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by broadway
26 Jan 2021, 11:26am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Post-Brexit - buying bike parts abroad . . (incl. Rose/DutchBikeParts)
Replies: 657
Views: 47345

Re: Post-Brexit - buying bike parts abroad . . (incl. Rose/DutchBikeParts)

SA_SA_SA wrote:The uk gov can introduce its own cap.


How will they enforce a cap that applies to an EU country?
by broadway
8 Jan 2021, 8:17pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Post-Brexit - buying bike parts abroad . . (incl. Rose/DutchBikeParts)
Replies: 657
Views: 47345

Re: Post-Brexit - buying bike parts abroad . . (incl. Rose/DutchBikeParts)

thelawnet wrote:
RickH wrote:Reading around a bit, one problem seems to be for small scale suppliers who use one of the services, such as Shopify, that give you a ready made online store & payment. It seems that they don't do the 3rd country tax stuff unless you are on a package that costs a 4 figure sum. That may be where the costing a lot references have come from, at least in part.

The choices if you use one of those services for your goods are pay a lot, the hassle of moving your store or just don't send your goods to where you need to sort the VAT!


Or just set a minimum order value.


Of £135 which means you pay the delivery charge + handling fee to the delivery company - oh how people will love that.
by broadway
18 Jun 2020, 8:30am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: George Floyd death: Protesters tear down slave trader statue
Replies: 607
Views: 16899

Re: George Floyd death: Protesters tear down slave trader statue

Cunobelin wrote:If the true aim is to remove Rhodes, you cannot let his celebration continue in any form.


Looks like you're siding with the argument that it should closed and the the funds returned.
by broadway
13 Jun 2020, 5:28pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: George Floyd death: Protesters tear down slave trader statue
Replies: 607
Views: 16899

Re: George Floyd death: Protesters tear down slave trader statue

Audax67 wrote:As a chum observed, let's all head for Egypt and tear down the pyramids, which were built with slave labour.


Does the chum live in Egypt?

Does he or his friends suffer discrimination because of the the history of slavery in Egypt?
by broadway
5 May 2020, 7:07pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Covid 19 outbreak - arguing about Stats (again)
Replies: 655
Views: 25195

Re: Cycling as an activity during the Covid 19 outbreak

The utility cyclist wrote:Why are the government not showing the C.19 deaths that are the underlying cause of death, they are deliberately misleading us!

There are 2300 more deaths in the YTD compared to the 5 yearly average, 166,444 compared to 164,173, a 1.4% increase, taking into account population increases since 2015 there is no statistical increase in deaths thus far, in fact there is a DECREASE in deaths as a % of the population of England and Wales! :roll:


Maybe you should update this from the latest provisional figures

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulation ... nal/latest
by broadway
6 Apr 2020, 2:28pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Cyclist Dismount sign for a railway crossing : Why?
Replies: 41
Views: 2761

Re: Cyclist Dismount sign for a railway crossing : Why?

Mike Sales wrote:
broadway wrote:I would think it is because the track does not cross the road at a right angle, hence increasing the risk of a wheel trap.


It does cross at a right angle!
The nearby, genuinely dangerous one, I refer to is about 45 degrees.
I speak from experience of riding over both many times.



The cross hatching says otherwise....
by broadway
6 Apr 2020, 1:49pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Cyclist Dismount sign for a railway crossing : Why?
Replies: 41
Views: 2761

Re: Cyclist Dismount sign for a railway crossing : Why?

I would think it is because the track does not cross the road at a right angle, hence increasing the risk of a wheel trap.
by broadway
22 Mar 2020, 4:11pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Coronavirus (aka COVID-19) - just how serious?
Replies: 2697
Views: 75268

Re: Coronavirus (aka COVID-19) - just how serious?

< Garbled quotation deleted >
My wife works on a respiratory ward.Many of the patients on her ward are the very elderly(80+) with COPD/Pneumonia/Flu etc etc.Many of them die on the ward.
These are the "underlying" health problems.Some have caught the virus and died,some haven't....and have died.
It's a sad state of affairs when it seems that the media etc are attributing every death in hospitals to Covid-19...as it appears Italy has been doing if reports are to be believed.
There are a couple of deaths a day,every day on this type of ward all over the World.There was before the virus and will be after.[/quote]

Not sure why you single out the media as I would assume they are reporting the figures that are being produced by the authorities.
by broadway
12 Feb 2020, 10:08am
Forum: Helmets & helmet discussion
Topic: helmets from Why wear black?
Replies: 385
Views: 18095

Re: helmets from Why wear black?

Wanlock Dod wrote:The big difference between these types of incidents is that a crash in The Netherlands is likely to be with another low speed, low mass vehicle, and result in a landing on the grass at the side of the path, it will hurt but you probably won't be in mortal peril. On the other hand, in Little Britain the crash will most likely be with a much heavier, and faster moving vehicle, and could well result in broken bones and a hospitalisation, with a much greater potential for mortal peril.


Are you sure that there's that much grass?

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by broadway
30 Dec 2019, 1:55pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Lorry pushes car on A40
Replies: 40
Views: 3003

Re: Crazy incident on the road , be careful !!!

rmurphy195 wrote:
broadway wrote:

The car is facing the centre reservation, it may be the car was overtaking on the nearside and tried to nip in front of the truck

Even if it was the case the truck driver should have known a collision had occurred


Why, have you driven a similar truck an have experience of what it feels like in the cab?
by broadway
20 Dec 2019, 6:30pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Lorry pushes car on A40
Replies: 40
Views: 3003

Re: Crazy incident on the road , be careful !!!

rmurphy195 wrote:
Debs wrote:It doesn't look intentional, just a freak accident. Lucky no one hurt.

The car was so close and low down to front of very tall truck it was not in view of the truck driver.

Would be interesting to know how the car got to be in that side-ways predicament - i think that's where the true cause and blame should be (?)


This sort of thing is frighteningly common on motorways - it's called "wrap-around" and usually happens when a truck changes lanes without the driver seeing a car alongside - the truck's front bumper catches the car which is pushed sideways and round and "wraps arond" the front bumper of the truck, usually ending up on the opposite side of the truck to its original position, facing the wrong way. (You''ll see the technique used a lot in banger racing).

More frequently I believe when left-hand drive trucks pull out into the middle lane to overtake, hitting a car in the middle lane. The truck driver doesn't see the car 'cos its on the "wrong" side of the cab.

But the truck driver usually notices the impact, unlike the dozy person in this case (or the "driver" in the Birmingham Doctor case).



The car is facing the centre reservation, it may be the car was overtaking on the nearside and tried to nip in front of the truck/
by broadway
19 Nov 2019, 5:06pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: ** The Brexit Thread ** - 'Brexit Means Brexit'
Replies: 21765
Views: 849695

Re: ** The Brexit Thread ** - 'Brexit Means Brexit'

Tangled Metal wrote:There's a lot we haven't lost in the automotive market. We supply heavily into European tier 1 and 2 companies. We're a small player, there's a lot bigger employers doing the same. Just because a car is put together in another country doesn't mean it's not significantly made elsewhere.

Having said that times are hard right now. It's getting annoying having to ramp up production to feed a Brexit deadline stockpiling only for another deferment and drop off in orders to reduce stock. Simply put, these are large, multinational companies who think nothing of buying from one country, importing into another to then ship elsewhere. They will always get around trading conditions if they know what they are. The issue is unpredictable situations they can't plan around.


Like Brexit, so much easier to order from the EU and avoid the hassle.
by broadway
18 Sep 2019, 3:25pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: ** The Brexit Thread ** - 'Brexit Means Brexit'
Replies: 21765
Views: 849695

Re: ** The Brexit Thread ** - 'Brexit Means Brexit'

mercalia wrote:I wonder if privately any of the leaders of EU countries have asked themselves whether they and their population would accept a backstop as being demanded by the EU as a preamble to any trade talks?


Which other countries would that be?
by broadway
17 Sep 2019, 12:57pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: ** The Brexit Thread ** - 'Brexit Means Brexit'
Replies: 21765
Views: 849695

Re: ** The Brexit Thread ** - 'Brexit Means Brexit'

mercalia wrote:I read some in the EU are worried that the UK may become Singapore-on-Thames. Well they should concentrate on dealing with Ireland which already is become that, a tax haven? Seems the Irish are upset they are misunderstood

The country has faced increasing criticism of its corporate tax policies, with the American economist Gabriel Zucman leading the charge.

He has accused Ireland of being "the world's number one tax haven".


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe ... ting-story

It shouldnt surprise us that they have a bigoted attitude to the backstop


Can you explain any significance this has on Brexit.
by broadway
12 Sep 2019, 8:06am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Bells on bikes
Replies: 126
Views: 8335

Re: Bells on bikes

Carlton green wrote:I’ve read much but not all of this thread and wondered whether the purpose of a bell rather than its application has been discussed. To me it’s an audible device that is used to draw attention to one’s presence. The thread seems to have concentrated on the interaction between cyclist and pedestrian but there are also other ‘shared space’ users to consider to and they vary according to space type and location. Motorists, other cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians all need to be aware or rather not surprised by our presence. How we interface with each of those groups and share space in an amiable way is something else. Where I live drivers are mostly considerate to each other, but go to a big city and no such mutual care seems to exist - you can’t change such things but can only shift your own behaviour to blend in with what happens locally.


Yes I have considered it. Motorists can't hear it unless it was an airzound and a hello is likely to better for a horse and rider followed by a careful pass.

Also ding as much as you want at me and I won't hear it.