getting punished, rather than removing the original causes. .
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    Orbit-drive-e-bike-system

    The return of the Swizzbee's differential drive, but much neater in a compact single unit, rather than scattered around the bike. It deserves to succeed. .
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    Man charged after Glasgow cyclist dies in fatal Broomielaw crash seven months ago

    But just compare the three statements below: Robyn Fryar was walking home when she was knocked down and killed by a 20-year-old drink-driver. "Drivers who kill pedestrians, cyclists or motorcyclists on Scotland's roads are likely to receive tougher sentences under new guidance for judges...