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February 11, 2010 at 4:09 pm

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@General Lighting 371803 wrote:

thats one reason why I am not in any great hurry to get a car – (especially as I discovered bitter and real ale since moving here) – although I recently got a e-bike you still have to pedal it to get the best range and I ride more because I can go further.

I also try to keep as active as possible (which as I work between 3 sites and ride from Ipswich to Mid Suffolk every day isn’t a problem)

I found the moment I went past 30 I started putting on weight..

whats an e-bike?
February 11, 2010 at 4:24 pm

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a bike with an electric motor – the newest models are designed to look like decent bikes rather than machines for the elderly. bear in mind I quite regularly go up the B1113 from Old Newton towards Rickinghall, which I used to do on my unpowered pushbike but it was a bit of a mission particularly when you’ve got that gradient and a headwind.
February 11, 2010 at 4:27 pm

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@CozMik 372070 wrote:

can’t u get nicked for drink cycling?

yes, and being drugged as well but you would have to be really daft and putting yourself and others in danger before the cops get you. The only person I know of to manage it in 15 years (and bear in mind I have a strong interest in criminology) was some dude in Reading who was riding agrressively where there were lots of pedestrians in full view of CCTV.
February 11, 2010 at 9:13 pm

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@CozMik 372070 wrote:

can’t u get nicked for drink cycling?

u can get nicked for drink walking … i don’t think the penaultys are as harsh as if u get caught drink driving if there are any specific ones … for one it’s not like they can put points on your bike licence .. alltho they would probably fine u … (this is just guess work .. i don’t know the laws of riding bikes ..other than if u have over a certain wheel size it’s illigal to ride on the pavement)
February 11, 2010 at 9:28 pm

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they cannot put points on your license but you can be fined – Reading chap got fined about £400. In an extreme circumstance (a cyclist who knocked down and hurt a pedestrian) there could even be a custodial sentence but this is very rare indeed.

Cyclists of course do not want to run down people or animals as its usually equally painful to them when such a collision occurs!

I think only 10 or so pedestrians have been knocked down by cyclists in the last decade and only 2 or 3 seriously hurt/killed.
February 11, 2010 at 9:36 pm

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@General Lighting 372173 wrote:

they cannot put points on your license but you can be fined – Reading chap got fined about £400. In an extreme circumstance (a cyclist who knocked down and hurt a pedestrian) there could even be a custodial sentence but this is very rare indeed.

Cyclists of course do not want to run down people or animals as its usually equally painful to them when such a collision occurs!

I think only 10 or so pedestrians have been knocked down by cyclists in the last decade and only 2 or 3 seriously hurt/killed.

are you talking about that woman who killed that dude cos she went on the pavement and colided into him and went to jail? (i think it was the first time they used that law to it’s fullest since mby a hunderad years or so iirc)
February 11, 2010 at 10:47 pm

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reckon il try cycling to the pub instead this weekend then(!)
February 11, 2010 at 10:50 pm

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@CozMik 372183 wrote:

reckon il try cycling to the pub instead this weekend then(!)

you’ll probably cycle to the pub just fine … it’s the cycling back that ur really gonna have to try at 😛
February 11, 2010 at 11:51 pm

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I noticed (during the daytime) that two local real ale pubs here have a long metal pole/railing fixed to the side of the walls. When I asked some people who went there what the purpose of this was I was advised that they are put there so you can lock your bicycle to them – I had initially thought they were for drunk people to hold onto so they didn’t fall over!
February 12, 2010 at 6:07 pm

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@CozMik 372070 wrote:

can’t u get nicked for drink cycling?

yup
February 12, 2010 at 6:42 pm

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@General Lighting 372078 wrote:

a bike with an electric motor – the newest models are designed to look like decent bikes rather than machines for the elderly. bear in mind I quite regularly go up the B1113 from Old Newton towards Rickinghall, which I used to do on my unpowered pushbike but it was a bit of a mission particularly when you’ve got that gradient and a headwind.

Do you rate ebikes then GL? I am thinking about getting one to use to go to work on during the summer, I live 15miles from work which is a little bit too far. But I was thinking with an ebike I could easily do this.

Was looking at the cyclone conversion kits though as I prefer the idea of more choice on bike design and the fact I could probably go quicker with one 🙂
February 13, 2010 at 12:07 am

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if you look at a map and compare the sheer size of Reading/south Oxon/West Berks/West London area with where I live now (Suffolk) you will see why I wanted more assistance on longer distances. I did consider a moped but I ride late at night and would probably get ASBO for the noise, I cannot easily hide it in the house (I live on a estate where vehicles do occasionally “disappear”) and I also completely disagree with the concept of a CBT running out after 2 years as no other EU nation has this nonsense!

Alien kits from Scotland are easier to fit and have more technical support – also its worth trying to stay near the EU 15mph limit (there is some leeway) as there is a consultation over the e-bike laws, so cops are being trained to recognise them -a dn they are wise to some of the more powerful kits.

if you go too fast / too much power TVP could haul you up for riding a illegal moped… I would not want to go much faster than 17-20mph anyway on Oxon’s roads, they are narrow and dangerous compared to East Anglia

http://www.alienbikes.co.uk
February 13, 2010 at 12:20 am

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@General Lighting 372307 wrote:

if you look at a map and compare the sheer size of Reading/south Oxon/West Berks/West London area with where I live now (Suffolk) you will see why I wanted more assistance on longer distances. I did consider a moped but I ride late at night and would probably get ASBO for the noise, I cannot easily hide it in the house (I live on a estate where vehicles do occasionally “disappear”) and I also completely disagree with the concept of a CBT running out after 2 years as no other EU nation has this nonsense!

Alien kits from Scotland are easier to fit and have more technical support – also its worth trying to stay near the EU 15mph limit (there is some leeway) as there is a consultation over the e-bike laws, so cops are being trained to recognise them -a dn they are wise to some of the more powerful kits.

if you go too fast / too much power TVP could haul you up for riding a illegal moped… I would not want to go much faster than 17-20mph anyway on Oxon’s roads, they are narrow and dangerous compared to East Anglia

http://www.alienbikes.co.uk

I have both a car and a motorbike license, I want a motorbike for work but what i want is not practical for my needs. To get to work on a push bike I will be tackling some major roads so I want a bit of speed 🙂 about 30mph would be fine.. These kits on your link look a bit more suitable, a bit more discrete being a motor mounted in the hub.

The roads are shot round here, fallen apart in the cold weather! I think you could get away with a quick eBike, got away with years of modifying bikes 😉 just got to remember to not be obvious and you blend in :weee:
February 13, 2010 at 12:48 am

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@starlaugh 372311 wrote:

I have both a car and a motorbike license, I want a motorbike for work but what i want is not practical for my needs. To get to work on a push bike I will be tackling some major roads so I want a bit of speed 🙂 about 30mph would be fine.. These kits on your link look a bit more suitable, a bit more discrete being a motor mounted in the hub.

the other catch though is if its way outside EU e-bike spec the whole machine needs to be specially approved by VOSA as a low power moped, registered etc (this is what did for all the mini motos and monkey bikes), and you have to wear a regulation helmet..

you probably can get away with about 20-22 as people on normal pushbikes can get to that speed, but any more than that and cops are liable to realise what it is, particularly as TVP has a cycle response unit..
February 13, 2010 at 7:51 am

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