Modern USB devices negotiate power levels with the charger. If that doesn't happen they go to the slowest charge level available.
You then have 2 problems - if the panel is producing more, where does the excess power go? (Heat) And if not producing the minimal level, the phone will stop charging (and the excess power turns to heat)
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- 21 Mar 2024, 8:03am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Yaw Know About Solar Chargers?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4086
- 15 Mar 2024, 1:13pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Europe 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3729
Re: Europe 2024
Which App?Jdsk wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 9:48am"Bungled EU app launch signals more Brexit chaos for British travelers":Jdsk wrote: ↑19 Dec 2023, 8:59am EU Entry and Exit System: dates, fingerprints and dire prognostications:
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 65746.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 66353.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... cial-scans
6 October 2024 everywhere.
https://www.politico.eu/article/delay-s ... der-chaos/
Jonathan
The EES terminals at Düsseldorf airport are about 3m x 1m x 1m and have lighting, cameras and 2 palm/hand scanners:
I don't think there will be an app any time soon.
- 13 Mar 2024, 4:27pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Holland - Short Tour
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1168
Re: Holland - Short Tour
I've done most of that route (on 2 different rides). Really nice riding, plenty of time for sightseeing and taking piccies. Ferry is super easy to use. Be aware that some of the river crossings may be on small ferries, so get some Euro coins to pay with.
About 400m from the ferry terminal at Hoek there's a village square with a Lidl, a bakery and an Ice cream shop for stocking up.
All of the towns listed have fantastic cycling infrastructure - in between towns you can use the Fietsknooppunt to navigate: https://www.fietsknooppunt.be/nl-be/fie ... uteplanner. (Each crossroads on the cycle network has a numbered sign and pointers to the next number in each direction. You navigate by following a list of numbers).
(Utrecht is not in either of the provinces of North or South Holland, it's in one of the other provinces of the Netherlands - don't say Holland when you're there or the locals will be unhappy).
- 13 Mar 2024, 1:01pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: last second ebay bidding
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2840
Re: last second ebay bidding
Are you sure they want to win it? What's to stop a seller using a second account to force the price ever upwards?deeferdonk wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024, 11:29am More perplexing to me is when you see a couple of other bidders have a bit of a bidding war when there's still a week/ages left on the auction, driving up the price early on. Why don't you just wait till closer to the end and/or put your max bid in?
- 11 Mar 2024, 6:02pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Elbe Radweg
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7008
Re: European Cup football fixtures in Germany this summer
For reasons best known to themselves, UEFA are using anglicised names for all the cities apart from Düsseldorf.plancashire wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024, 10:44pmIf looking for places in Germany it would help to use the German names.
Köln = Cologne
München = Munich
Frankfurt-am-Main = Frankfurt (there's another one)
Well done for getting Düsseldorf right - my home city.
I had hoped that the NRW bid for Olympics 2032 would go through - seemed such a good, no new stadiums, no new hotels, 1 canoe course needed, 1/2 billion people within a 6 hour train ride, spend the cash on regional transport upgrade. (And could lead to a proper Kölsch v. Alt argument). But Melbourne won instead with "the greenest games ever" - ignoring the spectators flying to Australia.
- 9 Mar 2024, 10:19am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Cycle Retail In Meltdown.
- Replies: 195
- Views: 24356
Re: Cycle Retail In Meltdown.
Yes, that was it - big store with lots of different non-racing bikes to browse.
Shame they've closed. I suppose the other major retailer would be Condor, but that's a bit of a hike away.
Shame they've closed. I suppose the other major retailer would be Condor, but that's a bit of a hike away.
- 9 Mar 2024, 10:09am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Cycle Retail In Meltdown.
- Replies: 195
- Views: 24356
Re: Cycle Retail In Meltdown.
Sports Direct and Evans are both just brands of Fraser Group PLC.
Isn't there a shop on Great Portland Street or Titchfield Street specialising in steel bikes? They always had a range of accessories.
There's also a bike store hidden in John Lewis and I think one of the pay per day bike parks in the area has a small shop.
- 8 Mar 2024, 9:38am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Elbe Radweg
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7008
Re: Elbe Radweg
I've decided that I'll delay to next year as my work commitments don't give enough time in the summer.
- 7 Mar 2024, 10:44am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Elbe Radweg
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7008
Re: European Cup football fixtures in Germany this summer
June and July. July and August you need to avoid Paris (and its arrondissements of Lille, Lyon, St Ettienne, Nice, Marseille, Bordeaux, Chateauroux, Nantes and Teahupo'o Beach (Tahiti))
PS Wonder why UEFA are using British spellings for cities apart from Düsseldorf
- 6 Mar 2024, 9:01am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Elbe Radweg
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7008
Re: Elbe Radweg
Matches are 15/6-15/7 in the main Bundesliga stadia, but you may also want to avoid Leipzig as that's where all the broadcasters are based.
Then the Olympics start 11 days later.
- 5 Mar 2024, 6:38am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Importing a new or 2nd hand bike into the UK from the EU.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4142
- 4 Mar 2024, 3:27pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Importing a new or 2nd hand bike into the UK from the EU.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4142
Re: Importing a new or 2nd hand bike into the UK from the EU.
All fine when we were in the EU, but now we're a separate customs area, then moving goods across the border is a VAT event and VAT is due.
There is a small personal allowance for buying goods abroad, but it's only about £300.
- 1 Mar 2024, 2:21pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Brittany May 2024
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2123
Re: Brittany May 2024
Don't think so, the around Treguier is called the Amroured Coast for a reason, it's granite and there are lots of high cliffs. It's beautiful, but not flat.
For example in Treguier the cycle route will cross the only bridge, just upriver of the marina, which is near sea level, but Treguier itself is up a relatively steep hill.
Dinan is beautiful, but it's built on a hillside and cobbled.
For example in Treguier the cycle route will cross the only bridge, just upriver of the marina, which is near sea level, but Treguier itself is up a relatively steep hill.
Dinan is beautiful, but it's built on a hillside and cobbled.
- 29 Feb 2024, 9:49am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Brittany May 2024
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2123
Re: Brittany May 2024
Depends on what you mean by touristy. You'll find lots of nice eateries, and if the weather has been good, lots of visiting yachts. There are some steep climbs in some areas.Lazybird wrote: ↑28 Feb 2024, 4:22pm Have been studying the maps and I’m now looking at following Eurovelo 4 from Roscoff up around the coast. When I get to Treguier the plan is to divert north eastwards to Pleubian and do a loop around that peninsula following a 24k route suggested in Lonely Planet’s book “Best Bike Rides France”. On the way back to Roscoff, I’ll cut some corners off by going directly from Pleubian to Lannion.
Does anyone know this northern Brittany coastal route? Too touristy? It will be early May. Is finding campsites going to be ok? I’m hoping to keep it flexible.
- 29 Feb 2024, 9:41am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: London underground/tube to transfer between kings cross and paddington with a loaded unfolded bike?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1419
Re: London underground/tube to transfer between kings cross and paddington with a loaded unfolded bike?
Apologies, forgot that there is a second platform on the Hammersmith branch.
However, I'd recommend a ride through Somers Town, Maida Vale and Little Venice in to Paddington basin. Lots of nice backroads, could even go via the Zoo. Lots to see and pretty quiet away from the main roads.
However, I'd recommend a ride through Somers Town, Maida Vale and Little Venice in to Paddington basin. Lots of nice backroads, could even go via the Zoo. Lots to see and pretty quiet away from the main roads.