3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1740+ words) It’s fair to say 2026 has been the year of the police e-bike seizure in the UK (among other things, of course). Officers up and down the land have been nabbing high-speed illegally modified bikes in a concerted, nationwide effort to…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1264+ words) People riding e-bikes or illegally modified bikes are 41 per cent more likely to suffer head or neck injuries in a crash than other cyclists on non-electric bikes, a new study examining cycling-related visits to a hospital emergency department has found....

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1421+ words) Sometimes it seems infrastructure can only go so far. In a push for safer, protected infrastructure that separates drivers from cyclists, is it deconditioning cyclists to stop and be aware of their surroundings in the same way? The hottest recent…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (851+ words) A motorist convicted of drug driving offences wound up back in court last week – after he was spotted by police officers riding an illegally modified bike while disqualified. 51-year-old Wayne Collison, who was handed a 12-month disqualification in February for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1005+ words) A bike shop owner has claimed that widespread confusion concerning the legality of electric bikes is negatively impacting legitimate sales, while noting that staff often face aggression when refusing service to illegal bike owners due to safety concerns. Speaking to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (582+ words) Merseyrail has come under fire from Cycling UK after banning all non-folding e-bikes from its train services and stations. The UK cycling charity has highlighted issues the ban causes for people with difficulties walking and issued a formal complaint to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1791+ words) A Liberal Democrat peer says there is “outrage and anger” that pedestrians are being “terrorised” by “arrogantly dangerous cyclist idiots” on a daily basis – but insists there is “no culture war against cycling”, as social media users accused the former…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (378+ words) Not every e-bike has a chain. Some have low maintenance belt drives. Then there’s Honbike which has a patented shaft drive its creators say should be good for over 40,000km without maintenance. Honbike is a compact, minimalist folding e-bike and in…...

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3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1819+ words) It turns out police officers, Daily Mail editors, and Panorama presenters aren’t the only types of people confused about what constitutes an e-bike. School principals aren’t too sure, either. Or at least one principal in Ireland isn’t, after allegedly banning…...