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    More Seizures

    Phone thieves’ e-bikes to be crushed hours after they are caught Police to be handed new powers as number of snatch thefts rises to highest level since 2003 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/28/phone-thieves-e-bikes-crushed-hours-after-caught/ Looks like the Police is more and more...
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    In reality most of the untaxed cars are parked somewhere without a driver in it... they get clamped and if there is no reaction later on towed away...
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    https://eleek.com.ua/en/item/eleek_atom_afu/?srsltid=AfmBOoouaITlNMO0sd0Ax0ZOJQtMYKi61GpM1r6noSD38eHhxnsQ4mB I am curious when one of these bikes will be imported and legal on the road.... And here the UK version...
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    Don’t know, but this “bikes” have nothin good with “Ebikes” Electric motorcycle/ mopeds or whatever.... but NOT e-bikes and it is more than right, that these things are crunched up and seized... It’s different if they would get a MOT, insurance and numberPlate, than that would be alright...
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    Yes the Police is very active.... and they are out and about... and can not see criminals in front of their own door: Took this pic, because I thought is was (tragically) funny.....:
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    ok... Thank you for "Step through", but I notice that Bikes sold as "Lady's Bikes" are shorter as well ... And some step through are very large black/dark frames are sold as "City bikes" for probably older men which would have difficulties (like me) to swing the leg over the seat when getting...
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    To bring Parkinson’s back into the cycling world: I will never forget how grateful a son was when I sold him a three-wheeler e-bike for his mother, who has Parkinson’s. This enabled the whole family to participate together in bike rides, even with their ill mother. She also enjoyed the physical...
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    the little box on top of the carrier contain probably some Nappies which are necessary to ride the thing (very stiff frame with this seat post!) must be like cycling with Parkinson...
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    Bike couriers, Just Eat, and Uber Eats deliverers are very courageous in earning their living through this kind of work, which has a long tradition. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbawala - It’s understandable that these drivers try to make the best of their situation and customize their...
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30d41q6469o The rental companies don’t really help to make Ebikes more loveable in the public... Over 100 e-bikes seized to combat pavement blocking Here in Leicester the Police is really activ and wiling to stop this nonsense...
  11. Heinzja

    Bike Locks

    Yes, the thieving bastards don’t let anyone alone. If it is an NHS bike shed, they (or better, we all) have to pay for it. Thieves know that NHS bike parkings often have very nice bikes locked up (from GPs, employees with money, not from poor people who work all day or night and often overtime...
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    Cheaper China e-bikes 'kick in teeth' for UK firms

    Certainly not all Chinese products are bad. iPhones are manufactured in China (Foxconn... like HP and others), and Samsung is from Korea. So if bikes are from China, Taiwan, or wherever, if the frame is constructed according to our physics—my first e-bike was a PowaBike Commuter, which was an...
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    Cheaper China e-bikes 'kick in teeth' for UK firms

    Good luck! Will be alright - if it has last this far it will last more... A good idea would be always to have a chain tool and some chain bits with you... they don’t weigh much and like always you will not need them when you got them with you! Like an Umbrella... if you got an Umbrella it’s...
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    Cheaper China e-bikes 'kick in teeth' for UK firms

    That e-bike use increases the wear and tear of a bike is self-explanatory. Tyres on the motor wheel wear out quicker, brake pads on calipers or discs wear out quicker, and drivetrains have a shorter life—all self-explanatory. But at least we live longer (provided a car accident doesn’t shorten...
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    Cheaper China e-bikes 'kick in teeth' for UK firms

    {Quote start:} “ @Heinzja care to enlighten us on the actual situation if you know it in Germany ? Considering there are many more mid drive ebikes in Europe, [sic]“ {Quote end} Yes, I can enlighten you about Bosch. Bosch is everywhere in Germany—from power tools to freezers, from...