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Issue 56 October/November 2006 A to B 40 Manor Road,Dorchester,Dorset DT1 2AX,England ISSN 1460-0587 . tel 01305 259998 .fax 01305 259998 email atob@onetel.com .web www.atob.org.uk Editors Peter,David & Jane Henshaw Illustrations Diana Powell,Helen Whyte,John McNaught,Tim Pestridge Contributors David Henshaw,Peter Henshaw,Quentin van Marle,Mary Francis Dunham Printers Friary Press Ltd . Next deadline 15th December 2006

Long-term readers may notice a few new locations creep into our photographs following our move from Castle Cary to Dorchester.There was only so much we were able to do there, and West Park, Castle Cary certainly wasn’t the most attractive backdrop in the world. Now we have golden beaches, urban junctions (even traffic lights!), two railway stations and a good choice of tree-lined avenues to choose from. Less satisfactory is the loss of our long-established test circuits and the famous test hill, used for recording rolling resistance from our very first issue in 1993.When things calm down a bit,we hope to establish suitable replacements,but for the time being some data may be incomplete.

Contents

Ear to the Ground: The Mole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Book Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

A to B Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

A to B News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Tested: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Trial: Powacycle Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Research: The Overtaking Game . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The Trial: Strida 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Letter from America: Ecover Mississippi Marathon 38

Solar Photovoltaics: An A to B Guide . . . . . . . . . 40

China: Shanghai Street Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

A to B Smalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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