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@Gary James Well yes, but that also is pretty easily tested by hopping on the bike for a few moments. In practice anyway most legal ebikes don't have a throttle for that function, all the ones I've seen and a couple of kits I've owned just have a button on the control panel/display to activate it. Maybe there are some that have an actual throttle but I would have thought it's pretty unnecessary to go from 0-3.5mph, it's only really designed for pushing assistance.

I do hope the new routes around HS2 do go ahead. Would be an ideal opportunity to create a very good cycling corridor along the haul roads that have been created during construction. I fear that this won't happen as a cost saving exercise when the reality is that it'll cost more to put the land back to how it was before! They've already done some of that near us rather than leaving the Greenway connected as it was for a short time in Berkswell

@Rendel Harris Throttles are permiited to facilitate walking mode, limited to 3.7 mph. The presence or absence of a throttle does not in itself determine legality.

Alack, what sad and tawdry dreams the pestilent airs of the Essex cul-de-sac doth spawn. If that's your idea of the good life you're very welcome to it.

@jackcycles "wildly successful media personality" who?

@the little onion I often go past the signs that literally feel like they are a joke pointing at a hedge.

@Rendel Harris and yet here he is, a wildly successful media personality, partner to the beautiful Michelle Dewberry, and apparently loving life. If that's failure I'll take a bit of it. I guess the moral of the story is: don't buy football clubs unless you're as wealthy as Jim Ratcliffe.

I love that picture of Heidi Alexander - a cyclist, on a 'normal' bike, in normal clothes. That's what everyday cycling should look like. I despise the Notional [sic] Cycle Network with an absolute passion. It's just a jumble of blue signs, rather than meaningful connected infrastructure that facilitates the kind of everyday cycling embodied in that picture. There are sections near me that go along muddy fields, that have stairs in it, that go along unlit canal towpaths with plenty of hiding places for rapists and muggers. Don't give a single penny to the NCN, unless it commits to being the kind of infrastructure which can be easily used by an old lady on a 'normal' bike or 11 year old kid on a rainy Tuesday evening in February.

@mdavidford For some reason I can't directly reply to your response above, so I'll quote it here: "I think you’ve got the argument back-to-front. The original comment suggested that the fact that this incident happened at all was proof that TT bikes are dangerous. OYB pointed out that that’s nonsense, since (a) there’s no evidence that the type of bike contributed to this particular incident, and (b) there are a plethora of cases cited in the article that demonstrate that such incidents can happen regardless of what type of bike you’re riding. The fact that there’s a case where the rider caused an incident is no rebuttal of that, since no-one’s argued that riders can’t cause crashes." OYB may have claimed that there's evidence that the type of bike contributed to this particular incident, but that's contradicted by the rider's own teammate. Of course riders of road bikes are also struck by motorists, but it does not follow that TT bikes are not more dangerous to ride than road bikes. It seems pretty obvious to me that if you can't brake without having to significantly change your position on the bike, it becomes more difficult for the rider to avoid the actions of errant drivers.

@Smoggysteve Unless the danger is coming from behind you in which case you will never even attempt to go for the brakes, the speed of the rider is always relevant, the faster you go the quicker the scenario will develop and the greater the consequences. Recreational riders with their hands on the tops will also probably be going slower unless they are doing it downhill which would make them idiots.