Bristol- Bath cycle path users

[Drago]

... ideally by ten big blokes with cricket bats - I suspect a couple of broken arms a piece would prevent them behaving in such a needlessly horrible way.

Really saddens me that the rise of illegal e-bikes appears to have drawn gobshites to areas that were once a bastion of peace and respite for cyclists

Soon as I've found my balaclava I'll be on my way.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Todays Bristol Post reports a 'sharp increase' in crimes.....4. Yep, four up. Frankly given the number of people who use it, you're more likely to get mugged in the city centre in broad daylight.

 

[blackrat]

Would it be fair comment to suggest that just as we castigate news outlets for only printing bad news, thus giving the impression to the casual reader that all news is bad and there are no or few silver linings, that commenting on bad experiences for cycling on British roads and paths gives the impression that all is rotten for cyclists in Britain?

 

[mjr]

Would it be fair comment to suggest that just as we castigate news outlets for only printing bad news, thus giving the impression to the casual reader that all news is bad and there are no or few silver linings, that commenting on bad experiences for cycling on British roads and paths gives the impression that all is rotten for cyclists in Britain?

Only if you never comment on the good experiences, surely?

 

[fossyant]

It happens enough on these shared paths. I was attacked in September around 5pm on the way home on a shared path in Manchester. Fortunately I got away with the help of my 90's 'tank' MTB.

 

[blackrat]

It happens enough on these shared paths. I was attacked in September around 5pm on the way home on a shared path in Manchester. Fortunately I got away with the help of my 90's 'tank' MTB.

I find it appalling that anyone should be attacked in this way, here in the US, I have never encountered anything like this kind of mindless violence in areas expected to be frequented by people going about their normal business or pleasure.
There is something seriously wrong with a society that breeds these delinquents and then appear to tolerate their anti-social behaviour.

 

[fossyant]

I find it appalling that anyone should be attacked in this way, here in the US, I have never encountered anything like this kind of mindless violence in areas expected to be frequented by people going about their normal business or pleasure.
There is something seriously wrong with a society that breeds these delinquents and then appear to tolerate their anti-social behaviour.

You just get shot dead in the States

 

[blackrat]

You just get shot dead in the States

Pretty silly response. Why bother to make it?

 

[YMFB]

Nope. They can't currently legally be sold like that but use is legal, subject to assistance power and speed limits, and labelling. Few modded e-bikes comply, making them uninsured, untested, unapproved motorbikes.

They are not motorbikes, they are illegal ebikes, the clue is in the name. it sadly took years for the Police to make inroads into the the misuse of motorbikes by getting small scrambler style motorbikes themselves.

 

[Drago]

Illegal ebikes are, dependent upon weight and/or performance, legally classed mopeds or motorcycles.

There is no class of vehicle in either law or in actual fact called "illegal ebikes". They are simply motorcycles.

 

[captain nemo1701]

I think an illegal ebike can exist for example one that starts as fully EAPC compliant but then has had it's top speed limiter removed or raised, or one that is fully compliant but perhaps has never been certified. Obviously once the modifications go too far, or if the bike was never EAPC compliant to begin with, it could become a motorcycle.

Apart from the 'ninja yoof' pulling wheelies on their ebikes....sorry...emotorbikes (pit bikes have all but vanished), I see plenty of people on those big 'cargo' bikes going past without pedaling...uphill. seems to be a trend now, modding bikes so you don't have to pedal. A bit like using escooters to avoid walking....its our society, orientated towards maximum ultra-convenience at minimal, preferably no, effort.

 

[matticus]

A bit like using escooters to avoid walking....its our society, orientated towards maximum ultra-convenience at minimal, preferably no, effort.

You mean like people driving the same distance?

 

[captain nemo1701]

You mean like people driving the same distance?

It fits. Except they don't swoop from behind you on pavements, try to overtake on the inside, ride the wrong way down a painted cycle lanes etc...Everytime I see someone on a pavement on an escooter I'm tempted to ask them why their legs don't appear to be working. Its all about zero effort, encourages laziness. See above post for obese people in hover chairs

 

[FishFright]

I'm sure all you car owners moaning about other people being lazy and all about zero effort will back up their words by getting rid of their cars .
Unless you already have of course .

 

[ColinJ]

I'm sure all you car owners moaning about other people being lazy and all about zero effort will back up their words by getting rid of their cars .
Unless you already have of course .

I can moan about people being lazy then, because I never got a car in the first place! (It is okay for me to cadge a lift 6 or 7 times a year though, right? )

I was quite heartened yesterday to see multiple scooter users riding on the pavement... They were young children using leg power, on their way home from school. Not too pleased to be overtaken at 50+ km/hr though by a young guy doing a wheelie on a heavy e-bike!