“Real tangible advantages”: Schwalbe reckons 32in tyres offer more grip, more stable handling and faster cornering

@tomlew I've had one of these for a couple of years and have dropped it/had it thrown off my bike a few times, still going strong even with a few scuffs in the body!

@ROOTminus1 I used to be excited about his creations but now that they are exclusively Scott frames (sponsorship obligations) they’ve become boring, I hate to say, looking more like aesthetic concepts than something you’d actually want to ride. It would be far more interesting to see weight weenie work with small builders or metal for something more unique.

@dreamlx10 Well, someone said if he'd said it whilst he was "rapping" it would have been okay. So, as things are clearly not okay, that person must be assuming he wasn't "rapping". Please be consistent with your WUM efforts.

@kevgravelkev Pondering whether the 10 in the username refers to age, IQ or both.

@Rome73 He couldn't say the same about those things as they were all legal at the time they were taking place. These electric motorbikes are already illegal to ride in public space.

@dreamlx10 oh dear...

@kevgravelkev How do you know he wasn't ?

@Rome73 The examples you give relate to issues which came up long after those were found to be bad ideas or dangerous. We knew long ago of the problems with illegal e-bikes, the reason for the EAPC regs in the first place.

@Circles you could say the same about so many things; we used to permit smoking on busses and in offices, we used to permit the use of small children to clean chimneys and operate dangerous machinery, we used to permit 14 year olds to drive 125cc motorbikes. Sometimes legislation takes time to catch up with technology and attitudes.

So for years now we have allowed imports of illegal e-bikes and conversion kits, we have spent huge amounts of money on the police to remove them from our streets, and now at last we propose to do something about it. What a stupid country we are. Government ??