Stoke wants cycling suggestions

@AidanR So you're happy with their reporting? Much more of this and EAPCs will get more regulation despite them not being the issue, much like part of the US (Boston I think). Especially if Reform ever get in.

I feel like there needs to be a "translation" under most of those comments. "I am a shit driver and struggle to maintain a speed or be able to periodically check my spedo without being dangerous" "I like breaking the rules when I drive and I think that I should be allowed to do so with impunity (like those bloody cyclists!!!!!). I struggle to make sensible arguments so I usually resort to using massive overreactions to create strawmen that other people with room temperature IQs can mistake for a cohesive argument"

“Fife Council just hate motorists end off [sic]” There is no full stop at the end of that sentence so, in fact, the end is off and "[sic]" is not required.

@Rendel Harris yeah, I struggle to see where the costs in these things is coming from. They don't have any of the constraints that a normal bike has to worry about when it comes to alignment at the front end, bearings, weight, tolerances. Its literally just a adjustable frame with a small amount of electronics. I understand the convenience angle vs an old bike but it just feels like a lot for something very simple and cheap to manufacture.

@Boopop The BBC are correct, it is an e-bike. EAPCs are a subset of e-bikes; they are not synonyms.

@mattw additionally I would like to see some more restrictions on what's put on sale and to whom; but that appears to be hopeless now (unless / until someone runs over a "significant" politician using a Suron I guess). I hope I'm not doing them a disservice but without actually trying to buy one I couldn't see any clear indicators in e.g. the local Currys PC World that there might be any restrictions on using a non-EAPC powered wheeled thing. But perhaps the staff were all trained in informing customers, or perhaps it was very clearly spelled out on page 38 of the manual?

I appreciate they're showing Trumpton * in that Glasgow visualisation, but there are several things which look a bit childish. Or rather: not suitable for children, or pedestrians, or cyclists... The side street, the main street, the "continuous footway / entrance construction" are all deficient. They should go read Robert Weetman's articles e.g the "quality checklist for continuous footways" and the "Factors in pedestrian-friendliness" for side streets. For one - the side street is one-way, single-lane - so why does it appear so wide? At the very least the width just beyond the continuous footway should be narrower. Then if the main street has speed limits > 20mph where are the separated cycle paths? (Not even a cycle lane marked there...) There are all kinds of issues with the markings, but for the full kerb-nerdery see Robert's blog. * How on earth has he managed to get his name on things *retrospectively*? Truly he's surpassed George Foreman in "putting his name on it" (or in Australia and Hong Kong General Sir George Murray).

Not a problem in France, I have never even heard anyone suggest it might be a problem on public transport. The level of acceptable risk appears to be totally arbitary and in the UK the default action is to always ban and control.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/japan-new-speed-limit-30kmh-narrow-city-streets

"I cycle myself...." 'Nuff said.