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The point I was making in my earlier post was to highlight the apparent contradiction within the current law, in that a cyclist pedaling at 20mph is completely within their rights, yet a cyclist being assisted to 20mph is counted as illegal. Not mentioning that someone on a push bike without...

I agree that freedom from regulation is a blissful thing, but as many cyclists can easily and frequently ride their unnassisted bikes at 20mph (at least), then this should be the allowed maximum for e-bikes. My point being that the 15mph rule is all but uninforceable, as any fit cyclist could...

Not so crazy when you're in a queue of traffic moving slowly to the lights, and you tap the pedals to move forward a couple of feet. It's much more convenient to to use the brake cut-off than switch the electrics off altogether. Oh, and a quick question for David/Norman, were the brake levers...

Maybe the next Bond will get up to date, and have a chase sequence on e-bikes :D

True, I find that I often have to brake when being overtaken, as cars cut in way too early for the speed I'm going. Considering wearing a sign on my back - "Use your %^**£&* Mirrors!" :D

I'd second torrent99 with regard to relaxation, I now look forward to my commute - about 25miles round trip. I have a couple of hills on my journey, and would seriously reccomend SPD pedals to help with these, as they allow a measure of pull-up on the pedals, and you don't have to worry about...

I don't use the throttle untill the pedelec runs out (14/15mph), and after that pretty much only when pedalling, releasing it when I get to 19mph. This way, I can comfortably cruise at around 19 to 20mph, on the flat country lanes that make up most of my commute. I carry a fairly heavy pannier...

Yes, but what may make the difference this time is a massively increased awareness of our environmental impact, coupled with the fact that the gods of free market capitalism are widely held as being the cause of the problem, rather than the cure. People are looking much closer to home for...

True, true, institutional change is a grindingly slow process after all, unless the high IQ guys & galls manage to crack nuclear fusion anytime soon :) Then it would become politically advantageous to rapidly adopt it. The only real hope for any kind of accelleration in the medium term is...

Indeed renewable outputs are relatively small, and indeed the global population should benefit, but I'm talking about where we should go from here. Scale is key to making renewable energy sources viable, in global terms there are vast regions of uninhabited desert which could be home to vast...

Well, there is a saying:” necessity is the mother of invention", and maybe the marketing of devices such as the PUMA, however cynical, represents a subtle paradigm shift in the right direction. I don't agree that a primitive lifestyle is the answer, or that such a thing is indeed possible (once...

I'd just like to add that the reason there are so many children born in impoverished countries is not simply down to a lack of birth control & education. There is also the high incidence of infant mortality, coupled with an absence of state funded care for the elderly, resulting in people having...

On that thought, my I pass on these links for perusal: VHEMT CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time The seccond one is particularly thought provoking; I myself am doing my bit for population control, by not intending to hve any children - my personal views...

II fail to see how they would be any more disruptive or dangerous in an urban environment than say cycle commuters or mobility scooters, in fact I think less so given the relatively high top speed, and that it would be easier to see given its size. Also, as the man said in the video, what we're...

I agree that a simpler system would have the same benefits, and so is done more as a technological curiosity than anything else, but here's where the PR consultants step in. The only way to prise the car keys out of the hands of most people is to make the alternative as attractive as possible...

I guess you hit the nail on the head with tuning circle, such a vehicle can turn on the spot, and is hence incredibly manoverable.

Looks safer to me than flying downhill at 25 - 30mph on an e-bike with barely sufficient brakes, and I'd guess there are many of us here who've done that! :D Let's hope that with GM's involvement this can become more than a rich kids’ toy. There is an obvious reluctance in society to step...

So maybe there is life after Lithium :D Perhps one day we'll be able to grow a custom spec bike.....

It seems that the powers that be only ban these things as they have no frame of reference to categorise them. Perhaps with the governments stated commitment to a "low carbon economy", heralded today by announcements about the forthcoming budget, may force a rethink of transport policy. I do hope...

Hi David, Thank you, that's very reasuring :)