Oh dear, what have I done

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Mr Gus
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Oliver..
I wouldn't / couldn't consider putting my electric bike in the model 3 Oliver, the extra time & weight make it a lot of faff, no / one technically easy (if set up) removable front wheel if set up & the user is familiar wth break down / set up / re-fitting connections (brakes et al)

On the odd occasion i've needed to move my ebike in a car even a skoda yeti estate was a 2 person job & hard pressed to make fit.

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Mr Gus wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:03 am Oliver..
I wouldn't / couldn't consider putting my electric bike in the model 3 Oliver, the extra time & weight make it a lot of faff, no / one technically easy (if set up) removable front wheel if set up & the user is familiar wth break down / set up / re-fitting connections (brakes et al)

On the odd occasion i've needed to move my ebike in a car even a skoda yeti estate was a 2 person job & hard pressed to make fit.

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I was chatting to a fella at the charge point a couple of months back and he has retro fitted an electric drive pack to a Brompton folding bike. He said it was excellent
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Yeah, the brompton is & always has been a completely different animal as a station / short commuter, not what the majority are, the only other expensive folder is / was the Go-cycle ...from £3.5k "cough"
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I picked up the electric bike nearly 10 years ago in my Ford Focus, just about managed to get it in but I recall it was a hell of a faff. No way will it go into a TM3 with the limited opening space.
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The fact that its a saloon, was why we continued to look at EVERYTHING electric at the time, however saloons when you want to load a bike / anything big makes it useless.

I was amazed that the Tesla 3, with all that glass it wasn't a hatch, ..gutted, my biggest dislike of it, reducing its usefulness massively.
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So tomorrow is my Tesla pickup day but now I have a bit of a dilemma of how to get there. I had previously sorted out my, just over a 2 mile walk to a bus stop with a bus every 8 mins, then there is a 1 mile walk at the other end.

This morning I awoke with my right ankle in a lot of pain, I have never had this before, I just presume I slept with it slightly twisted. I was literally hopping around the house this morning, then it got a little better. This afternoon I went to the supermarket and occasionally I was still getting the odd bad stabbing pain. So, there is no way I can do a brisk 2 mile walk this minute.

I have my alarm set for 7am tomorrow, so I can make a good breakfast and decide whether my ankle is good enough to do the walk, or else its taxi time. :?
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Voltarol is your friend. All the best tomorrow, what an event!
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Joeboy wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:37 pm Voltarol is your friend. All the best tomorrow, what an event!
Yep, its bathed in it, plus I'm having a high dose of naproxen with my dinner. :D

Its the right foot as well so the last thing I want is not to be able to press the accelerator. :lol:

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How ye noo, any better?
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