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unless (or even if) run on a similar way to car hire schemes with appropriate security these bikes would need to be locked down like Fort Knox and fitted with every kind of tracking device imaginable if they were expected to last more than 5 minutes. the problem in the UK is there is a...

true, but I expect with continuing anti-EU sentiment they feel they can get away with this whatever the colour of government (perhaps more so should it shift to the right later this year). What would be the penalties anyway? I know that with Defra and agricultural benefits a country could get...

Although I am in no way one of those extreme-right anti-EU nuts I'm sure that all EU nations still have (or will take) some sort of veto against their national legislation/standards being changed on a whim from Brussels without reference to local issues, and even if Brussels is trying to remove...

Frank will be able to clarify this but I remember hearing somewhere the X series e-bikes is a modified Raleigh Pioneer. I have a Pioneer as my unpowered pushbike and would say it is a good reliable workhorse, and uses standard parts so should be good fo customisation. TBH nearly got a X series...

didn't Wisper "sack" a dealer in that part of the country for apallingly poor customer service? it would be hard enough here in the East to find a single Wisper in a bike shop, let alone two...

yep - you're gonna need CBT/license, helmet etc to be legal and the noise alone will draw attention to it from both civilians and officials alike, so why not just get a moped?

isn't £80 the cost of the sort of FPN someone would get for riding this without the correct paperwork? :rolleyes:

whilst I don't know what went on in foreign lands, what I think may have "poisoned the well" in Britain nearly 10 years ago now was a large amount of electric and petrol "mini-motos/monkey bikes" which were basically kids' toys, got ridden anti-socially by "chavs" (particularly on cycle paths)...

TBH the towns/culture are fairly similar and I actually live in the "posh" bit of one of Ipswich's more notorious "estate" areas, about 20 minutes riding and I'm across the border into Manningtree (not that I have much reason to be there). Most of my old mates from Reading in fact got the two...

over the festive period I rode from Ipswich to Botesdale and back on the B1113 on two separate occasiona, although it wasn't too treacherous there were times I was glad for the throttle and the handliing of a e-bike and I would surely have stacked it on my pushbike...

I didn't think the story wasn't genuine, what I meant is that literally day before there was a very similar storyline on this US comic (like a surreal sitcom about a bike shop) Last Call | Bicycle Comics - Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery I'm glad for remote working and VOIP today (built...

I wonder if they had been reading yehuda moon comic (which had a very similar storyline..)

TBH I think the problem with concentrating on these complex figures is that it gives people the wrong reasons to duck out of looking after the environment.. IMO the real problems are more to do with pollution and resource consumption and basic infrastructure than outside climate issues - and...

since joining here I have got the impression that 95% of the forums users are mechanics/engineers/techies and if they worked collectively could build Britain's first space ship out of scrap metal in their own garden sheds :D

At the risk of sounding like a traffic cop or one of them dudes off the TV shows about police chases its all linked IMO ... dangerous/antisocial road use is a hallmark of those with little respect for society or others and they will often go on to commit all sorts of other crimes - I would...

There is no such things as "not a risk spot" but some areas are less risky than others, I'm sure its less worse than Romford or Stratford or even Colchester. But yes, up here there is also the older criminal fraternity (up to and including your age group!) who use this region as a bolthole from...

Is it really that bad round your way? Suffolk isn't that bad! I take a semi-professional interest in the group dynamics of crime and criminology as I used to be a rave organiser (not in EA I would add) now try and encourage youths to put on these events legally and safely and thus keep a close...

When I worked for Defra I remember seeing this in the Protection of Animals Act 1911 but am unsure if the new legislation has changed things slightly. there was an issue with an insufficient number of normal large breed family dogs being made to haul their entire families in carts which is why...

There's a massive difference between the lobbies those riding the machines and those making a profit from selling them, and important legislative and infrastructure differences each side of the North Sea / Channel. As far as riders are concerned, many here enjoy both two wheeled machines and the...

I found they did eventually answer a query of mine but were very slow and had to be chased. They can also be telephoned on 01279 416176 (the support number) or01279 821243 (main office). I found that as with most companies, involving people from the Sales Department and higher managers tended...