Purchased An EBIKE Refund

Norman_Castle

The_Fat_Controller said:

I am pretty sure from description it is this

https://www.alpineelectricbikes.co.uk/products/alpine-electric-bikes-electric-explorer-trike-e-tricycle

and is certainly classified as a bike.

Electric bikes: licensing, tax and insurance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

It is a bike which presumably the angle ground scooters weren't.

Interesting price reduction

• £2,599.00 GBP
• Regular price £2,599.00 GBP

The_Fat_Controller

@Norman_Castle, suggest you read the "Pavement Cycling" section on this site 

https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/whats-legal-and-whats-not-your-bike

so unless it is shared use, you are committing an offence.

Norman_Castle

The_Fat_Controller said:

@Norman_Castle, suggest you read the "Pavement Cycling" section on this site 

https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/whats-legal-and-whats-not-your-bike

so unless it is shared use, you are committing an offence.

• when FPNs were introduced for pavement cycling in 1999, Home Office Minister Paul Boateng issued guidance saying that: "The introduction of the fixed penalty is not aimed at responsible cyclists who sometimes feel obliged to use the pavement out of fear of traffic and who show consideration to other pavement users when doing so. Chief Police Officers who are responsible for enforcement, acknowledge that many cyclists, particularly children and young people, are afraid to cycle on the road, sensitivity and careful use of police discretion is required".
• The Home Office guidance was re-affirmed in 2014 by the then Cycling Minister Robert Goodwill, who agreed that the police should use discretion in enforcing the law and recommended that the matter be taken up with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). ACPO welcomed the renewed guidance, circulated it to all forces, and issued a statement referring to "discretion in taking a reasonable and proportionate approach, with safety being a guiding principle".
• To summarise, cycling on the pavement is still an offence, but there is clear guidance that the police are supposed to exercise discretion.

Nannytone

As far as i am concerned, no one over the age of 12 ever has a reason to ride a bike, or any electric equivalent alternative, on the pavement.
If traffic conditions are too dangerous, they should dismount and push the bike/trike/scooter whilst walking

Norman_Castle

Nannytone said:

As a guide dog owner, i can neither see, nor hear electric vehivles of any type.
Surely the OP recognises that visually i paired, children, elderly people ..... in fact ANYONE , has the right to ude the pavement without the possibility of being impeded/injured by  any vehicle

I suspect the op recognises how their behaviour may affect others and rides accordingly. 

sevenhills

boushear said:

I only managed to ride it twice the last being on Xmas eve where the back tyre sheered off the wheel frame.. so much so that the trike lurched me into the road where a car just passed, I managed to hit the brakes just in time. 
Long story short the back wheel is broken.

I have been driving on the motorway at 60 mph and had a blowout in the rear tyre, I kept in my lane.

There are various different types of these trikes, but can a tyre fault whilst travelling at a maximum of 15.5 mph really throw you into the road?

You are saying the wheel is broken, that could do it. You need to give us more information and a photo if possible.

The manufacturer would probably be responsible for a broken wheel, but not the tyre. They would most likely fix it, not give you a refund.

Norman_Castle

Nannytone said:

As far as i am concerned, no one over the age of 12 ever has a reason to ride a bike, or any electric equivalent alternative, on the pavement.
If traffic conditions are too dangerous, they should dismount and push the bike/trike/scooter whilst walking

Like the rest of us, you're welcome to an opinion.

The_Fat_Controller

@Norman_Castle and @Nannytone, irrespective of your opinions the actual fact is the the OP would, in any event, be committing an offence by riding on the pavement.

That is the law.

Discretion where necessary, but if the OP ran into @Nannytone or their guide dog then I would hope the book would be thrown at them.

Voyager2002

No one has addressed the basic question in the OP. Today is the last day on which a return can be requested under the Distance Selling Regulations. Therefore the OP needs to send an email and/or leave a voicemail using whatever contact information the vendor has supplied. The fact that the vendor is likely to be closed for the holidays and so will not read the message until later really makes no difference; however if the OP waits until they are likely to be open and so misses the deadline that would make a difference.

sheramber

You didn't , by any chance, ride too close to the kerb and the back wheel went off the kerb into the road, pitching the trike and damaging the tyre/wheel?