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Hurrah! Any other editorial
Hurrah! Any other editorial policy we want to influence?!
They’ve relapsed. “Dangerous
They’ve relapsed. “Dangerous e-bike riders putting town under siege”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c981d8n7452ostonojnr wrote:
[quote=stonojnr]After a two for the price of one offer at Tescos ? (Yes it’s the same car, same crash) https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24627798.delays-car-crashes-civic-drive-tesco-ipswich/ https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24627982.ipswich-tesco-remains-open-car-crash-civic-drive/%5B/quote%5D
Disappointed it wasn’t a Honda
BBC got the memo – this one
BBC got the memo – this one tries to distinguish between EAPCs and others: BBC – Delivery Riders getting illegal e-bikes seized:
The broad term ‘e-bike’ is commonly used for any electric-powered bike, but it can actually refer to very different types of equipment which are covered by different laws.E-bikes: What is the law and is there an age limit?
Bikes which have a small electrical motor which helps cyclists to move the pedals have the 15.5mph (25 kph) speed limit, and their motors cannot exceed 250 watts of power.
These are electrically assisted pedal cycles (EAPC), and under the law these are treated the same as a bicycle and therefore riders do not have to seek insurance.
Illegal e-bikes are more powerful and reach higher speeds, and are not necessarily illegal in themselves – but under the law they are classified as motorcycles, and should not be driven without a licence on the roads.
Just thinking – Wick and
Just thinking – Wick and Penzance must have a potentially problematic number of one way hires…
Came to this late; nearly
Came to this late; nearly posted the same!
To play devil’s advocate – I
To play devil’s advocate – I suspect that the type of motor is relevant in one limited sense – that it is perceived as “a new menace” and therefore considered newsworthy. Compare e.g. prevalence of news items on car battery fires vs engine fires, or XL Bully incidents versus Yorkshire Terrier bites.
The easy availability of electrically propelled bikes (and scooters) and conversion kits and their near silence perhaps means that there is a wider group of people who will unthinkingly ride them around pedestrianised areas than would choose do so on an unlicensed loud 2 stroke scrambler (though when I was growing up, there were plenty of them menacing people in local parks). I know that legally it’s no different, but I think in the general public consciousness (to the extent that is a thing) it makes it a “new technology” issue rather than an “every era has wrong-uns” issue.
When they go to the trouble
When they go to the trouble of signing that there’s no access for pedestrians and cyclists you know it’s serious! The last time I encountered a road closure (not so signed) I thought I’d chance it as they are usually passable on bike. Ended up with some very muddy feet from scrambling round the comprehensively fenced off roadworks. Not something to do with a LEJOG loaded bike!
jaymack wrote:
I suspect that carbon forks are staight ‘cos their designers are stuck with the short comings of the material with which they’re working.I’m no engineer or materials scientist, but isn’t it equally likely that they’re working with the properties of the material, whereas introducing a curve is just replicating a design based on the properties of the older materials? I do have a curved carbon fork from 10 yrs ago, but for rim brakes.
OP wants something that will
OP wants something that will take disc brakes.If these are easily disproved
If these are easily disproved as fake, makes you wonder whether it’s low-quality work on behalf of Reform or smear work by their opponents.
This is great. But what I’m
This is great. But what I’m really looking for is a sticker to put on my top-tube to tell me when to eat and drink during a ride.
Shame, liked their stuff
Shame, liked their stuff
Hope premiums will come down
Hope premiums will come down then…
More monitoring data coming
More monitoring data coming soon… https://www.gov.wales/vehicle-speed-monitoring-data-september-2023-february-2024-announcement
