Help needed - bike impounded by police

get their details, badge numbers etc.

ask them why they are doing this - write down their answers and make sure they know you are writing them down

get onto your local councillor - they generally hate anything which could negatively effect trade (or have to be seen to) and maybe the local paper too

Currently the community support officers are WAITING outside the bike shop I've started working at, because there are roadworks closing the street so they know they can get cyclists going to and from our store for cycling on the pavement.

It makes me want to punch them. Do police really wonder why they get so much aggro from the public? Stop picking on the little guy. :|

I really hate people who cycle on the pavement at speed, but wheeling your bike 6ft to the road whilst straddling it isn't something I'd wait outside a bikeshop to fine people for.