First Look : £1,000 Specialized Diverge E5 Sport

@mdavidford "Salt" in common parlance refers to sodium chloride hence the dumb headline. It's only in inorganic chemistry where a salt is any ionically bonded metal/non-metal compound. Anyway I suspect just like the London Fire Brigade I'm looking forward to improvements in Na-ion batteries as there are benefits for anything electrical not just e-bikes.

And working comment sorting :o(

Say they're going down a 1:10 hill - that will provide our model bike and rider with a boost of over 3000W, so a 5kW motor would do it.

And easy quoting and formatting please - haven't seen a "FTFY" in ages!

@mdavidford although I think they may have done some work on light motorcycles?

@quiff I suppose it's possible there are people trying to ride the Extreme Photonics Applications Centre, but I don't think I'd fancy it.

@Rendel Harris really = rarely. Are we ever going to get the edit function back?

Why did they do it? Because twats are going to twat… I really disagree with the great CK but I think he's wrong to say they're not doing it to get on TV, a lot of them are running with phones in their hands then as soon as they run out of puff or are pulled to the side they are shouting down their phones, presumably "Did you see me? Did you see me?" to someone back home. The Spanish police seem to have had it well sorted in recent years, a Policia every ten metres or so and runners very quickly grabbed by the neck and thrown with some considerable force to the roadside. The Tour policing seems pretty light by comparison.

Aidan: An EPAC is a bicycle. mdavidford: No it isn't. To elaborate on some of the possible complaints: 1. It's EAPC, not EPAC. 2. An EAPC can have two or more wheels - it need not be a bicycle. So I wonder if "an EAPC is a pedal cycle" passes muster?

What does whether someone refers to it as a 'bicycle' have to do with whether it's legal or not?