Dos_Box Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 And the only reason is because it can do 28mph when the legal limit for 'assisted' bikes is 15mph: UK government says no to turbo e-bike ? reghardware What a shame because it looks great too!
DT2 Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Surprises me the government didn't allow them and hammer them for tax, insurance, license etc..... DT
nicholab Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I have hit 35mph on my road bike anyway. One of the people I go with has hit 43mph
Netwacky87 Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I have hit 35mph on my road bike anyway. One of the people I go with has hit 43mph Some of my previous car's have struggled to get to 43mph!
DT2 Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I once hit 52, before I bottled it and made a grab for the stoppers. It was whilst downhill riding in Cumbria. Scary but exhilarating at the same time.
GrumbleDook Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I have been pulled over for speeding on a bike before, as I was overtaking a car going about 20 and I had hit 38. The fact that the previous week that section of the road was marked as 50, the new signs were hidden by overhanging trees ... well, it didn't help that I had a day pack on with some of my training weapons in for a self-defence demo I was doing later that day. The 'gun' was carved in wood, the knives were clearly rubber and the linked chains were plastic. The main problem they had with the speed was that push bike brakes are just not up to sudden stopping at high speeds. That is the main argument against the assisted bikes and for good reason.
Davit2005 Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) I have been pulled over for speeding on a bike before, as I was overtaking a car going about 20 and I had hit 38. The fact that the previous week that section of the road was marked as 50, the new signs were hidden by overhanging trees ... well, it didn't help that I had a day pack on with some of my training weapons in for a self-defence demo I was doing later that day. The 'gun' was carved in wood, the knives were clearly rubber and the linked chains were plastic. The main problem they had with the speed was that push bike brakes are just not up to sudden stopping at high speeds. That is the main argument against the assisted bikes and for good reason. 28 seems to be the best (measured by GPS) that I've got upto. Think I need a racing bike with decent gearing not a mountain bike with great big chunky tyres :-( (added) or a longer downward hill. Edited March 29, 2012 by Davit2005
jinnantonnixx Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 It looks like that Spesh has 120mm disk brakes, so they'll be fine!
jinnantonnixx Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) I got passed by an electric bike a couple of weeks ago. I don't hang about, even on a single-speed with 700x23c tyres I'm pretty nippy. But this thing just went passed me at about 30mph or so. They're supposed to be speed-restricted, but there's obviously ways around it. Edited March 29, 2012 by jinnantonnixx
flyinghaggis Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 That looks really nice Presmuably if the 15mph restriction is the only thing stopping it then Specialized will simply release a 'restricted' version limited to that speed for the UK? Having said that there's no way I'd spend nearly £5000 on a bicycle even if it was capable of 28mph!
Pete10141748 Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Having said that there's no way I'd spend nearly £5000 on a bicycle even if it was capable of 28mph! Agreed! I only paid £1400 for my Yamaha YBR125 and it gets up to 70mph happily... motorbike > pushbike anyway
PotNoodleTech Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 Thats a strange one. As I understood it the law allowed powerful (<250w or <15mph non pedelec) electric bikes to be sold but only for use on private property. I.e you can buy one but it would be illegal to use it in public. (you could however use it on private property e.g your farm or your mile ling driveway). I would assume this is actually the case here rather than the bike being totally banned from sale??
jinnantonnixx Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 I just presumed a restricted electric "assisted" bike was OK for road use. I might be wrong. Anyway, good job there's so much regulation - how dare someone have the audacity to commute in an efficient way.
SimpleSi Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 I'll bet it can't make 28mph on the flat with me on board Si
AMLinington Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 I have hit 35mph on my road bike anyway. One of the people I go with has hit 43mph I'd love to see a road bike trip a speed camera. Sods law says I'd get done for it though simply by virtue of being in the picture. I'm also pretty sure road bikes can't trip the cameras. Something about them not being large enough for the camera to 'see' or something. It's probably guff though.
jinnantonnixx Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) I'd love to see a road bike trip a speed camera. Sods law says I'd get done for it though simply by virtue of being in the picture. I'm also pretty sure road bikes can't trip the cameras. Something about them not being large enough for the camera to 'see' or something. It's probably guff though. You can set them off, sometimes. There's a video on Youtube of a guy setting them off on a bike whilst wearing a paragliding motor! I suspect the legality of this may fall on the side of 'not'. Nothing you do on a bike can affect your driving licence, but you could get done for 'cycling furiously'. Edited March 30, 2012 by jinnantonnixx
Guest salan Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 My grandfather was done for speeding once (many many moons ago) for speeding in a milk float! I also went to school with two chaps who quite apart from dressing in waist coat and dickie bow, also rode a tandem. They were often stopped for speeding. All you could hear when they went past was this 'woom woom' and boy could they go! alan
shenley Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 Nothing you do on a bike can affect your driving licence, but you could get done for 'cycling furiously'.It appears as though the courts have the power to disqualify you from driving a car (and send you to prison for 2 years) if you’re convicted of causing bodily harm by wanton or furious cycling or racing, or by wilful misconduct or wilful neglect on a bicycle. OAPA s35. Note. I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV, so YMMV. I would not recommend testing this!
jinnantonnixx Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 It didn't mention anything about licence endorsements in that text, but again, I'm not a law guy. AFAIK, the only thing that can affect your licence that doesn't actually involve a car is going equipped to steal.
Alis_Klar Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Linky? No link it never happened!! You can set them off, sometimes. There's a video on Youtube of a guy setting them off on a bike whilst wearing a paragliding motor! I suspect the legality of this may fall on the side of 'not'. Nothing you do on a bike can affect your driving licence, but you could get done for 'cycling furiously'.
soveryapt Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 I once hit 52, before I bottled it and made a grab for the stoppers. It was whilst downhill riding in Cumbria. Scary but exhilarating at the same time. I've done that before now. Got to around about 50 (I think it might have been 53 from memory) but yeah, decided brakes were a good idea at that point .. was such a rush though ..
jinnantonnixx Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Linky? No link it never happened!! Challenge accepted. I'll look for it at lunchtime.
mats Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 For £4K5 you could get a trice which will do daft speeds just on leg power.
Oaktech Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) I'd love to see a road bike trip a speed camera. Sods law says I'd get done for it though simply by virtue of being in the picture. I'm also pretty sure road bikes can't trip the cameras. Something about them not being large enough for the camera to 'see' or something. It's probably guff though. Urban myth i'm afraid. I've done it... tripped a 30mph camera locally. Its pretty steep down hill on a piece of road that used to be derestricted but after a few accidents they decided to drop the speedlimit to 30, I forgot, flew past it at nearly 40 and lo-and behold it went off. It was months ago and i've never heard anything more. I'm pretty quick, I got stopped for doing 26, slightly uphill on a wide cycleway and got told by the plod that i was travelling "Inadvisably quickly" given that it was dusk and raining! I'm a bit of a purist... If you can't cycle, don't cycle, don't buy an electric bike! Edited May 18, 2012 by Oaktech
nicholab Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Silly thing is to encourage cycling you want cyclist to be able to go a fast as possible so it is a time saver cycling. When cycling you have the changing aspect as well so you need to save time on route!!
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