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  1. Damian.Doherty

    Review Woosh Rio MTB Review/Initial Impressions

    They are more than twice the price though, I know everyone gives the Suntour great reviews but I just saw the Zoom for £24.99 Does anyone have direct experience of the Zoom suspension post?
  2. Damian.Doherty

    Review Woosh Rio MTB Review/Initial Impressions

    Hi Woosh Riders, I'm thinking about buying this for my Rio: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZOOM-MTB-Mountain-Bike-Seat-post-Seatpost-Suspension-50mm-Travel-27-2-31-6-350mm/323214279055?var=&hash=item4b4112818f Does anyone know if its the 27.2mm or 31.6mm diameter one I need? (I'm looking at you Tony)
  3. Damian.Doherty

    Oxygen vs Whoosh for 50miles a day commute

    I ride a Woosh Rio MTB with the 13AH battery, I've had it almost a year and in that time I have had zero mechanical or electrical problems. I have not even had one puncture. I only have a 4 miles round trip to work but the two mile back is all uphill. I go everywhere on the highest level of...
  4. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    Just to add my two cents, I'm still riding my bike every day to and from work!
  5. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    It feels a bit like two steps forward and one step back....this was posted on our local Derry Cycle Facebook Group yesterday.
  6. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    This is a great letter to have, the only thing I'm unclear of is who actually wrote it? It looks to be signed by R Leech, but does anyone know his/her rank or position in the PSNI?
  7. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    A pony with a top speed of no more than 4mph
  8. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    You know what Ted.......you're absolutely right! Based on your very well written statement above my mind is now soundly made up. I will continue to treat my bike for exactly what is it is! A bicycle!
  9. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    So the good news is, I don't have to do my CBT, I'm already qualified to ride my bicycle! LOL I should say that until the guy in Limavady was arrested I didn't think for one second anyone would ever be fined or have their bike confiscated. I was content to keeping ignoring the lunacy that is...
  10. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    Good morning Team, After a bit more digging I've found this page about licenses categories. So along the front of my driving license, row 9 it lists the following: AM/A/B1/B/f/k/p/q When I google the the definitions of these categories I find this webpage...
  11. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    Bloody hell, I just had a quick look for the nearest place doing CBT's in Derry. I found this joint: http://www.learn-2-ride-motorcycle-training.co.uk/cbt.php It's £180 for a CBT test! Doing this on an ebike I thought it would be very similar to doing a cycling proficiency test like you did...
  12. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    Update! Okay I just had a read on this page: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/information-moped-riders and this is the part that caught my eye: "If you pass a test for a car or any of the motorcycle categories, you will also receive entitlement to ride a moped. However, a valid CBT...
  13. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    You know what, if it was only a mater of registering my bike, wearing a helmet and paying insurance, I would do that no problem. I wouldn't be happy about it but I can see the logic in all of the above. The part that I strongly object to is having to take a motorbike test! If they could at...
  14. Damian.Doherty

    Review Woosh Rio MTB Review/Initial Impressions

    Oh, there is one thing. the little rubber cap that seals the plug to charge the battery has been getting harder and harder to get back in......this morning for the first time I just gave up.....the little bugger simply would not go in no matter what I tried! :)
  15. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    I'm sure there are more than three but I've only seen two other e-bikes in Derry, Both ridden by people who were at least 50+, one lady and and one man. Not together I should say. The lady I saw at the weekend and she was riding behind (who I assume was her husband) he was riding a regular...
  16. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    So have you all read this story... http://limavady.thechronicle.uk.com/articles/news/64293/cyclist-falls-foul-of-e-bike-law/ The one detail I still don't know is what kind of bike he was riding....was it a UK legal 250 watt bike or was he on a 5000W electric motorbike! I also didn't know he...
  17. Damian.Doherty

    Review Woosh Rio MTB Review/Initial Impressions

    My bike has been absolutely faultless, I've covered about 500 miles since I bought mine and again, not even a puncture in that time. I still use it every day to commute to and from work. It performed beautifully through all the wet drudgery, rain and snow of the winter so I'm really looking...
  18. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    I would love to join you Ted but I'm in London with work that week. If there is going to be a photo opportunity or the TV there I think it send a powerful message to see you and your wife riding your bikes. This would make it abundantly clear that you are riding an electrically assisted...
  19. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    There was another case in 1999 where a person was on a Go-Ped electric scooter and was convicted of riding it drunk, the prosecutor cited this during the trial in 2013 and also stated that all hoverboards, Segways, electric scooters and skateboards were at that time, seen as motor vehicles. I...
  20. Damian.Doherty

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    Hi Ted, I know that until the law is changed you simply will not feel happy getting back on your bike, and if you can't feel happy and relaxed, what's the point it doing it right? The point of my earlier post about silly laws still in effect was to highlight that the police do have discretion...