Suggestions for motorbike like e bikes under £900 in the UK?
Posted by Swimming_Tangelo8423@reddit | ebikes | View on Reddit | 12 comments
I manly want the motorbike seats as I think they're much more comfortable (correct me if I'm wrong) but normal bike seats start to hurt after some time, for mileage I'm looking for minimum 40 miles. What good bikes do you know that tick off these boxes?
Need it for commuting, london roads.
Thanks in advance!
No-Ingenuity6055@reddit
I suggest you get a segway f3 pro instead of a bike
GrumpyOik@reddit
Privately owned E scooters are currently illegal on UK roads, and where there are police crackdowns, they appear to be seized even more often than illegal Ebikes.
I think it's weird that you can hire a scooter, but can't ride your own.
No-Ingenuity6055@reddit
You can ride your own. The ones getting confiscated are people riding them over the speed limit or breaking other laws in some way
GrumpyOik@reddit
No, you can't. This is from the UK Government website:
"It is against the law to use a privately owned electric scooter on public land. If you use an electric scooter illegally:
No-Ingenuity6055@reddit
That's insanity just get a fast scooter and don't stop for cops they
Thegreatwhite135@reddit
They will just use a drone to follow you untill you run out of battery.
No-Ingenuity6055@reddit
If the cops are legit not only equipped with drones and trained well enough to follow a high speed scooter pulling evasive maneuvers, and they are actually using those resources to chase down people just trying to ride their scooters, something is seriously fucking wrong. Do you have any sources that back up these claims of police following people with drones in order to confiscate their scooters?
Swimming_Tangelo8423@reddit (OP)
I don’t commute to work only but many different places so finding places to put my electric scooter is tough
No-Ingenuity6055@reddit
Scooters can be locked up anywhere bikes can
Swimming_Tangelo8423@reddit (OP)
Oh I see, any recommendations for nice e bikes under £1000? 40mi+ range?
Thegreatwhite135@reddit
Correction. Normal bike seats hurt to begin with but gets much better when you get used to it.
GrumpyOik@reddit
You have two issues here. Motorbike like seats are not great when you need to pedal because they are generally not adjustable, and all road legal ebikes in the UK need to be pedalled as throttles can't be used at >4mph. This leads to the second problem, should you modify the bike for throttle use, the motorbike design is a bit of a target to the police.
Slightly over your budget, but you could look at something like the Engwe M20