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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59359263

Six years on................... http://leva-eu.com/freeflow-technologies-secures-1-85m-funding/

Yes, I found that surprising too...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51707616

Yes, it does. Some aspects of its use have been quite contraversial.... See: http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.com/2014/12/inquest-into-death-of-michael-mason.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51647068

Interesting. BSA made a shiftable fixed/free 2 speed hub called the 'DP'. There were cables controls to both sides of the hub.

It was called the 'Fix-Free' drive. You won't find anything about it online though... I still have the leaflet that came with mine.

https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=8644 https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=8644&start=50

Some background for those not up to speed....: b4BAnH52-g4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49393998 :thumb:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-47963091/off-road-biker-survives-30ft-quarry-fall-in-merthyr-tydfil

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-45834019/lewisham-video-shows-falling-tree-narrowly-missing-cyclist

You're on a roll, Lars :) Thanks for the useful references. Interesting how little the resistance between surfaces needs to be to avoid conduction of eddys.... I guess that's why you can get away with a thin oxide layer on stator laminations. With regard to finding the likelihood of serious...

Awesome adventure Justin! Thanks for sharing the experience, all the way from conception. Can't wait to see your hybrid rowing boat! Rowing generator; pedals; batteries; solar panelled roof/sail; propellor............ 8)