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There’s no need for much new
There’s no need for much new technology to solve this. We already have a mechanism for checking vehicles on an annual basis – MOT
So, every vehicle will need to be covered by an annual voucher. You go to your MOT centre (or go online) and pay for a voucher for the year. The price might vary by predicted miles, power unit, vehicle weight/axles, and possibly location of keeper’s address (for those rural drivers whose mileages are necessarily higher)
The following year, you go back to the MOT Centre who validate your year’s mileage and sell you a top up voucher for excess miles, and a further voucher for the next year.
Opportunities for drive-thru mileage checking booths. We could give it to Capita to run! (Joke already…)
Eventually car makers will interface the odometer with the billing system so the whole thing could be done online. No need to know where people have been driving in detail. Call it Motorised Vehicle Duty, job’s a good’un!
You’re right of course about
You’re right of course about the mudguards. Mr Picky was perhaps placing undue importance on the likelihood of him breaking the things based on his track record. And in the scheme of things not an excessive price to pay.
Johnnyvee wrote:
…. If you got a BB conversion it’d be 6 out of 5 as you’d have discs too. Just a thought….Do they work, those conversions? Assuming of course you get the right size for the pressfit you’re replacing….!
The old SKS mudguards I have
The old SKS mudguards I have for my current bike has 18mm brackets so one would need Whyte’s own brand for the Wessex. So close (but thanks for the pictures)!
Whyte Wessex.I have one, it’s lush. Ticks all 5. Pretty sure it is compatible with SKS mudguards …
Thanks for that – I thought the Wessex only took proprietary mudguards but I may have misunderstood. It would certainly do the job if I’m wrong though.
You don’t mention brake preference, but Gaygill Carbon Audax?That’s my bike! They have one made up in their sale section and it’s even got my preferred saddle! The frameset looks perfect – thanks for that!
OK thanks for that. More ways
OK thanks for that. More ways of inflicting pain than I could ever have imagined!
I guess I should have asked: do Wattbike expose their data to other apps or do I have to download TCX files after each session if I want to, for example, graph progress over time?
