Cyclist gets caught with 'help up hills' motor.

[Drago]

Chap I know is very much into his Velosolexes.

 

[Illaveago]

The Cyclemaster and similar conversions were certainly legal if registered and displaying a number plate. No brake light or extra braking required. View attachment 585911

I think they were marketed as "clip on " motors .

 

[Blue Hills]

My ex mother-in-law always got the DM - weird as she is an immigrant - but she kept the last couple of weeks copies in a pile
I used to like going through them playing "spot the journalism" - some very good writing in there with lots of facts
the actual facts could normally be found on the 2nd page of a very long article - and were there to justify the rabble rousing comments in the first 2 or 3 paragraphs
Very well written to be able to make apparently ridiculous comments and make it impossible to sue them because the facts were all reported accurately - albeit rather later on
Very interesting little game!

common tabloid game that - real story near the bottom.
on shorter single page stories it's often best to read the last three paras pretty quickly before getting too sucked into the earlier stuff.
but at least it's there.
I agree that it is well written.

 

[Cycleops]

When you start with a Huffy, I think whatever you add to it you'll always be gilding a t*rd.

I thought it was a Huffy at first but if you look on the down tube it says Trek. Most Huffys are characterized by a one piece crankset.

 

[Drago]

The headline should read "Motorcyclist gets caught with unregistered vehicle, no licence or insurance". However, that wouldn't be salacious enough for Mail readers, some of whom may on motorbikes themselves, so the ire gets directed back at cyclists, who as a user group technically had nothing to do with this matter.

 

[Ian H]

If you're really bored: https://cyclemaster.wordpress.com/

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The Cyclemaster and similar conversions were certainly legal if registered and displaying a number plate. No brake light or extra braking required. View attachment 585911

I remember those things, there were a number of different makes and quite a few running around during the 1950's when I was a boy.

 

[MartinQ]

With the seat at that angle, he'd slide off backwards if he even looked at a hill.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The headline should read "Motorcyclist gets caught with unregistered vehicle, no licence or insurance". However, that wouldn't be salacious enough for Mail readers, some of whom may on motorbikes themselves, so the ire gets directed back at cyclists, who as a user group technically had nothing to do with this matter.

or even “Motorist gets caught with unregistered vehicle, no licence or insurance” and tries to claim they are a cyclist.

 

[DRM]

The Cyclemaster and similar conversions were certainly legal if registered and displaying a number plate. No brake light or extra braking required. View attachment 585911

Some one near me rides one of those, seems to be registered so will be legit

 

[DRM]

You've got to laugh. He claimed the motor was just a small one to help him up hills' but the judge didn't see the funny side:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rol-engine-push-bike-help-Teesside-hills.html
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DM call it 'powered by a petrol tank' in their usual style.

Crikey, a Cleveland Harley Davidson !!! looks a total death trap, the idiot should keep pedalling uphill, you‘ll get better at it

 

[Pale Rider]

Apparently this type of bike was very popular immediately after the war when money was still generally short, petrol was still rationed, and consumer goodies were not widely available

They died a death fairly swiftly after rationing ended in 1950, people became more prosperous, and were able to buy relatively cheap cars thanks to the advent of mass production.

 

[rogerzilla]

Someone nearby on Faecebook Marketplace (a kind of illiterate car boot sale) was selling a 1500W ebike last week.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Apparently this type of bike was very popular immediately after the war when money was still generally short, petrol was still rationed, and consumer goodies were not widely available

They died a death fairly swiftly after rationing ended in 1950, people became more prosperous, and were able to buy relatively cars thanks to the advent of mass production.

I remember them being common into the early 1960's.

 

[Drago]

I can recall tales of squaddies on national service taking half a day to ride home on leave on one of these. I wouldn't mind one myself as a toy, but suspect good ones shoft for serious dollar.