No, John. Provided that the machine will travel at no more than 15mph (I
believe is the limit) nor that there is a separate throttle for the electric
motor. Legally allowed electric bicycles work under impulse from the pedals;
the Copenhagen Wheel works like that as well.
Remember that vehicles in the UK no longer have tax disks.
Chris
> On 7 Dec 15, at 20:28, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On UK road do they require insurance, tax disk on the handlebars and a
> cycling / driver's licence ?
>
> jh
>
> On 12/7/2015 4:25 PM, ChrisB wrote:
>> Electric bikes are great. There’s a new system called the Copenhagen Wheel
>> which I’m considering.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 7 Dec 15, at 20:23, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> :-)
>>> #2 son still does around 250km per week riding to and from work without
>>> Lycra assistance. But - they’re moving the factory about 8km further away
>>> and he’s now (gasp) over 30yo so he’s just bought an electric power
>>> assisted bike. poor old thing. Cut his journey time by a third.
>>> Andrew Fildes
>>
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