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Hang around for a while in this forum and you might see posts claiming that so called 'battery fires' are not a problem at all, very rare even, so forget about them.

Yeah, sure, but make any complaint about the product\quality and you could end up with Novochok on your hand grips.

Fat tyre conversions have been available for a Brompton for a while. For instance; https://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/folding-bikes/brompton/the-mtbrompton/ But now we have the G-Line which is all complete for around the same price.

Brompton tyres are ETRO 35/349 size. Most of the 16" x 1.75" you see are 47/305 so wont fit, too small. Dont recall seeing a 47/305 .............

People do fit fatter tyres on the 16" Brompton. But you need to change the forks, rear triangle and mudguards, and maybe the brakes, because of clearance issues. The new G-Line, has 20" x 2" tyres, but the frame is designed for them.

I did a similar conversion on a Brompton, I wanted the battery on the front bag block so the battery could stay in place when the bike was folded. The L shaped bracket takes most of the weigh, so the bag just needs to support the controller.

Private e-scooters are illegal in a lot of places, but little seems to be done to stop them being used. So if a 'license' is required how likely is it that its enforced ?

If the forks on my bike are a bit stiff, can you treat them ?

It seems quite common that people who do bad stuff express 'remorse' ----- when caught.

What type of blank do you have ?

Indeed. But in retrospect, I was forgetting how readily some are prepared to lie to the Police etc, as in; Policeman: "did you deliberately set the cut off speed above the legal limit ?" Deceitful cyclist: "No officer, it must have been an imperfection on my part"

Whilst the 'guidelines' are that you wont be prosecuted unless you exceed the legal limit +10%, I doubt they are saying that you can never be prosecuted for exceeding the legal limit. Say you have an accident and the Police actually check your bike and see that you have set the cutoff to...

Well for road legal UK use, the motor should stop giving assistance once you exceed 25kmph. So if your looking for a eBike that 'I can pedal quickly (>25 km/h)' then most all of them will do that if you put in the effort when the motor stops providing assistance.

Indeed, and unless they subscribe to Amazon Prime, they would not have free delivery.

So if your on Personal Independent Payments, is that a legal loophole around some of the eBike regulations ?

And several 'journeys' a day apparently.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly29m5rrd4o The guy was interviewed on Radio 4 Today, this morning.

Lots of cycle mudguards have a protector covering the front edge of the mudguard. Even the plastic ones on my eMountainBike has them, maybe not so important for plastic mudguards but a definite safety feature for metal mudguards.

I beleive the policy for electric bikes is the same as it is for vehicles; https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/legal/speeding-fines/#am-i-allowed-a-10-leeway-of-the-speed-limit

Unfortunately the (probably) illegal use of eBikes by Delivery riders is very visible to the public. Every time I go out on my bike I will see plenty of Delivery riders, no pedaling and throttle only and going way faster than 15.5mph. And self converted bikes apparently held together by gaffa...