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Need to renew my cycle insurance. Total value is circa £7500, 2 electric bikes and an upcoming new Brompton. All legal. Needs to have public liability. Barclays Home Insurance stopped providing cover some time back.

So 5% of the time the bike will be used on the road ? In which case exceeding the limit is breaking the law. Even if you are 'off road' for it to be legal to exceed the speed limit you need the permission of the land owner, do you have that permission ? Can be difficult for forum members to...

Indeed an electricfied Brompton is way too heavy to carry around a shop. So I just dont. Mine has a decent set of wheels on the rear rack and its very easy to push around (folded) in the shop like a shopping trolley. None of the bother of removing and replacing the battery either, that stays...

Well exactly, so if you do an electric conversion on a 'bike' to comply with regulations\guidance do you just need to put a label on the bike listing yourself as the 'Manufacturer' for the conversion to be legal ?

Is there anything in the regulations\guidance that says the 'manufacturer' of the 'bike' must be a business of the type that's registered at Companies house or is someone who is VAT registered or registered as self employed etc ?

Guys, take note of whats being happening across the pond. Trump is in charge, so climate change no longer exists.

Whilst it seems unlikely such legislation would happen in the UK, it does make you wonder why in some countries they have to go to such extreme measures to 'persuade' motorists to be considerate to cyclists.

Does it matter, even if there are regulations ? There would be close to zero chance of a willingness to enforce them, thats just the UK way. And if something goes wrong with a bike from China what are your chances of getting it fixed, a refund, or even returning it ?

A quote from the above news item; "British based e-bike companies expressed concerns about the impact of a potential "flood" of cheap Chinese e-bikes entering the UK. " No doubt the imports will only be allowed in if they meet the highest quality standards and comply with all regulations...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75z9925lelo

Do they sell a version with an 18 inch motor wheel ?

Thanks, I have a trip planned to the local re-cycling centre in the next week or so, I will report back on what happens. It had already been in a container that was full of water, I will check the charge status and chuck in a bit of salt.

So if you have an eBike battery that you need to dispose of, its beyond repair etc, where do you do it ? Council re-cycle centre ?

Same in Cardiff. Go the the pedestrian precinct by the Castle, where there Deliverpoo riders congregate by OldMicDonalds and maybe 90% + of the 'eBikes' you see look like illegal eMotorBikes.

And apparently there are Internet forums where you can get readily get technical advice on how to turn a 'legal' pedelec into an 'illegal' one.

True, but it makes sense to reduce risk where possible\practible. Yes my house its full of electrical appliances that could catch fire. Not so easy or practible to move them all to the shed at a the bottom of the garden.

If you hack into this remote control software can you set fire to the battery ...................

The program followed the classic British narrative; there is a problem, so tighter regulations are needed. Rather than attempt to shift the blame to the lack of regulations why not simply say; lets introduce proper and widespread enforcement of the existing regulations and see if the situation...

Ah, so my titanium framed e-bike is no longer alone.

Agreed. Put your self in the position of the hotel manager. Even if the eBike looks like a 'proper' eBike, how can the average hotel manager know if the battery used is not one of those that a DIY novice has 'repaired' following advice after a few posts on an eBike\Pedelec Internet forum. I...