Does anyone know if this is legally a bicycle?

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classic33

Leg End Member
The company behind them call them scooters.
In the case of one, they called them scooters. They went into liquidation earlier this year.
 

Seevio

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South Glos
Neither have I :-)
Being a curious soul, I looked up the definition of a bicycle, and the definition of a footpath. It seems a footpath has a definition, which is different from a pavement. A pavement is the paved area at the side of a road. A road extends from ‘hedge to hedge’. A ‘pavement’ is part of the road, but you cannot drive on the pavement (Highways Act 1835), but you can cycle on it at the discretion of the police, even though it is illegal under the Highways Act. But prams can use the pavement, because they are not defined as a ‘carriage’. Hope that’s clear :-)
A ‘footpath’, however, can not be cycled on - I assume this means keep your bike on the bridle way.

A pavement is merely the part of the highway that is paved. The bit at the side of the road where people walk is the footway.

As far as I can tell, there is no specific offence committed when cycling on a footpath unless there is a bylaw prohibiting it. There is, however, no right of way for cycling so you could leave yourself open to civil proceedings if the landowners don't like it.
 
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