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the conservative party taken over by the brexit revolution army?

Mrs May dismissed Corbyn's claim of 'shambolic brexit' at PMQ. Pound plunges again, just now.

yes, the Thule will take 60kg easily or a trailer as you said. Marwoodhill has a trailer that carries his other half.

would you consider a full suspension bike? a rear suspension would help eliminating broken spokes.

no, I meant correct dishing so when you look from the rear wheel to the front wheel, the bike is symetrical along the middle line.

you should learn truing your wheels rather than carrying spares and replacing broken spokes. Machine spoked wheels usually need re-truing when they are got out of storage because the spokes are loosened. They usually need taken up about half turn to a turn. The other thing to keep in mind, you...

good read. I particularly like his article on becoming a wheel whisperer: http://www.wheelfanatyk.com/blog/wheel-building-tip-no-5-be-a-wheel-whisperer/ I totally recommend it.

the Gale is too small for your height and the motor is only standard sized Bafang SWX, it'll pull you OK on flat roads but not suitable for your weight on hills. You need either the Bermuda that has the bigger Bafang SWX02 or the Big Bear the BPM motor. If you need a folding bike, then the Woosh...

can't wait for the post truth politics of the brexiters to start unravelling.

Mrs May has conceeded to parliament having a debate. The Pound stabilizes at $1.22

I don't think poor quality steel is the reason. A 13 gauge spoke can easily take 200kgs of pulling power on its own. It's the wheel truing that matters. If all your spokes are tightened to the same tension, your rim will spread the load best and deform the least and none of your spokes will...

I had an idea of a 'Dell' system to make and sell e-bikes. Customers would assemble their e-bike on the web page, frame, wheelset, crankset, fork, brakes, handlebars, grips, accessories and conversion kit and place their orders on the website. However, I reckon such scheme would meet a lot of...

No, they break because of the combination of the rear spokes and rear geared hub motor. Any other combinations (CD or rear DD) won't normally break spokes. This is because rear hub drive has higher traction, hitting the spokes with the full torque force of the geared hub. At peak, the rear hub...

Brompton took 37 years (since 1979) to get to where they are. They now employ 115 people and turnover about £12 M. 60 fewer and less than half the turnover of the shop next door to Woosh in Southend (PMT Music) which was started in 1999. That's the difference if you want to grow your business in...

Brompton make 46,000 bikes annually. It's sold worldwide but a very niche market and they are stuck with one basic design. Their effort in making an electric Brompton has not succeeded. The UK may buy 20,000 European ebikes but that's spead over 500+ models. The volume just isn't there for any...

Mrs May likes to think she could have her cake and eat it. She wants to use brexit to implement her 'statist' vision of Britain. Brexit is a necessary step, so she is not for going back. while she is very careful to let the door ajar to the remainer MPs, she allies herself with the hard core...

let's debate this proposition seriously. I am all for manufacturing here in principle. what can you make in the UK beside welding frames from imported tubes?

Perhaps. Or Mrs May is a tad naive.

Pound hit new low this morning. Currently $1.22 New round of price hike is inevitable.

Mrs May does not have a mandate nor a manifesto and she seems frightened of the kamikaze tory brexiteers. Let's wait for the vote on Wednesday, we'll see if the remainers regroup well enough.