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A100man
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PostPosted: 10:28 - 14 Sep 2021    Post subject: A heart-warming tale from the home counties.. Reply with quote

.. or is it East Midlands - no-one knows for sure. Anyway:

https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/crime/nearly-70-e-scooters-stopped-in-bedford-with-over-30-seized-in-police-crackdown-3381291
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PostPosted: 10:44 - 14 Sep 2021    Post subject: Re: A heart-warming tale from the home counties.. Reply with quote

A100man wrote:


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PostPosted: 11:12 - 14 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riding under the influence. Laughing

I'm laughing because the hire scooters in MK are the defacto 'go home' after a night on the piss. Because we have the redway system where the police never go, they are safe from getting done.

Even the poor hard done by illegal Asian taxi drivers are moaning that the scooters have taken their trade away.

Ah well, at least some good comes of them. Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: 17:09 - 14 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope, seized and crushed, with the offending scooterer on-board. Mad
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PostPosted: 20:55 - 14 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been thinking about this.

If you fitted an e-scooter with one big hinged pedal on the deck which is attached to the rear wheel with a single run of chain going over a freewheel with a coil spring return, it would nominally be able to propel the thing forwards when you push down on the pedal and it would return on the freewheel when you lift up. Add a microswitch which only sends power to the motor when you are pressing the pedal and it's then pedal assist.

A bit like a stepper scooter but considerably more shonky.
https://bestgamingpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/0112191575197393.jpg

Imagine the rage on a coppers face when their self-riteous indignation turns out to be wrong.
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PostPosted: 11:25 - 15 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

MCN wrote:
I hope, seized and crushed, with the offending scooterer on-board. Mad


A few months ago while I was in my cage waiting in traffic on the A749 I saw a cunt on a e-scooter going up the nearside of the road flying up between the parked cars and the cars sitting in the queue at the lights. You can see the location here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8245498,-4.2097355,3a,75y,322.95h,91.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVThV08fbinX9g59EcfwPDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

The cunt smashed into an Audi that was parked at the side of the road, he fell off his e-scoot, got up and shook himself off, seen that he smashed the Audi's wing mirror clean off then just scarpered off not a care in the world and went through the red light using the ped crossing which had a green man.

I really hate these cunts.
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PostPosted: 11:42 - 15 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I've been thinking about this.

If you fitted an e-scooter with one big hinged pedal on the deck which is attached to the rear wheel with a single run of chain going over a freewheel with a coil spring return, it would nominally be able to propel the thing forwards when you push down on the pedal and it would return on the freewheel when you lift up. Add a microswitch which only sends power to the motor when you are pressing the pedal and it's then pedal assist.

A bit like a stepper scooter but considerably more shonky.
https://bestgamingpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/0112191575197393.jpg

Imagine the rage on a coppers face when their self-riteous indignation turns out to be wrong.


If it is anything like e-bikes, this would still be limited to 150w.

You could have a switch to limit power to 150w when the rozzers stopped you but it would be a lot of hassle proving this in court. I doubt you would get the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing with something like this. That is so 20th century.
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PostPosted: 12:24 - 15 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I've been thinking about this.

If you fitted an e-scooter with one big hinged pedal on the deck which is attached to the rear wheel with a single run of chain going over a freewheel with a coil spring return, it would nominally be able to propel the thing forwards when you push down on the pedal and it would return on the freewheel when you lift up. Add a microswitch which only sends power to the motor when you are pressing the pedal and it's then pedal assist.



It wouldn't make you not a cnut though.
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PostPosted: 12:26 - 15 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fat Angry Scotsman wrote:


A few months ago while I was in my cage waiting in traffic on the A749 I saw a cunt on a e-scooter going up the nearside of the road flying up between the parked cars and the cars sitting in the queue at the lights. You can see the location here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8245498,-4.2097355,3a,75y,322.95h,91.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVThV08fbinX9g59EcfwPDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

The cunt smashed into an Audi that was parked at the side of the road, he fell off his e-scoot, got up and shook himself off, seen that he smashed the Audi's wing mirror clean off then just scarpered off not a care in the world and went through the red light using the ped crossing which had a green man.

I really hate these cunts.


Audi you say? - ooh now I'm in a bit of tizzy..
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 15 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like them, purely because the police are getting a bee in their bonnet about them.
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PostPosted: 13:38 - 15 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I like them, purely because the police are getting a bee in their bonnet about them.


Lets hope the Welsh police start focusing on them instead of harrasing innocent bikers.
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PostPosted: 19:54 - 15 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I reckon these things will produce a generation of very unfit people, at least e-bicycles mostly require some pedaling
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PostPosted: 01:41 - 16 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

thx1138 wrote:
I reckon these things will produce a generation of very unfit people, at least e-bicycles mostly require some pedaling


A generation of unfitties like wot PC Gaming has generated?
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PostPosted: 10:09 - 16 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I like them, purely because the police are getting a bee in their bonnet about them.


I think its more Joe Public TBh that have complained to the Rozzers who at last have taken some action. I suspect they'renot widely used in Cumbria - a bit too hilly. Wink
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PostPosted: 20:47 - 16 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I've been thinking about this.

If you fitted an e-scooter with one big hinged pedal on the deck which is attached to the rear wheel with a single run of chain going over a freewheel with a coil spring return, it would nominally be able to propel the thing forwards when you push down on the pedal and it would return on the freewheel when you lift up. Add a microswitch which only sends power to the motor when you are pressing the pedal and it's then pedal assist.

A bit like a stepper scooter but considerably more shonky.
https://bestgamingpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/0112191575197393.jpg

Imagine the rage on a coppers face when their self-riteous indignation turns out to be wrong.


We look forward to seeing you on Dragons den.
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PostPosted: 20:49 - 16 Sep 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fat Angry Scotsman wrote:


A few months ago while I was in my cage waiting in traffic on the A749 I saw a cunt on a e-scooter going up the nearside of the road flying up between the parked cars and the cars sitting in the queue at the lights. You can see the location here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8245498,-4.2097355,3a,75y,322.95h,91.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVThV08fbinX9g59EcfwPDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

The cunt smashed into an Audi that was parked at the side of the road, he fell off his e-scoot, got up and shook himself off, seen that he smashed the Audi's wing mirror clean off then just scarpered off not a care in the world and went through the red light using the ped crossing which had a green man.

I really hate these cunts.


And, Audi drivers use wing mirrors when?
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PostPosted: 18:54 - 15 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't get why e-scooters and e-bikes are treated so differently by the law. Anyone know?
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PostPosted: 19:33 - 15 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stevo123 wrote:
I don't get why e-scooters and e-bikes are treated so differently by the law. Anyone know?


E-bikes are 'pedal assist'. E-scooters are for kids and kunts.
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PostPosted: 20:45 - 15 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I've been thinking about this.

If you fitted an e-scooter with one big hinged pedal on the deck which is attached to the rear wheel with a single run of chain going over a freewheel with a coil spring return, it would nominally be able to propel the thing forwards when you push down on the pedal and it would return on the freewheel when you lift up. Add a microswitch which only sends power to the motor when you are pressing the pedal and it's then pedal assist.

A bit like a stepper scooter but considerably more shonky.
https://bestgamingpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/0112191575197393.jpg

Imagine the rage on a coppers face when their self-riteous indignation turns out to be wrong.

You've inadvertently created scooterpal
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PostPosted: 20:58 - 15 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stevo123 wrote:
I don't get why e-scooters and e-bikes are treated so differently by the law. Anyone know?


Ebikes are specifically exempted in the law and must have a limited speed and require you to pedal all the time.
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 15 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

A100man wrote:
stevo123 wrote:
I don't get why e-scooters and e-bikes are treated so differently by the law. Anyone know?


E-bikes are 'pedal assist'. E-scooters are for kids and kunts.


from what ive been told e-scoots are only legal for driving licence holders, so not for kids, just Kunts.
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PostPosted: 22:51 - 15 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

So has Stinkwheel created this pedal assist E-scoot and been done over by the plod for it or is he busy in the real world? its anyones guess. Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:14 - 17 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

stevo123 wrote:
I don't get why e-scooters and e-bikes are treated so differently by the law. Anyone know?


The scum in the system don't like it cutting into the numerous rackets they have with other forms of transport. They're also having to bodge the law to steal them from the public.
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PostPosted: 23:53 - 18 Oct 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

virus wrote:
So has Stinkwheel created this pedal assist E-scoot and been done over by the plod for it or is he busy in the real world? its anyones guess. Laughing


Stinkwheel has been having a great time riding a real motorbike in the Picos de Europa.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLVMS7wEMBY0C_pO1CIORk1DDSpsHjNPAm0QAqxfxkm3RNAVKAISamEoJRmNPWXFoGXqVtzvnudM2eVTG_6o2ykjGlYlzSto3bYeTaR6AH_XIbynyPmbyXiHcwAt-s_Orafx9Xl2CoyqloYTXPQPh3nc=w1576-h886-no
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stinkwheel wrote:
virus wrote:
So has Stinkwheel created this pedal assist E-scoot and been done over by the plod for it or is he busy in the real world? its anyones guess. Laughing


Stinkwheel has been having a great time riding a real motorbike in the Picos de Europa.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLVMS7wEMBY0C_pO1CIORk1DDSpsHjNPAm0QAqxfxkm3RNAVKAISamEoJRmNPWXFoGXqVtzvnudM2eVTG_6o2ykjGlYlzSto3bYeTaR6AH_XIbynyPmbyXiHcwAt-s_Orafx9Xl2CoyqloYTXPQPh3nc=w1576-h886-no


Nice.

Whats the leccy bike/scooter/skateboard sitrep? Wjen I was in Paris a few years back they were all over the place.
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