Lazy Journalism

[Samcycles]

Typical lazy journalism again and still falsely reporting Simon Cowell's accident as happening on an e-bike. The basic premise of this article seems to be to advise against using conversion kits.

Are electric bike conversion kits worth it?

A number of companies are now selling electric bike conversion kits which turned regular pedal bikes into electric bikes. We look at how the kits work and how much they are.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

 

[flecc]

Typical lazy journalism again and still falsely reporting Simon Cowell's accident as happening on an e-bike. The basic premise of this article seems to be to advise against using conversion kits.

Are electric bike conversion kits worth it?

A number of companies are now selling electric bike conversion kits which turned regular pedal bikes into electric bikes. We look at how the kits work and how much they are.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

Halfords have a nerve saying this:

Halfords do not sell conversion kits. Halfords said this is because it is not sure of the safety of conversion kits and because of the 'grey legal area'.

Meanwhile they sell e-scooters which are completely illegal anywhere in public when privately owned:

Electric Scooters | E-Scooters | Halfords UK

Shop our range of electric scooters. Upgrade to one of our fun-filled e-scooters Including top brands such as Xiaomi, Micro & Razor.

www.halfords.com

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[vfr400]

Halfords have a nerve saying this:

Halfords do not sell conversion kits. Halfords said this is because it is not sure of the safety of conversion kits and because of the 'grey legal area'.

Meanwhile they sell e-scooters which are completely illegal anywhere in public when privately owned:

I had exactly the same thought!

One thing I don't understand. Clearly, this reporter is very ill-informed. Why don't they ever reach out to us or spend 20 minutes reading through the threads to figure out what's going on. Whenever they do an article on ebikes, they always feature the daftest ones they can find rather than using long-established brands, like Wisper and Juicy.

I'd love to know what qualifications Grace Gausden has to write that article. Clearly she's not an engineer. What do you reckon - gender studies?

 

[gsm.terra]

The comments are full of the usual “pass a test, road tax, insurance nonsense”

 

[Nealh]

Latest recommendations/house of commons transport commission is to consider legalising e scooters for road use with a ban on pavement riding.

E-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport innovation? - Transport Committee - House of Commons

publications.parliament.uk

Some views are that with so many now using these scooter in towns/cities even though ilegal there isn't enough policing to enforce their use.