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The technical area is the same as in the old forum, it was never intended for routine posting but was intended to be for permanent items on tech matters. The Electric Bicycles forum is the right one to post technical matters and queries into. Not my rules, just the way the administrators set...

The reason we are not so good is as I always point out, they are not pretending to be world powers at the top table. Britain's pretext to be on a par with the world's leading nations is bought with nuclear missile submarines like Trident, a nuclear weapon stockpile, aircraft carriers...

Saw this being demonstrated on TV and it looked plenty of fun, far better than a Segway. Sadly of course not legal anywhere in public.

You did indeed Trex, preventing overly severe interpretations of the regulations. But of course BEBA were not involved in making the restrictions. Quite the opposite, they are currently trying to do something about the threat to include bikes with batteries fitted in carriage restrictions, so...

They laid the foundations for potholes.

Here's the active link to see that video.

Trex, please forgive me for quoting a post you directed to David, but I first wanted to thank you for clearing up why you dislike BEBA so much, something which had been puzzling me. I don't think self-builders need have anything to fear, and I point to the UK's kit car industry in that...

Simply not true, Just one of their achievements, the 250 watts waiver is a huge success. Many others had tried previously to get the power anomaly cleared up but the DfT always stubbornly refused to rule, saying that it was a matter for the courts to interpret. That would have meant certain...

P.S. to my above post. I see you've added Accell who are not eligible for membership of a British trade association . They are a Dutch group of international bicycle companies who don't operate as a seller of e-bikes, only their companies do that, none of them British. I don't understand your...

I take it that by fwg you mean Freego-Wisper? They are both members of BEBA and both very successful in the retail market as you intimate. Halfords are in no way biggish in e-bikes, their attempts to be so have failed. Cyclamatic aren't a company. SportsHQ and Tesco have both only been in...

Just as well for you the English don't get a vote then, a large majority have been polled as yes voters!

Why would I take biblical delusions seriously sixpence_none_the_richer? Laughable.

And the answer is the same as I gave above, join. And as for "biggish", you might be surprised. Who in the British e-bike scene would you regard as "biggish"? As Frank Curran of Powabyke once remarked, this forum's membership doesn't in any way represent the larger market.

The rules are made by the BEBA members, so the best way to change them is, as ever, to join.

Or perhaps it's a lock to prevent ladies in long skirts from stealing it. :D

BEBA have represented us in discussions with the DfT on the forthcoming change in e-bike laws and kept us fully informed about that. Among their representations was an attempt to increase the permitted power, but scuppered by bodies representing motorcycles and ordinary bikes like the since...

This Cyclone webpage shows just such a setup which could guide an installation John, motor choices shown at the foot of the page.

Well, the Juicybike below uses the same frame, 26" wheels and large section tyres as the Cadence so will ride similarly in true cruiser fashion. Worth investigating: Juicybike Merlin Click