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@OnYerBike Yeah, the death of the DHB/Aeron/other Wiggle-imprint 'brands' as good-quality kit basically killed Wiggle as a distinct outlet. It just became another generic retailer website once it had no unique products. I miss DHB kit, it was such good value!

Can't say I'm entirely surprised - as far as I can tell, since the takeover, wiggle, CRC and Evans have all been exactly the same website, with exactly the same stock, same prices etc., just different branding. I don't see any point maintaining three separate brands with no attempt whatsoever to actually provide a distinct offering under each.

We keep hearing about how much damage a heavy eapc can do but surely the rider's weight has more influence. The weight of the bike has little additional impact if the rider is 100kg.... A 20kg eapc and a 70kg rider is less!

Another confounding factor is that your average e-bike user is more likely to be a novice rider. There are so many other variables that go along with e-bikes vs standard bikes that it's impossible to draw any conclusions from the correlational (uncontrolled) study.

@chrisonabike No idea - I was just sharing what I saw on local Facebook, posted by a local councillor with info from the local police!

@Bungle_52 yep, it's a balance. Those who already cycle, will. And (in the UK) we are justifiably suspicious about "great new infra" (and even more how drivers will ignore it) / irked by "get off the road" demands. OTOH given that plenty of streets are 30mph, and "20 means 25" and loaded with shopping on my town hack I'm not doing near 20mph either ... I *am* "in the way" (albeit to nobody's great inconvenience). And even on speedier machines I've almost zero desire nowadays to claim my "right to the road" on many A-roads. And "not cycling with motor traffic" / "I want to travel with others side-by-side" are extra blockers to most people taking the bike. So I'll keep saying "look what we could have - to *everyone's* benefit". But until we get there keep using whatever infra works for me!

Accountability is good, but is this it? Or is this really for publicity / PR? All the cycle and scooter hire vehicles I've seen elsewhere have fairly legible ID numbers somewhere on them anyway, albeit not as a "numberplate". Remind us how it works with motor vehicles again? "Sorry, it's a hire / pool vehicle, we've no idea who was in it". Or "it's my vehicle but maybe the plates were cloned? I've no idea who was driving it anyway, wasn't me". Then: follow the money. For many dockless funding models (Forrest included) it's not the riders or the locality providing most of the money, it's the investors. I've no idea if the "exclusivity" here also involves the borough paying a good fraction of their costs. But I suspect they have limited leverage with Forest.

Im pretty sure they meant Byway BS.

@Blackthorne83 He would, but he's eaten his bike

Will it include a detector for when the rider is using their phone whilst cycling?