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Issue 59 April 2007 A to B 40 Manor Road,Dorchester,Dorset DT1 2AX,England ISSN 1460-0587 . tel 01305 259998 NEW email atob@atob.org.uk .web www.atob.org.uk Editors David & Jane Henshaw Illustrations Diana Powell,Helen Whyte,John McNaught,Tim Pestridge Contributors Denis Caraire,John Griffin,David Henshaw,Peter Henshaw Printers The Friary Press Ltd . Next deadline 31st May 2007

Afew angry letters this time, on privatised railways and electric bikes.We didn’t realise first Great Western had so many friends! Not at 40 Manor Road.As for the recent emphasis on electrics - there’s something of a revolution going on, with spec rising and prices falling.This month, Ezee launches the new Liv, with a spec that should blow most other £600 bikes right out of the water. And Powacycle has responded with the £600 LPX models, the first massproduced bikes fitted with a lithium-polymer battery. If that all sounds terribly boring, how about circling the globe without flying (Bromptons come into it),a military folder,waterproof maps,a French slant on the Spanish Brompton grand prix, and what Dr Moulton really thinks of the Birdy? Something for everyone we hope.

Contents Book Review: Long Cloud Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A to B Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A to B News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Tested: Brompton Spanninga Rear Light . . . . . . . . 13 Tested: Montague Paratrooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tested: Aqua3 Evolution map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Tested: Dutch Pannier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tested: Transport Direct Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Tested: Powacycle LPX Li-pol battery . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Trial: Ezee Liv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Letter from France: Brompton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tested: Powatryke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 History: The Moulton Interview Part 2 . . . . . . . . 34 Travel: Round the World without Flying . . . . . . . . 40 A to B Smalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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