As an attendee at events H&S is easy to ignore and be assured that I am very fed up with completing Risk Assessments,Method Statements,Liability Insurance checks etc-as someone who organises or exhibits at 10 plus shows a year these bits of paper are tiresome.
But I also appreciate the responsibility of what Alistair is going through,there will be no end of public authorities that he will have to satisfy before this event can proceed and in the event of an accident those same authorities will have protected their a....... and Alistair will be in the firing line.
I walked the test track 4 times at the Eden Project just to ensure that the track was as safe as possible,the organisers had nn experience of organising an ebike event and no appreciation of the speeds and acceleration of even 250 watt bikes....at one point was a line of stakes that would have been a 'mantrap'if someone fell on one,we protected using barriers and also tried to warn pedestrians as much as possible. Even so there were several accidents despite all our considerations and warnings to testers,so testing these bikes is not without risk.
The teenagers who tested bikes at Eden rode the bikes like teenagers do-fast cadence and furious,it wasn't my event so not my responsibility,but if one of those got hurt I am sure Mum would have turned to the organisers as to why they did not protect her little soldier!!
With regard to Bristol I think its a shame that bikes above 250 watt bikes are being allowed to enter,even as a special class-it just sends out the wrong signals to viewers who know nothing about these bikes and makes the legal bikes look dull in comparison. All this is fun to the pedelec experts but the pedelec newbie is going to find it difficult to understand the difference,I suppose this is all down to the skill of the PA announcer.
Kudos is going to use a normal production bike possibly the Ibex or Tornado or the little Secret (fast off the line) but wont be building a special to gain any advantage. The guy riding the bike will be a Kudos employee,no importing any Cavendish's-the event is supposed to be fun and that seems in the spirit of the day.
KudosDave
ps. I have just read through this entire thread and note that Alistair is promoting the unlimited class as a fun class with no obvious racing (whos he kidding!,who wouldn't race the guy alongside),if there are guys in fancy dress and bikes with burnouts at the start I can see that most would realise these are specials-it sort of reminds me of the Classic Ford Day at Santa Pod where they always have a jet engined monster on the track.
50 Hertz...I noticed that you added like to my posting,can I plead with you not to write into the council about these high powered bikes,the council will not understand and think they are having electric dragsters going up Park Street. They will react in a knee jerk manner and cause no end of problems for Alistair,closing public roads is not easy in the UK and Alistair has done wonders to achieve this event,please don't spoil the fun of others.
KudosDave
But I also appreciate the responsibility of what Alistair is going through,there will be no end of public authorities that he will have to satisfy before this event can proceed and in the event of an accident those same authorities will have protected their a....... and Alistair will be in the firing line.
I walked the test track 4 times at the Eden Project just to ensure that the track was as safe as possible,the organisers had nn experience of organising an ebike event and no appreciation of the speeds and acceleration of even 250 watt bikes....at one point was a line of stakes that would have been a 'mantrap'if someone fell on one,we protected using barriers and also tried to warn pedestrians as much as possible. Even so there were several accidents despite all our considerations and warnings to testers,so testing these bikes is not without risk.
The teenagers who tested bikes at Eden rode the bikes like teenagers do-fast cadence and furious,it wasn't my event so not my responsibility,but if one of those got hurt I am sure Mum would have turned to the organisers as to why they did not protect her little soldier!!
With regard to Bristol I think its a shame that bikes above 250 watt bikes are being allowed to enter,even as a special class-it just sends out the wrong signals to viewers who know nothing about these bikes and makes the legal bikes look dull in comparison. All this is fun to the pedelec experts but the pedelec newbie is going to find it difficult to understand the difference,I suppose this is all down to the skill of the PA announcer.
Kudos is going to use a normal production bike possibly the Ibex or Tornado or the little Secret (fast off the line) but wont be building a special to gain any advantage. The guy riding the bike will be a Kudos employee,no importing any Cavendish's-the event is supposed to be fun and that seems in the spirit of the day.
KudosDave
ps. I have just read through this entire thread and note that Alistair is promoting the unlimited class as a fun class with no obvious racing (whos he kidding!,who wouldn't race the guy alongside),if there are guys in fancy dress and bikes with burnouts at the start I can see that most would realise these are specials-it sort of reminds me of the Classic Ford Day at Santa Pod where they always have a jet engined monster on the track.
50 Hertz...I noticed that you added like to my posting,can I plead with you not to write into the council about these high powered bikes,the council will not understand and think they are having electric dragsters going up Park Street. They will react in a knee jerk manner and cause no end of problems for Alistair,closing public roads is not easy in the UK and Alistair has done wonders to achieve this event,please don't spoil the fun of others.
KudosDave
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