battery power is wrong in my opinion

[crackers]

coming home from work today on my road bike,wat looked like a mountain bike passed me going up hill i thought. IM not having this put i couldn't catch him then i realized hd wasn't even pedaling, now ihave to up my game and catch him, and tell him if you can't be arsed pedaling get a motorbike

 

[G3CWI]

if you can't be arsed pedaling get a motorbike

He has.

 

[MikeW-71]

I thought e-bikes were not allowed to do that? ie. You have to pedal for the motor to assist?

 

[MikeG]

Please tell the guy who cycles with my club, despite being nearly crippled by an attack of the bends a few years ago and now barely able to walk, that battery assistance is wrong.

 

[John the Canuck]

^^^^^.....and while you're doing that

please tell my sis in law - who is undergoing chemo till March 2015
and my brother who has chronic hip pain

that they cannot cycle their e-bikes any more

idiot

 

[Salad Dodger]

And Mrs Salad, with a gammy knee and dodgy hip.

 

[Garethgas]

I'm pretty sure that the OP was just making a light hearted comment, and not a personal attack on everyone you know who has one due to medical problems.

 

[Crankarm]

Shocking ……...

 

[CopperCyclist]

I thought e-bikes were not allowed to do that? ie. You have to pedal for the motor to assist?

No, as long as the electric motor doesn't assist them past 15mph, and some other rules. See below link for the full rules.

https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules

 

[raleighnut]

I fitted an electric front wheel kit to Maz's Dawes Geneva (she's got arthritis in both knees) and because it had a front hub dynamo and rack fitted the bike doesn't look any different to standard unless you look very closely. The days of e-bikes looking ugly are passing and the new kits work so well I've got one on order for the Trike as my leg restricts hill climbing (not good when the house is on the top of a hill)

 

[crackers]

^^^^^.....and while you're doing that

please tell my sis in law - who is undergoing chemo till March 2015
and my brother who has chronic hip pain

that they cannot cycle their e-bikes any more

idiot

i can assure you the man in question was in no way impaired, i was just trying to have a light hearted discussion, i would never have a go at anyone who was less than able, my dad had been using a mobility scooter for last five years, so i know how it feels to have a family member who can't get around like they used to, and to sugest i was is insulting to say the least

 

[crackers]

I thought e-bikes were not allowed to do that? ie. You have to pedal for the motor to assist?

i thought this as well, i was riding at just over 20 and couldn't get near him.

 

[helston90]

Is it possible to deregulate the e-bikes rather like the 50/125 cc moped riders used to? Otherwise a maintained 15mph over a good route could be a great wind break.

 

[BSRU]

i thought this as well, i was riding at just over 20 and couldn't get near him.

I've seen a few in Swindon, they are supposed to be limited to 15 or 16 mph.
Very confusing at first as they whizzing along but not pedalling but an easy scalp especially down hill

 

[Beebo]

I get a little annoyed when I am overtaken by an e bike I see regularly, especially when I know it's illegal, but the guy who rides it probably couldnt give a toss what I think, so I just get on with my day.
(But it still secretly annoys me, it just seems like cheating. there I've said it.)