Well, I hope this shop is not that dumb. If the negative reviews I will leave for them steer just one person away from buying from them, they will lose money.
Unbelievably bad experience with a Haibike SDURO Trekking S RX
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you'll be riding an illegal vehicle anyway, I think the least of your worries is if the brake light works.
As Magura quote on the website ' Not available in after market' .
link
http://www.magura.com/en/components/bike/speedemobilityseries/productdetailpage/?p=16505
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Guess I won't be riding it in the UK... Pity. It's a lot of fun commuting on these!
Maybe, but healthier! And better for the planet...not as much fun as a proper motorbike
https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F24042
The bike is under 12 month guarantee? The bike shop fixes the brake. What they are saying is that you knocked it and broke it, it isn't a faulty part so you need an expert to look at it, the same that look at cars after accidents.
Tell the bike shop you are going to get an expert to prove that you didn't break the brake (yes I did that one on purpose) and they will be footing the bill for the legal procedure road you are going down. They won't be as nice and smiley but you should get a brand new brake lever.
You can ride that bike registered as a moped in France in the UK if you are a French resident (@flecc, less than six months a year in the UK I think?). Don't forget your helmet!
The bike is under 12 month guarantee? The bike shop fixes the brake. What they are saying is that you knocked it and broke it, it isn't a faulty part so you need an expert to look at it, the same that look at cars after accidents.
Tell the bike shop you are going to get an expert to prove that you didn't break the brake (yes I did that one on purpose
) and they will be footing the bill for the legal procedure road you are going down. They won't be as nice and smiley but you should get a brand new brake lever.You can ride that bike registered as a moped in France in the UK if you are a French resident (@flecc, less than six months a year in the UK I think?). Don't forget your helmet!
Any vehicle is allowed to be used in the UK as long as its registered and plated in the home country. It also has to be insured in the home country and have a minimum of RTA cover in the UK. It has to has passed any MOT or same such requirements that the home country would insist upon if used there.
Then the max time allowed in the UK is 6 months within any 12 month period.
Then the max time allowed in the UK is 6 months within any 12 month period.
Will they believe I'm a resident of France if I have a British driver's licence??
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AFAIK, it does not matter much that you reside in France, you can't ride an S-pedelec in the UK.
"I took the problem to bike shop in France where we bought both bikes."
From your first few posts you seem to say you've spoken to them on the phone and / or email.
With a broken brake it will be tricky but if you could somehow get the bike to the local shop where you bought it and show them the problem in person that might help bolster your case.
Don't go mentioning Basil Fawlty like - Brexit and Agincourt and see how it goes... If they fail to see good ol' English sense tell them their mother was a hamster and their father smelt of elderberries! (or was that the other way round... ;-)
From your first few posts you seem to say you've spoken to them on the phone and / or email.
With a broken brake it will be tricky but if you could somehow get the bike to the local shop where you bought it and show them the problem in person that might help bolster your case.
Don't go mentioning Basil Fawlty like - Brexit and Agincourt and see how it goes... If they fail to see good ol' English sense tell them their mother was a hamster and their father smelt of elderberries! (or was that the other way round... ;-)
It's not you...it's the bike. If you were stopped you would have to prove when you brought it into the country.
But
To be honest the chances of Mr Plod knowing what a S pedelec is is doubtful.
Why not? If it's registered and insured in France. Plated as such with RTA cover in UK. That's not the same as owning one and riding it unplayed
You can ride a moped, I know people who have. And if it is registered and insured in France it is a moped not an s-pedelec, they don't exist here before next year...
Nope a French thing, s-pedelec is Dutch, German, Swiss, Austrian... French law changes next year with new type approval. We still don't know what the helmet law will be, for the moment it is motorbike helmet only which is why I don't have one (a moped with pedals).
Agreed, but frankly it's not worth my time to go there in person. Plus they don't have the parts to fix it on hand. So I'd have to go there (at least) three times! No, if they won't act reasonably then their company will get plastered with negative reviews all over the internet. That I can do from my couch.
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