Try our new info resource - "Aladdin's Cave" (Main menu)Just added a separate link to Ash's Dropbox thread (shortcut)
Shame those websites are so difficult to read, what with pop-ups, pop-downs, sliders and auto-start video ads. The actual screen area assigned to text that you can actually read is tiny. I have given up completely on my local news websites. Many years ago I was invited by Triumph to complete a questionnaire about electric bikes. They wanted to know what an existing Triumph owner would want in an electric bike. If I remember, mine were:100 mph performance (I don’t ever go faster than that nowadays)200 mile range (I very rarely do more than 150 miles)200kg Tin hat ready. Awaiting incoming . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Interesting article, when we went from Steam Trains to Electric as a young boy I lost all interest in Trains & Trainspotting. I've been on a few steam trains since then - enjoyed the sound, smoke & mechanical marvels etc - nostalgia is a real emotion.I feel the same way about electric cars & bikes - as exiting as a dish washer.
Ted; have you actually ridden an electric m’cycle? I haven’t, but I’d do believe it’d give you more excitement than you can handle… Hearsay for sure, but my m’cycling buddy was recently telling me of a ‘friend-of-a-friend’ thrown off his electric charge due his mis-controlling the acceleration, I honestly believe this as owner of an EV (‘housewife’s shopping’) car which does 0-60 in 7 secs, and regarded as unremarkable in the EV world. (BMW i3)As for steam loco, I recently bought one! A ‘00’ Hornby Live Steam Mallard - unused (as yet) and in its box from 2005. Literally awesome for me; that a genuine steam loco can be made this small. For those interested, the rails supply 17v / 7A to a heated tank in the tender, which then pipes steam to the loco, where it is then super heated and fed to the pistons. Control is via electrical pulses, and includes reverse. Easy to control if happy to be a mile short or long of the station platform (Full disclosure- I haven’t even a train set. Just ‘needed’ this