As a newbee on your forum I will apologise 1st incase I don't follow protocol or break any rules.
My name is Steve and I work within the cycle trade (200 hire cycles and sales and repair )
on the isle of Sark in the channel islands, yes thats the one with no cars, a few horse drawn carriages and 90 ish tractors, so the cycle rules.
The island is a rock approx 352ft high x 3miles x 1-1/2 miles, a few hills and no tarmac roads, ( just dirt tracks or muddy tracks when wet ).
Now you would think on an island where the cycle rules it would be king but here comes the surprise, electic bikes are regulated by a lot more legislation than you would think.
You can only use an electric cycle if : you can prove you need it on medical grounds and the road traffic commitee has issued you with a licence to use one, you also need insurance and they are trying to enforce a yearly medical ( no nhs here, you have to pay ).
Furthermore an ordinary cycle warrents £11 per year road tax but an electric bike is £15.
Why you may ask is this on an island where the cycle rules, and could be used for peoples jobs, well this is where I am hoping this forum, with it's knowledgeable members
may be able to supply me with some suggestions and debate to argue this seeminglyridiculous situation in our parliament ( chief pleas ).
We left fudialism in 2008 for democracy !!!.
many thanks for any helpful discussion.
My name is Steve and I work within the cycle trade (200 hire cycles and sales and repair )
on the isle of Sark in the channel islands, yes thats the one with no cars, a few horse drawn carriages and 90 ish tractors, so the cycle rules.
The island is a rock approx 352ft high x 3miles x 1-1/2 miles, a few hills and no tarmac roads, ( just dirt tracks or muddy tracks when wet ).
Now you would think on an island where the cycle rules it would be king but here comes the surprise, electic bikes are regulated by a lot more legislation than you would think.
You can only use an electric cycle if : you can prove you need it on medical grounds and the road traffic commitee has issued you with a licence to use one, you also need insurance and they are trying to enforce a yearly medical ( no nhs here, you have to pay ).
Furthermore an ordinary cycle warrents £11 per year road tax but an electric bike is £15.
Why you may ask is this on an island where the cycle rules, and could be used for peoples jobs, well this is where I am hoping this forum, with it's knowledgeable members
may be able to supply me with some suggestions and debate to argue this seeminglyridiculous situation in our parliament ( chief pleas ).
We left fudialism in 2008 for democracy !!!.
many thanks for any helpful discussion.
I used to live in Jersey, but never made it to Sark, Guernsey was the furthest I got. Riding a bike in Jersey is a dangerous pastime, car drivers rule the roost, especially the Chelsea tractors and Maserati's. It's so important to own a car that has a top speed of 185 mph on an island that is forty five square miles in size. Still I suppose all those financiers have to spend their money on something. Did you meet all the requirements for an electric bike?
