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That may be why on mine the long fixed sliders on the roof are stainless steel, and the plastic ones are strips under the hatch where they can't move or buckle because they're confined...

"For clarity if you have an electric bike with a ‘twist and go' throttle (that can be propelled without pedalling) this is NOT a legal e-bike, it is not allowed on towpaths and can be confiscated by the police if done so." "It's not currently legal to ride an e-scooter in any public place, except for where rental trails are being held. We've not allowed any trails to take place on towpaths. We issued this statement on e-scooters in 2020 This makes it clear that e-scooters are prohibited under our bylaws and that we will not be allowing e-scooters to be used on towpaths unless it can be proved that it is safe to do so. As yet, we have not seen such evidence. Loads of both on the towpaths (and pavements and roads) though, the rules are obviously useless without any effective enforcement ... 😞 (though as discussed earlier, it's difficult to see any way CART could actually do this in reality...)

Tufnol isn't as slippery as HDPE, which in turn isn't as slippery as PTFE -- but which is a lot more expensive and a bit of a pig to work with... (I think mine are HDPE but I suppose they could be white PTFE)

Me too, except the fixed slide is stainless steel not brass...

What you did, referring disparagingly to "Greta and her disciples": https://www.grammarly.com/blog/straw-man-fallacy/ "A straw man argument is the logical fallacy of distorting an opposing position into an extreme version of itself and then arguing against that extreme version. In creating a straw man argument, the arguer strips the opposing point of view of any nuance and often misrepresents it in a negative light." Not only does Greta know a damn sight more about the issue than you seem to, she's shown on many occasions that she understands the difference between emissions in use and total CO2 burden (including manufacturing/disposal and other overheads) of many things, EVs included -- and that though EVs may not be perfect they're much less bad for the planet than ICE. An equivalent argument would be to refer to people like you as "ignorant petrolheads" who don't care about the planet and just want to carry on driving your massive gas-guzzling SUVs everywhere, including to the shops and taking the kids to school... 😉 (which I'm sure you not -- but it's the same type of argument you're putting forward...)

Like most people who respect and understand science, "Greta and her disciples" -- whoever they are -- understand the concept of total C02 burden, and how this applies to EVs. You claiming they don't is simply not true.

The review is definite that THM don't have band 20 and have poorer rural coverage than EE (or 1p Mobile), EE use this low-frequency band because it has very long reach from a mast, which can be a long way apart in the countryside. THM are not the only MVNO to be in this position, and like the others they keep very quiet about it -- and this had been confirmed by users who have dug into this. For the best rural coverage EE or 1pMobile or Spusu or IQmobile (all with the same coverage as EE) are better options. Your personal experience doesn't contradict this, unless you use THM and have confirmed band 20 reception -- which would prove the review was wrong.

So provide some proof -- the SIMSherpa review was definite about this, no 800MHz (band 20) coverage... 😉