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Motorists cause considerable delays to cyclists in cities and towns.

And even in the apology statement they call him a driver 🤦‍♂️

That sounds like work, though.

I was quite disturbed by this story yesterday and I'm glad that it seems to be getting resolved a bit. Presumably the bike looked fairly standard and was not covered in gaffer, with tern graphics, so surely one quick web search would have shown the ridiculous expense of this machine (you pay for quality mind...) hinting at it's full legality in unmodified state and preventing this embarrassment through incompetence.

@GoodWheelHunting Or indeed if the person had a white skin I doubt the police would even have got a chance to hear their accent as they wouldn't have bothered him. As I stated on the original thread, contrary to the opinion of a certain PBU and others, one doesn't have to have an agenda or a chip on one's shoulder to know that if Mrs Fortescue-Smythe had ridden her £6K Tern past the officers with Henry and Jemima on the back on their way to school there's not a chance in a billion that they would have stopped her and accused her of having an illegal machine.

The rider can clearly be heard telling the police to take it for a ride and see... That's all they had to do - listen and act on a concerned citizen's request. No malice my arse!

Two things I cannot prove but I rate as likely: This would not have happened to a citizen with a British accent. At least I suspect a hint of unconscious bias. The case would not have been resolved so quickly if it wasn't for the BBC coverage. When has the police accepted wrongdoing so fast before? Good job UK Cycling for getting this publicised and resolved rather positively.

Isn't scooting what dogs do when they drag their bottoms along the carpet owing to inflamed itchy glands? It would be painful to do that on a road surface, as well as wearing out your bib shorts.

Police officers As Thick as Bricks shock!

@eburtthebike It appears to be Bike Foundry, as the owner, that's being compensated, though only for the bike and not the inconvenience. The rider doesn't appear to be getting anything for their time and trouble.