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Shouldn't the main point be that there is an SUV effect with regards to the number of traffic violations? Or perhaps the authors felt that is an established thesis, whereas gender as a modifier of the SUV effect is novel?

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I now have 1050 Km on the clock. The larger battery means I can ride my 46 (ish) mile commute on the 4th of 5 power levels for the 3 hrs 30 mins it takes there and back. Average speed is 13 mph. Changing the freewheel from 14-28 to 13-28 is giving me more speed on descents where I can exceed the 15.5 mph assistance cutoff.

After a rear puncture of the 47-559 Marathon GG I have gone back to using a 42-559 folding Pasela PT. Might be my imagination but it feels both more comfortable and more responsive. I think the front brake needs bleeding again. I had the bike upside down when I change the tyres which isn't good for hydraulic brakes.

I find with the weight of the bike plus the two panniers that I prefer to stop at Give Ways and take a good look before moving off, rather than trickling through and risking having to stop suddenly because of fast approaching traffic from the right.

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Biospace wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 7:57pm
Of more relevance to this topic is how much the UK launch of the Dacia Spring will affect the BEV marketplace - will people prefer to trust their money on a 'cheap' new BEV over a second hand Japanese one?

Two reviews, one of the existing car which has been available elsewhere for a few years CAR magazine who enjoyed the supple French ride, good controls and unpretentious attitude, and another of the latest model exhibited at the Geneva show, due here this autumn.

CAR magazine road test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Cr5wBsNZk
Fully Charged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCSoAiaEbI

The new Dacia Spring is a disruptor to the European car market. Other brands will need to step up to the mark or perish. I'm considering it but I want a test ride first to check out the driving position and controls.

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And they have introduced an additional compulsory fee, the regulatory operating fee! ????? Another compounded 0.35%. No wonder people are switching to FB marketplace.

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Jdsk wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 4:02pm
Carlton green wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 3:56pm
Jdsk wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 2:17pm
Technology doesn't "settle". There will always be changes, and many of the changes will be improvements.
That’s one way to look at it, and do so if you please, but does anyone recall the battle between various forms of video recorders …
And before that there was professional VTR, and after that there were DVDs, and then it all went digital and converged with hard discs, and then there were SSDs. Nothing "settled".

Jonathan

It looks to me like Li-ion and LFP batteries have settled, and there may be no better chemistries available that beat them in terms of function and cost for 5 years or more. I think it's possible the public might get scared off Li-on when videos of the inevitable occasional vehicle fires in the UK go viral, even though they are likely to be rare. We'll see if the response is rational or irrational.

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Jdsk wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 2:50pm
UpWrong wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 2:44pm...
If I had to buy now it would be the new Dacia Spring which is only slightly more than what I paid for the Skoda. I could live with the range restrictions if push comes to shove.
I read your previous posts and wondered how those objective estimates would work out for you in practice...

Jonathan

I rarely make journeys of more than 110 miles (realistic all year range of the Dacia) so I'd probably only be inconvenienced once a month in practice. My elderly mum lives around 100 miles away and I expect I could stay the night and plug the car into a domestic socket to recharge for the return journey. Holidays would need more planning. I really like the ride of the Skoda though, so I might find the Dacia Spring noisier and less comfortable. It's smaller too and a 4-seater. The P-38 recumbent might still go in with the wheels off and the back seat down.

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Cowsham wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 12:51pm
reohn2 wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 12:10pm
LancsGirl wrote: ↑9 Apr 2024, 7:58pm ...... My choice was fairly easy, the old one was going to scrap, so I had to get something.
My granddaughter paid £4k for a 55reg Astra petrol 4 years ago other than servicing and consumables she's had zero issues with the car now nearing 90k miles.
My daughter has an 09 Cmax petrol she's owned for 7 years now well over 100k miles,again other than servicing and consumables and a bit of trouble with the AC needing work is still running as good as the day she bought it.
My own Smax diesel bought four years ago for £6k with 55K on,now has 104k on,other than a front wheel bearing a couple of weeks ago zero issues.
All three cars are still running wella nd going off other cars I've owned these cars are good for another 50 to70k miles without need for major repair.
If in that time any one of them are dropped with a large garage bill of say £1000 to £1500 they'd perhaps be scrapped though they maybe worth the repair costs depending.

Admittedly all three cars need fossil fuel to run but before the end of there lives all three cars won't cost anywhere near what a comparable BEV costs to buy and run. Yes their ICE motors pollute and but then so do BEVs similarly in comparison.

I'm not putting you or anyone else down for buying a BEV it's your choice,I'm just balancing the argument.
BEVs are not the panacea for either cheap or planet saving transport many may think,they do pollute(both in manufacture and running)are costly to buy and on long journeys can be a bind to charge due to insuficient infrastructure,which will improve in time as will range
The older ic cars had bigger engines the choices of new cars we were presented with had tiny engines beating themselves to death with Turbo chargers driving electric motors to propel the thing. Some of these small engines have cam belts running in the oil inside the engine! It just all sounds daft from an engineering POV but I maybe proved wrong with time they may prove reliable enough. I've been wrong before about reliability of stuff ( amstrad vcr's was one time ) but not often.

My Skoda Roomster is a 1.2 turbo with DSG auto gearbox. Now 12 yrs old with 80K on the clock. I had the alternator go and the AC unit has a slow leak I think but otherwise it's been head and shoulders above the two cars I had previously. But for how much longer will it be trouble free? I expect to go BEV next but it's a waiting game. BEVs will improve whilst paradoxically the Skoda may well go up in value as ICE car supply diminishes. Maybe in 3 years? However the new battery chemistries may not be mainstream by then. The word seems to be that solid-state is still some way off. Sodium chemistries might bring prices down in that timescale. If I had to buy now it would be the new Dacia Spring which is only slightly more than what I paid for the Skoda. I could live with the range restrictions if push comes to shove.

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Biospace wrote: ↑9 Apr 2024, 7:44pm Prices of BEVs will likely grow ever more competitive as battery prices continue to fall (they cost a fraction of what they did a decade ago and are forecast to continue to fall, albeit a little less steeply, through the rest of this decade) while the technology continues to improve.

I heard this yesterday, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001y1yg - it was a well researched and produced half hour programme which is well worth listening to. Will Peugeots and Vauxhalls still be being made in another 15 years?

Thanks. The scale of Chinese production of BEVs is mind-blowing. They have very large profit margins as well when selling into Europe and even the USA despite the 27% import tariff there

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It comes as a 1x11 as standard. I'd want to know that it would be straightforward to add a front derailleur before considering.

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I like the idea of an electric car and the new Dacia Spring is looking like a step forward environmentally, the lightest weight and better efficiency. Realistically though, were I to use it for a long tour in which I was relying on public charging then a third of my journey time would be waiting for it to charge. From their press release for the car, "a 30 kW DC charger enables fast charging from 20% to 80% in 45 minutes". 60% battery capacity equates to about 80 miles and I could expect to cover that distance in around 90 minutes. Hence one third of my journey time would be waiting for the car to charge.

I guess stretching it to an 80% charge from 10% to 90% (about 110 miles) might let me get to somewhere interesting so I wouldn't mind waiting 60 mins for the car to recharge.

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My P-38 with 27.5" rear wheel and 35-584 Kojak Addix tyre. It's a good fit

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Had a devil of a job breaking the beads of the Kenda tyre on the 27.5" rear wheel. The new Kojak went on ok with 3 loud pops as the beads seated during inflation. I re-indexed the rear derailleur and set the limit screws. Also had a torrid time realigning the BB7 disc caliper, it took me 8 goes - a whole afternoon. Had an hour's ride today. The rear axle is around 16mm higher but I can still get my toes down ok because the seat is more upright and it's front edge more horizontal - I didn't adjust the seat stays. The steering is a bit lighter due to less trail.

I've been having a confidence crisis on hills but the more upright seat helped with that today. I got up a hill that's been defeating me with a high cadence in 2nd gear. The seat is still sufficiently laid back that I'm not coming off the front of it.

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Jdsk wrote: ↑6 Apr 2024, 5:12pm Well done.

Was that with your hands on the clamps, and without additional leverage?

Jonathan

Yes, with my hands on the clamps and the bottom of the wheel braced against my knees whilst kneeling down.

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We all know the Kojak is light and looks fast but isn't fast. But how about the new Kojak with its Addix compound? I have one and it fees very different. The Racegaurd puncture belt feels a lot more flexible too. Would love to see Bicycle Rolling Resistance retest the Kojak.

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Spa sell the XD-2 with 160mm cranks for £30. As a triple it's for 7/8/9 speed, but not higher. As a double or as converted super-compact double you can use spacers to make it 10 speed.

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