You are reading a single comment by @Zoidberg and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@Zoidberg
The only valid legal excuse for riding on a pavement is that you're scared. ie getting out of the way of a dangerous driver or something.
But then and again I doubt most police know this. For example, it's illegal to ride a bike with less than two brakes on the road here but have you ever heard of anyone getting stopped on a brakeless bike? This is why all bikes legally have to be sold from a shop with two brakes even if it's a fixed. I got stopped for doing two redlights in a row a while ago in Camden and the two police were complimenting my front brake only fixie as they used to be keen cyclists so we were chatting bikes. I thought they were going to let me off the bastards...