Kingfisher101
Veteran
Its true, I work there.
Experiences of taking an ebike on a train?
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Its true, I work there.
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This Wreckage
Active Member
Thanks for letting me know.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Think the manager would think to put something on the website
Possibly in the bit about bike parking facilities??
or is that too much to ask??
Whether it's a local station policy or National Rail's it should be widely publicised on their website!
I was asking on the forum about locking a bike up at Leeds last week. As it happens the bike I was planning to lock up isn't an ebike but it could have been as I have 3, and I never mentioned the the type of bike. I'd have been extremely miffed if I'd turned up and seen those signs!
I was asking on the forum about locking a bike up at Leeds last week. As it happens the bike I was planning to lock up isn't an ebike but it could have been as I have 3, and I never mentioned the the type of bike. I'd have been extremely miffed if I'd turned up and seen those signs!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Not what I asked, but thanks for the personal attack and you can go back on ignore.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Just read in the Echo that all ebikes are banned from MerseyRail trains and stations
including the bike parking
Except folding ebikes
which is a pain - I can see why they don;t distinguish between "proper" ones and dodgy DIY ones - the staff can do without the arguments
and not "cool dude" would be seen dead on a folding ebike so they are less likely to be dodgy
but it is a pain
including the bike parking
Except folding ebikes
which is a pain - I can see why they don;t distinguish between "proper" ones and dodgy DIY ones - the staff can do without the arguments
and not "cool dude" would be seen dead on a folding ebike so they are less likely to be dodgy
but it is a pain
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I wouldn't be so sure. I've started seeing some horrible-looking lash-ups on recent trips to London. Technically, they're still folding bikes, but won't fold properly with the fat front tyres, and there's no way the hub-motor wheel or rack-taped battery came with the bike.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
I can believe that
The staff still have the option of saying
OK -it's a folder - so fold it and you can get on
The problem with "proper EPACS" v. dodgy ebikes is not so easy to work out
OK a good quality Raleigh with a Bosch drive is fairly clearly OK (like mine)
but if the person behind me has and old Carrera with a massive hub dive and battery nailed onto the frame and help on with tape
then the staff have to argue with him about why his is different to mine
(I use male - could be female but ........)
N0bodyOfTheGoat
Über Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
This thread prompted me to google about ebikes on TfW (Transport for Wales) trains and they apparently have a weight limit of 25Kg, although cod only knows how they police that... A secret weigh bridge in the guards carriage? 
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
This thread prompted me to google about ebikes on TfW (Transport for Wales) trains and they apparently have a weight limit of 25Kg, although cod only knows how they police that... A secret weigh bridge in the guards carriage?
That would make sense - assuming they have a set of scales handy
those massive hub motors must weigh a bit and the bigger batteries to power them must weight more than I need on mine
AND they generally nail them on and fix them with 5 rolls of tape
whereas I can just take mine off
N0bodyOfTheGoat
Über Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
It must make a lot of hybrid/mtb/fat-folding ebikes with ~500Wh+ batteries rather borderline!
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Maybe - I have no idea what mine weighs!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I remain of the opinion that it is fairly simple: look for the info plate and check it matches the bike at first glance. Most of the ones you need to worry about aren't even going to fake an info plate.
Some of them should be barred for having bulging or cracked batteries, whether or not they're attached to a legal bike.
classic33
Leg End Member
Weight limit is in line with most other means of transport, aircraft, coaches. And is governed more by health and safety regulations where luggage may be moved by an employee at work.This thread prompted me to google about ebikes on TfW (Transport for Wales) trains and they apparently have a weight limit of 25Kg, although cod only knows how they police that... A secret weigh bridge in the guards carriage?
