Depends what your average journeys are.

If you’re using a Prius to bumble around your local area on the usual short, slow, stop-start journeys then that’s when you optimise the benefits of the electric power.

For longer journeys at higher speeds where you’d not be using the electric motor a modern diesel will be far more efficient in terms of mpg.

Plus, what’s the life expectancy of the battery/cells used in a Prius?

Since when was a Mountain Bike a gadget?

Gadget Show is aimed at 20-30 something twonks

Good summary!

Recession?

How high do you think fuel prices will have to reach before people stop driving so much and realise that oil is finite?

But we don’t like being told this, so instead we all prefer to go around with our fingers jammed in our ears shouting “la-la-la-la-la.. I can’t hear you.. la-la-la-la-la-la-..”

When you hear anybody say “yes, we must reduce our dependency on cars”, what they really mean is “everyone else should reduce their dependency on cars but I’ll be damned if I’m going to change my precious little lifestyle” …

I can’t give you a report from recent experience, although I’ve ridden the Peaks for many years (they’re my ‘local’ trails.

You’ll find the majority of the Peak trails (Hayfield, Edale, Ladybower etc) don’t suffer too much in terms of being excesively muddy or unrideable.

There will be patches where it’s muddy, but overall it won’t be too bad.
A lot of the trails are rocky and hard-packed so the wet doesn’t really affect them.

Look like a set of (very) old Suntour’s or some-such, with Fox stickers on…