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We've never found any instance of this happening in mainland Britain. The nearest to it was a report of a prosecution for using 250 watt e-bikes in Guernsey where they'd adopted the UK's 200 watt EAPC regulations into their law. However, that was apparently due to sour grapes, a dealer...

Yes, the UCI have strangled bike design for some 85 years now. Their banning of recumbents back in the 1930s led to the creation of the HPVA, (Human Powered Vehicle Association), both national ones in each country and the international IHPVA. Their policy is to include any vehicle that is...

In July 2006 I bought a Quando single speed e-bike and rode it locally for around a year, mainly for utility journeys, shopping etc. It was really enjoyable, just pedal off the mark and then relax with nothing to do, easily handling the odd 10% and even one 12% and leaving me to admire the view...

Very true for unpowered cycling over a wide range of road speeds. But Bella will have e-power and will be riding in a moderate fashion on relatively flat roads. The Dutch ride something like that on largely flat territory and their bikes are often single speed, they even have single speed...

People have lots of gears because people buy numbers, thinking more is better. It's why we have six and even seven gear cars on the market. I've got six gears on my current bike but only use three of them most of the time, and I'm in the hilly North Downs. The gear range is more important...

Probably nobody, but there is a chance of a superficial police check during a safety campaign of the sort we had last Autumn/Winter in London when some rider's bikes were examined. .

Basically yes, the replacement parts must meet the requirements. This isn't really different for bicycles though, for they are also made to statutory standards which should be preserved. These are moot points though, as long as a bicycle or an e-bike works satisfactorily and safely, a user...

i understood but my reply stands. As KTM has observed and I've posted a number of times, no-one is being prevented from having a full throttle since there are other options. I understand the discrimination point that you make but cannot see it being accepted as valid by the EU, nor do I see it...

Yes, it is ridiculous and I've already commented on that previously, Ideally the EAPC amendment should have been delayed until the new type approval metod was available. Meanwhile we'll have to depend on two things, firstly the period of grace to clear stock, secondly the fact that it's...

Apart from a couple of private successes with great difficulty, no. It just isn't practical under the current Low Powered Moped class type approval's demanding requirements. The new L1e-A type approval from 1st January 2017 appears to change that. If the machine is under 35 kilos, many of the...

When I started in the trade in 1950, we were exactly like the current Dutch and German dealers. Our customers were all utility cyclists who's bike was usually their sole means of transport. We enthusiastically fitted ic assist motors for the many cyclists that wanted them and over a million on...

And therein lies the problem, you are saying it's not a bicycle. It means you have accepted the EU decision that it is a unique intermediate class of power assisted vehicle. The class they've created for that is called L1e-A. More accurately I think you are arguing that L1e-A should share the...

That's how my two 2006 eZee bikes operated when switched into pedelec mode, fully working throttle but only while the pedals were turning. They were EU legal since that's how they were sent into that market. .

We can't without the government introducing the necessary legislation, and the DfT seem set against it. .

Indeed, this was commonplace sixty and more years ago when hordes commuted by bike. Long lines could be seen walking up steep hills, pushing their bikes, and anyone trying to struggle up by pedalling would be viewed as odd indeed. Not surprising of course, considering that bikes were commonly...

There is a way round the law to have a throttle without type approval in the EU. Germany and The Netherlands enjoy it and France will from January 2017. It's informally called the "S" class. There is generally a requirement for minimal registration with number plate and insurance, these being...

I'm sure their response would be a refusal for several reasons: The overwhelmingly majority markets in Europe have no problem with the pedelec only ruling. Adding throttles departs from the principle of the pedelec remaining a bicycle, all motive power being controlled through the pedals. The...

As you say, the EAPC revision doesn't state anything about throttles, but it's not just Clare Perry's word we need depend on. The IVS (International Vehicle Standards) division of the DfT have made the ruling that an e-bike with a fully acting throttle will be treated as an EAPC if it is type...

It will be, the Impulse units have only been 36 volt. .