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    Speed Pedelec successfully registered with DVLA (Riese & Muller Cruiser HS Vario)

    Good to know, I hate when **** is unrepairable... but I think we have drifted off-topic here :D
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    Speed Pedelec successfully registered with DVLA (Riese & Muller Cruiser HS Vario)

    Haha Louis... I have been following his channel forever. He made the mistake of buying crappy chinese ebike that did not come with safe battery and it caught fire one day... :D His XP is the reason I limited my e-bike acquisition to BOSCH systems only with their batteries. I do not trust random...
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    Speed Pedelec successfully registered with DVLA (Riese & Muller Cruiser HS Vario)

    I did not know the Netherlands story. I wonder the level of "chaos". I will research it. Thanks. I mean this all is more a nuisance to me rather than a thing to put me off electric bikes. There is still a lot to gain from owning one even if one has to be vexed extra for their ownership....
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    Speed Pedelec successfully registered with DVLA (Riese & Muller Cruiser HS Vario)

    Thanks for all the answers. I think I get the picture now. About my comments on the nonsensical nature of the legislation my point was that the law is focused on the people breaking it rather than the people who want to follow it. As such it is a double standard as opposed to international...
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    Speed Pedelec successfully registered with DVLA (Riese & Muller Cruiser HS Vario)

    My main issue with this is that they in true british fashion come up with arbitrary rules without those rules making much sense at all... and that is doing the respect of the law a disservice as most people would take it as just red tape for no reason and does you a disservice because it screws...
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    Speed Pedelec successfully registered with DVLA (Riese & Muller Cruiser HS Vario)

    That was going to be my next question. Does the Police stop people with bikes that do not look like electric bikes all that much, such as the R&M Charger3(where the battery is integrated and the motor is also rather well hidden? Does the police know what to look for in general on these bikes...
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    Speed Pedelec successfully registered with DVLA (Riese & Muller Cruiser HS Vario)

    OK so the only question remains: How much is the fine for not doing all this nonsense. That might be cheaper. :D