The Biking thread

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Watch as e-bike rider crashes into pedestrian in Port Talbot

Sergiu Stanciu, 18, admits dangerous driving and will spend 14 months at a young offenders site.

www.bbc.co.uk

Why do media outlets like the BBC refer to these Surron bikes as e-bikes? when they are motorbikes.

 

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They always go to London and never outside. LTNs still pretty much non existent where I live. A loop around the town that was supposed to be completed this month hasn't even got started.

 

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Putting this up here, but it's on bbc iplayer for UK viewers (Panarama) if it gets taken down because of copyright. Presented by Adrian Chiles who is an e-bike novice- but looks like he rides motorbike, so why so scared on an e-bike?
Been heavily criticised in bike forums as conflating legal e-bikes and illegal e-bikes including not differentiating Sur-ron e-motorbikes, when they are more powerful and have no pedals.

A lot of confusion out there atm in the public and not helped by delivery riders riding ones illegally to get as many deliveries in. Ridden legally and responsibly they can be great transport devices and help cutting down on congestion and emissions.