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At one of the DfT and interested parties meetings, the DfT stated that the usual 10% tolerance for all UK speed limits equally applied to e-bikes. Clearly from their comment it's standard practice, no doubt recognised by the police and other authorities. .

That's a pity, and I think it's really a misuse of the Forum's facilities. I believe the forum is the place for communication. .

Despite some disagreements we've had, I don't hestitate to say d8veh is a very important member of this forum and it would be much the poorer without him. Therefore I hope he's not away too long. As others have remarked, he has taken breaks before, and considering his substantial input, they...

They are definitely related. Just look to the way the decline stopped in the 1970s and '80s when first the Raleigh Chopper enjoyed a huge surge in child cycling and then the mountain bike did the same for adult cycling. More cycling recently has made it proportionally a little safer, but the...

Yes, this is sensible, it is in essence everything we realistically asked for during consultations: 250 watts. Permission for independent throttles. No weight limits that impair trike possibilities. Power for quad bicycles. I think we should all contact in support of the proposals. It's as...

The loss has two parts: 1) An unwillingness from the outset to properly enter into the spirit of the organisation. 2) The active and I think quite deliberate spoiling by John Major when he pushed the organisation hard towards it's enlargement into the old Soviet bloc countries, far beyond...

Just as well, given their grossly dishonest reporting on EU issues. .

There have been many bicycle sidecars in the past, including banking ones, but they seem to have dropped out of favour. The added width tends to lose many of a bicycle's disadvantages of course. .

Agreed, but once again the practice is different. In a transport example close to us, EU motor vehicle type approval directive 2002/EC/24 was issued to all member states on 9th May 2003 with a requirement to implement it within six months, combined with a demand that all conflicting national...

I won't attempt to comment on all the above since I was aware of many of those facts. But the crucial element is contained in the above quoted extract. Whether a court has the power is not the important thing, it's whether their rulings will be enforced, a very different matter in practice...

Try before buying, I wouldn't describe their claim of 200 watts actual maximum power as being adequate and certainly not as slightly less powerful. Our nominal 250 watt legal e-bikes actually kick out more like 400 watts at least, and the better performing ones up to 700 watts. The 250 figure...

I don't, I only have extracts from those present, but be assured there are no enforceable EU reasons why this stance could be opposed. Although in principle any EU citizen is entitled to the same benefits as any other EU citizen, and although the EU has as primary position in road transport...

While clearly not for you, for many the pleasure of riding unassisted and the fitness it gives, the same reasons why anyone indulges in any high activity pursuit. I've had some sort of involvement or interest in powered bicycles since i first fitted assistance motors in the 1950s, but it wasn't...

Though I support your views on many government transport policies, this is clearly not true: See this linked page on my website. .

Not judging by the DfT view expressed at the last meeting on the subject of wattage ratings. They made it clear then that fast e-bikes like the S class were out of the question in the UK. That should surprise no-one, every move we have ever made on traffic speed law has been towards more...

Fully agreed Dave. In this respect the best pedelec I owned was my first one, the Panasonic crank unit powered Giant Lafree Twist Lite which weighed just 22 kilos. That was good, considering it had an NiMh battery which alone weighed almost two of those kilos. In the almost six years of...

Evidence from years ago when cheap shopper e-bikes were the largest sellers was that they were almost entirely used for transport. But as the general riding quality of e-bikes improved, there seems to be plenty of indications that the e-bike enthusiasts at least are using them increasingly for...

The latest edition of A to B magazine reports on a number of Woosh models in a review of the under £1300 market, but without testing most of them. Others getting mentions are Kudos, Momentum, Ezee's motorised Dahon, AS bikes, Cyclotricity, Giant, Gazelle, Oxygen and Tonaro. Unfortunately they...

With the ever more prominent selling of illegally fast e-bikes, it had to happen before long. The story is on this link .

The brakes are the same, as is the cooling disc. I don't know when the coolling disc was first introduced, but I know of an e-bike model with the Shimano cooling disc on the rear brake as standard 9 years ago. .