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Not quite Mike, the phase down in law has to be below the assist limit and power cut right off at 25 kph (15.5 mph). Some makers bend that and do it the way you describe, but that's clearly not in accordance with the letter of the law. In fact the EU wide type approval law then classes them...

Even more true since such a large number of European brands are owned by two very large Dutch groups, Accell and Pon Holdings. Pon Holdings bike division, called Pon Bike, is the parent of Cervélo, Santa Cruz, Juliana, Focus, Univega, Gazelle, Faraday, Kalkhoff and Union. Accell Group's brands...

There are many riding S Class bikes illegally as pedelecs and the likelyhood of getting caught is very low at the moment. If you were caught the penalty would most likely only be a fine, but bear in mind the magistrates can order that an illegal two wheeler used on the road can be confiscated...

It's not road legal as a pedelec, since it's an S Class high speed e-bike. If it hasn't been removed you'll see a number plate bracket on the rear mudguard. For use here you'd have to present it's certificate of conformity to the DVLA and register it as an L1e-B moped, subsequently complying...

Self belief can achieve miracles. After all, Boris Johnson is Prime Minister. .

Indeed, I almost didn't answer, being certain it was a plant. However, I'm always concious of the large number of visitors browsing the site and for them an answer had value. Only a few days ago a check showed 24 members and 393 visitors and at the moment 36 members, 216 visitors. .

Was he sacked because a clairvoyant predicted it didn't go well? .

Either Gove is an idiot or he's as much a liar as Boris Johnson. Maybe both. There's no such thing as "a trade deal", such deals are multiple for many different purposes and they take many years. Even the EU one with little Switzerland took 7 years and consisted of 120 deals. Nor do they...

Thanks. I seem to be impervious to web advertising, ignoring all the site perimeters. Some in here insist they must penetrate, but clearly they don't since I don't remember Edge banners. .

I think you mean GreenEdge. They were mainly marketed by E-bikes direct but seem to have gone from the scene now. Here's an E-bikes Direct web page on GreenEdge There have been very many invented brand names since the millennium, mainly Chinese generic bikes sold here by various companies...

As I posted, nobody representing the two brands as their retailer could have solved the problem. Only the makers could do that and for the first brand even that was impossible quickly enough. .

As I made clear, my post wasn't in any way excusing their poor behaviour and continuing to sell known problem bikes in the second instance was inexcusable. The fact remains that two decades running they were let down by impossible circumstances with two different brands. There was no gradual...

Of course that's the legal position, being the retailer. But it's not that simple, hardly satisfactory and certainly usually unfair, since it's often impossible for the retailer to meet the legal obligation. That in turn is highly unsatisfactory for the consumer too when a retailer is driven...

No I wouldn't !!! ;) .

But Derby Cycles gmbh, which was once part of our Raleigh Industries, hence the Derby name, is in turn owned by Pon Holdings, one of the world's largest Cycle brand groups. As ever with today's businesses, it's difficult to know where the buck really stops. .

That will suit me so much I'd support that Brexit in 18,181 years time. .

Listening to a Radio 4 program the other day, I was amused to learn that John Bercow has become a cult figure in Germany. It was his strident and gutteral "Order, Order" that had attracted attention there. Apparently board meetings and the like there are now frequently being opened there by...

Since he's always been opposed to EU membership he wasn't campaigning for Remain. The only party leader doing that was the ineffectual David Cameron. .

I think the Brexit party is too associated with UKIP and is likely to fail to win support in the end, just as UKIP did. .

That doesn't matter, the fact is that a very large proportion of Labour voters can never bring themselves to ever vote Tory. Given the two way issue that this is, they'll still vote Labour. And I think you are making the mistake of thinking that most people really think their way through these...