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The guilty are rounded up and sent to the gallows at the Tower of London every day at dusk.
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where the Pedals act on any wheel or axle on a wheel. But is that not what a fixed gear bike does
Yes it does
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Are you a reporter/Matthew Briggs?
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I only assume that because I don't know anyone that's ever had to deal with facing the legal ramifications of this issue
Never mind the legal ramifications, the more serious issue is that you'll be associated with Brooklyn Beckham, and nobody wants that
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Couldn't find this information anywhere, I've seen the dozen posts stating that riding brakeless is illegal (Pedal Cycle Construction and Use Regulations 1983 etc) but even Google doesn't help when trying to determine the consequence of breaking these regulations and how the process will go about if police wanted to stop and pursue you for it.
I can only take a wild stab in the dark and assume it wouldn't be an on the spot fine type of incident like jumping a red light but rather a court summons and then a fine??? I only assume that because I don't know anyone that's ever had to deal with facing the legal ramifications of this issue but know many that have had the red light fine so it makes me think it's not on the spot.
The regulation itself is written in the oddest fashion. If someone could take a few seconds to interprete the regulation for us common folk that would be brilliant because after looking at it I'm completely confused. I know it's most likely section 7 subsection c ii but that has a clause that states it only applies to "bicycles with a saddle height 635mm or more". So would fixed gear bmx riders be legal in that regards because they'd be classed into subsection a which states only one brake is needed? That and section 9 a states section 7 and 8 do not apply to bicycles where the Pedals act on any wheel or axle on a wheel. But is that not what a fixed gear bike does so would it still apply. It's very confusing in how it's written.