Himiway Big Dog Review | Going Shopping On A Bike Then I Get Shouted At!
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2023
- I have a look how easy it is to use a bike to go shopping. Many road users are much too car centric, which is proved on the way home when I get shouted at for being in the middle of the road!
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After the pickup van thingy accelerated away, I heard Ogmios' calming voice in my head; "Oooooh, the roaring angry takeoff to let us know he's upset, that's alright, he'll calm down later"
Yeah Ash what you doing in the middle of the road instead of riding into parked cars in the cycle lane?
Regarding bike theft, in Greater Vancouver, Canada, the police have set up a "Bait Bike" program to catch bike thiefs. This is in parallel with the Vancouver Bait Car program to catch car thiefs.
Excellently done with the pick-up driver. Unlike you, I'm a small guy, but I won't be bullied when I'm on my bike. Just like you, I know when discretion is the better option. I had an instance with a guy in a Ranger 4x4. He forced past on a narrow lane, uphill. I challenged him, and he stopped. I think I shocked him by riding up to his window and telling him that if he'd waited 20 secs, I'd have pulled into the passing place so he could pass safely. He accepted his error and apologised. His wife or girlfriend was with him, which I think helped keep him calm Though I was ready to do a u-turn down the hill if needed 😅
I can tell mate
Hi, as someone who walks a fair bit on shared use tracks, please use use a bell when approaching pedestrians from behind, on both pedal and electric, even if you consider that you are going steadily. Two tings on a bell, well in advance, is far better than the sudden appearance of a bike at your side.
Cheers
I bought an ebike in September, I've not ridden in over 20 years. I started going out on it very early morning to have a bit of fun and get used to it while the roads were quiet, it's idiots like that him in the van that put me off using it more , especially during normal daytime hours.
I ride even at night whenever I have night shifts which is most of my working life to be honest, people do drive absolutely terribly I've witnessed a crash a couple months ago at 10pm when I was riding to work turned out to be a drunk guy and if I had left my house 30 seconds earlier he probably would've crashed into me.
For added capacity you can always get a trailer for the back. Low center of gravity makes it easy to carry large heavy loads.
We have one that I see occasionally who has a trailer cage for his dog. Not sure how far they travel but is nice to see
@@smilerbob yeah I carry my daughter in mine. Although I am more cautious what roads I use with her on board
I do my weekly shop on a basic mountain bike with just a rucksak.
Nice n easy, sometimes break it down into going everyday too. (2.3 miles round trip)
Fair enough for people who need to do a bigger shop but over all, it gets you out exercising an hour a day and keeps your house stocked AND keeps cars off the road.
Absolutely more people could be cycling
There's a guy in my town who has one of those little kiddy trailers he uses for shopping. You can pack quite a bit into those.
Looks like a great bike, a proper bike, for running errands, or going places, rather than just a leisure toy. Sadly, as the local shops are only 500yds away, £1600 seems a bit steep. Being in a small town, very small, there's nowhere to go. The small shops can't supply all I want, and a trip along the main A-road would be frightening. I'll have to stick with the car.
Not being able to read is no excuse for not knowing the Highway Code. I helped a guy pass his test a few years ago, couldn't read. He had a relative read the Highway Code to him, a bit each day, and I spent an hour a week going through theory test questions, reading each one, and the four answers. He got few wrong, which we discussed. At his theory test, he used the headphones, and passed with only one incorrect answer. Then passed his practical test with a couple of faults. This is why road signs are pictures.
I do believe I have detected subtle changes in Ashley's opinions about cycling since he started actually doing it.
only a little ;)
@@chrisnumnuts8671 From little acorns...
20 points per hit
Go shopping on a bike, ….
in my city all of the corner shops have disappeared so you are forced to travel a fair distance to a large one stop, but these are not stocked with decent stuff so you then have to go further distances to the main supermarkets, so if you make that trip you want to get a fair amount to do less repeated journeys, so you then have have the issue of loading and Carrying your stuff back on a bike.
[And we wonder why everyone uses their car to go shopping]
We do almost all of our grocery shopping with our bikes. We have an Aventon Abound cargo ebike. I own a pair of Arkel dolphin panniers. We also have a pair of recumbent trikes, the bike rack on those fit my Arkels perfectly.
People just see a cyclist and think it’s free reign, idk what it is with this country and the entitlement of people
Let's just hope they start seeing a cyclist and thinking, this might be Jeremy Vine or Cycling Mikey or any other of the numerous cyclists who ride with a camera. That their poor driving might be caught on video and the police could prosecute them, or even worse, they could be shamed on social media.
I'm honestly surprised Ashley sees so little of this? I live in a semi rural area and it's the norm here rather than the exception. There are some roads I just won't ride on for this reason. When I'm driving cyclists look shocked when I respect their position or give way to them.
@@zoidster well, as we can see from this video, he doesn't ride a bike very often. I do think being shouted at like this surprised him. It doesn't surprise those who spend time cycling on UK roads though.
@@shm5547 I don’t know? He’s made a fair few videos cycling where he barely gets so much as a close pass? I don’t think I’ve ever had a ride where I haven’t had at least 5.
It's the media, almost everyone uses social media, and the legacy media likes to post clickbait on social media sites, cyclist clickbait is a MASSIVE income source for them, so the longer they maintain the fake war between drivers and cyclists, the more money they make. Same goes for LGBT stuff.
They're literally promoting hatred and intolerance for money, they even use fake accounts to prime the comments sections to get more attention and more clicks, which is unfortunately normalising extreme views, which drivers then take out onto the roads.
Just seems amazing to me that riding a bike to the supermarket and riding home with a weeks shopping could be considered unusual in any way. Great video, wish more people would shop like this.
I'd be too afraid of having my bike stolen to do my shopping like this 🤷🏻♂️
@@jamesstewart7736 Understood. My method was to double lock and remove saddle and front wheel. Never had a problem.even in city centres.
Currently walking it with a 70 litre rucksack…… well, it keeps me fit.:D
@@jamesstewart7736 just lock it on the trolleys then Asda will see that they need actual dedicated racks
It takes a while to cut through a dlock, @@jamesstewart7736
It's unusual because not many people own a bike that can carry as much as this one. I can pick up a few essentials on mine on the way home from the station, but I struggle to fit anything in the bag once a couple of milk bottles are in there. A week's shopping for the family is utterly out of the question, we usually end up with six full bags and that easily takes up half the boot of the car.
ash you're a true gent mate. Love your videos!
Thanks for the video Ashely. I havent been shopping on my electric bike since the advent of cordless angle grinders.
Ironically I've just closed up my assignment I'm working on for Urban Planning and have been writing a section for cycling lanes in favour for lanes isolated from traffic. This video just goes to show how much catching up we have to do in this country when viewing a country like the Netherlands. Most infrastructure you rode along kept you anxious so to speak with over the shoulder checks constantly and waiting for an argument which did eventually come from an uneducated driver. Imagine how much more pleasurable going to the shops would be with a direct line cycling route where other users use it too because it's hassle free.
If you’re advocating changing some existing all-vehicle lanes into segregated cycle-only lanes then I would recommend getting in touch with Sheffield council. Their scheme went remarkably well 😂.
I have a trailer on my bike as well as bags, that allows me to get more stuff in the back. Awesome video!
Just a shame that the incident with the guy trying to push past tainted the experience. You don't want to get worked up just doing such a normal thing as popping to the shop, but it seems to happen almost every time I go for a ride or walk too. Some people just cannot seem to share the space. Much more education is needed, and much harsher penalties for people who try and bully others on the road.
i wasnt even aware of anything happening but already was sure he will encounter numpty
I do my weekly shopping for a 4 person family on a motorbike.
Panniers, tail pack, tankbag, and backpack
I do it on my motorbike too
A front basket option...is that for carrying friends while doing wheelies along the road? 🙃
I'm reluctant to leave my crappy £200 bike alone. So a £2000 bike in Liverpool is a hard pass.
I bought my bike with intentions to use it for shopping but yet to shop with it. I’ve been to work on it which is twice the distance than my preferred supermarket.
I’ve got a Burley Bee trailer too which I’ve used for ferrying my dog around parks. Feel free Ash to give us a shout if you’re interested in borrowing it.
I've shopped on my bike lots. I'd still do an occasional "big" shop by car, stocking up with tins, jars, bog roll and cereals etc. but with organisation that can be once a month. Then I'd do little daily shops at lunchtime that I could easily carry home on my back after work. Fresh fruit and veg, bread etc. And as I commuted by bike that meant the car wouldn't always move at all during the week.
when I go into town centre theres a red bike path next to a white pavement for pedestrians. Without fault, most times there will be mothers with the prams in the bike lanes who will purposely use their babies as a weapon to stop cyclists then have a go. I've even had a woman just T pose on the bike path so I had to dismount and walk around her while she was yelling abuse. Its getting to the stage where, in my town centre, its becoming a worry to cycle there. Between crazy Karen mothers and the cars on the roads who will swerve and stop wheel to curb in traffic, I find myself cycling less and less now.
The two of us used to do a weekly shop on our bikes in Fuerteventura. It required ingenuity to load it all so it would stay on, and cycling that lot home (only about 3 km), up the hill in the heat was hard work, but it's entirely possible. We live too far from a decent price supermarket to do that now - and I'm no longer well enough to do it. Wouldn't mind an electric bike though.
Yea get electric & it becomes fun & you wouldn't even sweat the thought of making 2 trips 😅
Having just got back from the Netherlands for the first time, I was amazed how good the infrastructure for cyclists is there. proper dedicated cycle lanes almost everywhere and well designed junctions that give priority to cyclists. The UK could really learn a lot from the Dutch. Great Video as always Ashley!
Shhhhs, the cycle-stasi demand the road is for everyone & cycle lanes are a problem, not a solution.
No i think you will find it's the cycle lane that are a problem, because many are woefully inadequate and not properly segregated.
Yes the roads are for everyone, but Pavements and motorways are not.@@LastOnSunday
@@mikewade777 in London we have cycle lanes everywhere, most cyclists ignore them and ride on the roads
@@jamesmacdonald1116 most cyclists don't ignore them. Most cyclists in London use them.
@@LastOnSunday Cycle lanes aren't making people safer overall, Netherlands has TWICE the deaths of people riding bikes compared to UK with FOUR times less motor traffic!
It's about enforcing the law and proper punishments/deterrants to motorists and pushing onus of responsibility on motorists that increases safety.
hi-vis, helmets, additional daytime lights and creating shared use does not change a damn thing.
I get my main weekly shop delivered, and go by bike maybe twice a week for extra items or things I want to check before buying. I can get a surprising amount in a couple of pannier bags and a 30L backpack.
It's 1.5 miles to my nearest large supermarket, three quarters of a mile to a smaller branch, and seems like plenty of people probably didn't really need to drive there.
I've done a fair bit of shopping on my Brompton so I don't have to worry about leaving it outside. Folded up, its smaller than a shopping trolly or pushchair and I've never had any issue taking it into Tesco or Waitrose.
That's the thing that worries me, leaving it and it getting nicked. So expensive, I keep toying with the idea.
Cargo bikes are the cost of a decent car, I would carry 3 Platinum standard motorcycle D locks for that.
Ashley great video on the bike shopping
Took me a moment to work out what the title was all about. Will watch this with interest. Hope everyone is surviving Storm Gerrit Ok.
Morning Ibrahim, please post the time code when he gets shouted at and please also express your opinion on the incident ASAP
@@123MondayTuesday Oh yes very witty! I see my commenting habits are on your radar. You know me all too well! 😀
I didn't have a car for 10 years, so I have shopped on my bike thousands of times. Interesting to see a first-timer lol.
WIth a decent set of panniers you can haul quite a significant bit of shopping. The weight sits nicely across the back wheel and really has very little impact on the stability of the bike. My only worry would be securing the bike at the destination as £1,700 of bike is a bit vulnerable.
I do all my shopping by bicycle, I go every day so don't need to carry so much and enjoy the ride.
Yea i agree about shopping on a bike , i too do my regular shops on my bike , it has double panniers, the liquids are heavy & affect the handling somwhat say a couple of bottles of pepsi 2l , & milk 6 pints i tend to get the 2 liter milk tops whn i do the bike shop , can still fit a full range of goods onboard including eggs & haven't once broke any on the return trip . Its actually faster on the bike than in the car as theres a cutthrough i can take advantage of without traffic lights
Excellent video Ashley I do all my riding on a non Electric MTB but as the years go on im tempted with a Ebike
Dont do it, just swap the nobbles for inny tread. 10% of your legs go into nobbles. Rear sus takes more again. Rusty chain take 10-20%. My road bike with 700x25mm wheels cost me £50, after i finished upgrading it, cost was about £225 spread over years. 52 teeth on top cog, it did 50mph still peddling.
10:20 I did all my Christmas shopping on a bicycle. I rode the mile to the supermarket, used the totally empty cycle rack and got all I needed. Scanned all my shopping with the app and didn't need to queue to pay either!
However, the car park was packed. Drivers were circling around like vultures waiting for a space. My neighbour tried for 20 mins to get parked and failed. So they drove 10 miles to another supermarket, which they also failed to park at, so did another 7 miles and had the same issue. Ended up coming home and then going to a 24hr supermarket late at night (just manage to park, but it was still busy!).
That's like how I always go inside at fast food places. Drive through queue is out the carport, but the inside is near empty. Go in, grab food, go out and see that the cars have only moved ahead 3 or 4 places.
I also ride my bike a lot around town too. Takes barely any longer than driving... or less if the destination carpark is full.
I think your actions on the road have been brilliant, well done buddy.
You really do bat for everyone. And it shouldn't be any other way. HGVs, Car drivers, scooters and cyclists et al, should not just learn, but accept, that the roads are a shared space. Co-operation and common sense is key. Leave the ego at home.
I'd love to own a car, the ultimate freedom, but that's not within my financial scope. Cycling to get from A to B, then back again, is. I've got a few years experience on the road. Watching your videos, gives me confidence, to get on them again.
Interesting e-bike review, quite informative for day to day use. My biggest gripe is the weight. Would it be more worthwhile, do just take the CBT and ride around with a 125?
The thing is the responsibility for ensuring others are safe isn't equitable. Motorists cause around 1600-1700 deaths a year and 20,000+ serious injuries in the Uk alone.
yet onus on the vulnerable to 'do something' is massive, and yet wearing hi-vis/reflectives, plastic hats, ceding priorit (as Neal insists) doesn't increase safety one iota at population level.
What it does do is decrease focus from those in the killing machines, there should never be equal responsibility but people like Neal think there should be.
@@yorkshirehousewife784 The helmet is actually tested for WALKING speeds, the vertical 'drop test' on the crown of the helmet equates to the when a pedestrian trips and falls.
It cannot prevent brain injury of any severity and increases chance that a wearer will actually strike something due to increased circumference (i've experienced the opposite as a non wearer in a high speed crash when tucking head in and missing the ground, if wearing my neck would have been snapped backwards as well as striking my head)
Also the extra weight whilst not much, when you add in the kinetic energy of an incident, this more likely overcomes neck muscles ability to stop the head from propelling in a direction. This particularly effects children hom the added weight is disproportionate compared to adults. Risk taking by kids is bad enough, when wearing helmets they take significantly greater risks (we see this in testing of children wearing helmets whilst plaing video games and the difference in risk taking within the games is marked compared to the children not wearing, this is called risk compensation) or risk homeostasis, in the same vein as pro riders do. hence why the latter crash and get injured more since they forced them onto the pro (and amatuer ranks) in the mid 00s.
Oooh I must get back on my bike! An arm injury has been stopping me, but it's getting better!
7:27 it seems like you've mastered the hand and thumb gestures now. well done!
Im happy to challenge people. The main danger comes from losing awareness of your surroundings. Frequently people weren't aware they were causing a problem. When im shouted at im trying to disarm with charm but lately noone has shouted at me!
When I was a teenager I used to cycle to go fishing, around 5-10 miles. I probably wasn't cycling safely, seat box on the back, holdall with 4 rods in over my shoulder (or 2 rods strapped to horizontal frame), and carrying a net bag on the handle - but I would barely ever be passed by a car on the journey.
How much further I would have travelled if electric bikes had been invented then!
I live in brum, i saw 1 lad cycling with a 20kilo sack of taters on the cross bar, he was doing well with it gg
I love going to get groceries on my bike. It also limits how much I spend because I can only fit so much in my panniers and baskets. It's a 13-mile round trip. It would be a snap on an e-bike. My bike is not an e-bike so I burn around 700 calories per trip. I also carry my packages for my Etsy shop to the post office and get my groceries on the way home.
I used to do a full weeks shopping for 2 on my touring bike when we didn’t have a car. 2 big panniers and a small trailer, and had to ride up a 12% climb on the way home. Nowadays, I use the car for a full supermarket shop, but if just going to get a few bits, I’ll go on my bike, especially if going to the town centre where parking is difficult.
Nearly everyday I shop on my bike✌EDIT they want to encourage biking but our ASDA doesn't have a bike racks, lidl & aldi are top on racks atm.
Is that motor cutting out at 15.5mph and throttle at 3.6mph for the UK regs?
Q: "Are you in Primary?"
A: "No, I'm in Asda". 😊
I use a pair of Ortlieb panniers which just lift off. If I put them in a shallow trolley the space left is pretty much what will fit in them. For bigger shopping trips I use the kids bike trailer and load it up. Would love a long tail cargo ebike and that would significantly cut down on the number of car journeys I do.
I've always been taught to get off my bike when crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing. It shows drivers that you aren't going to cycle out into the road, and you have more control.
Any reason you don't do it, other than inconvenient?
Yes the truck driver's attitude is depressingly all too common. Who knows though, maybe he went and bought a copy of the Highway Code and is getting someone to read it to him as we speak.
He doesn’t even need to do that, it is available as an audiobook.
Perhaps he needs to put it on as he goes to sleep for added retention 🤔
It's available free online
I use a trailer with my ebike kit conversion on an old Raleigh. It does the job but some car drivers appear not to like it.
The lady at around 17:47 had no idea she was talking to the famous Ashley Neal.😊
I thought the lady picking up Ashley's glove was being sarcastic when she said " don't say thankyou " , but on reflection, she was being kind when she said it.
My first bike was a Raleigh 20. Front and rear lights. Powered by a Sturmy archer Dynamo. The sad thing though they only made them for 24 spoke wheels. ATB are 26 spoke Wheels. What a pity
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On the subject of the twitchy steering, I spent a while riding Fat Bikes (non electric) and learned that tyre pressures can make a HUGE difference on Tarmac, I know this is true of all bikes and vehicles, but this is significantly amplified on fat bikes, too soft and you get squidge, add a few psi and you get self steer, add a few more than that and you get negative steer, a few more and while the tyre might feel more "normal" in terms of steering behaviour, it becomes almost distorted and therefore close to useless on rough terrain. And of course, different brands of tyre behave differently too. It really is a case of trial and error and finding your own, and your tyres sweet spot with regards to Tyre pressure... Way more so than other kinds of bike.
I used to do this on a standard peddler. But i used to use a decent rucksack, 2 bags hanging off handlebars. Those zips on those paniers will go, i cant use them cause my heels bash them when feet are in right place. I think the small wheels make it twitchy. Dont cycle in jeans tho, you will murder your hairs on calves when you get fit, i generally wear cheap, very tough combats, aka baggys. When you get a road bike, you want an inny tread not outer tred, front sus, hard tail. And at this time of year, i wouldnt have used the cycle path near asda, those leaves are deadly.
Hello Ashley. Greetings from Karthik, India..A great review on the product and another detailed video from you as always. I noticed that you were riding, since there was no side mirrors, you were seeing over your shoulder for traffic behind you..I always wondered why bicycles can't have side view mirrors fixed on left and right side where it makes it easier for the bicyclist to see what's behind them. Also why can't a rule be made to install mirrors fixed for bicycle. Is this rule already in place in the UK?. I feel that it's a lot safer for both the bicyclist and other road users. Do let me know your thoughts.
Hi Ash, driving related question, have you noticed the inability of drivers to use slip roads specifically ones leading from main (filter) roads to A roads. I find many drivers now treat them as if they are a junction, they stop at the start of them and wait for a gap, often pulling straight out into the live lane. This causes those behind them to have to use the slip road to go from 0-50 even on shorter ones. As far as i was tought you carry on round the corner at speed, match speed with trafic and find a gap. Are people just that plain stupid now adays?
It depends on the slip road. Some are very short and you have no option but to round the corner slowly and stop if there's no space. I've just travelled up the A34 today and saw numerous drivers correctly stopped stationary at the start of a slip road, patiently waiting for an appropriate gap in the traffic.
I thought you was about to have another “discussion” with the driver at 36:39 when the brake lights came on
Why do drivers think it is right to force others out of the way? The first one was also driving aggressively like that while the school zone lights were flashing…you don’t need to read to know what they mean
Get yourself on a gravel bike with chubkier wheels. It's far safer than thin tyre road bikes, looks like a road bike and you can put road bike tyres on if you want in summer! Would recommend the canyon grizl
I really wish more drivers would do what the van did at 9:25 and use lane 2 to emerge onto a two lane road when it is clear and safe to do so rather than waiting to cross two lanes to merge. When the gap is large enough, and you know nobody is moving into lane 2, you can enter and build up speed and move to lane 1.
I like to call it the mirror merge as it uses the same principles as a normal merge we are used to (from the left into lane 1) but the lanes are mirrored
Additionally…you need to make it absolutely clear that you are not going into lane 1 when doing this so you don’t cause confusion with those already on the road 👍
In Canada and USA it's actually law that when turning into a multi lane roadway, you must turn into the closest available lane. If you need the "other" lane afterwards (for example, to turn right after turning left), you must make a seperate lane change.
@@ibs5080 Although something I did before I started watching this channel, it is through conversations on this channel that it made more sense as to why I did it. If only it was the law / the rules over here as well things would be so much easier.
There is a two lane road near me that gets congested with a junction that merges on the right. There is also a merge in turn a short distance down the road. In heavy traffic many, many drivers will emrge from the right junction into lane 1 and complain about those going passed in lane 2. If they emerged into lane 2 they could’ve been out sooner and also used the merge point to get into lane 1. Oh well, one day people will understand merge in turns 😉
@@smilerbob Ah yes I remember you mentioning that it was comments from Ken Brown and myself that highlighted this practice.
I use a bike or walk sometimes for grocery shopping, popping to the chemist, and that sort of thing, but it wouldn't work for me for a weekly shop. I don't like that the bike locking stands at my local Sainsbury's are in an out-of-the-way place that's not in sight of the front of the store and it really feels like a bike locked up there would be a bit vulnerable. I'm happier if bike locking stands are near the entrances and exits of stores and in many cases that's absolutely where I can find them.
34.04 welcome to the club lol we get that every day of the week. nevermind sometimes it's best to ignore the pr-cks
I hope that speedo is in km/h or it's helping you after it's supposed to have cut power if thats mph.
The ideal bike to go shopping with is any bike with a trailer.
Dunno about your rack , but most have a 55lb limit, the generous weight allowance is generally to allow for a big rider. Front rack limit will tend to be less like 35lbs
I wouldn't say 'ideal' just one that could carry very heavy loads that take a greater capacity than well endowed pannier bags.
However that creates it's own set of problems, not least the lower maneovrability, extra weight (of the trailer) and being able to park it at end destination.
I can carry 25kg easily in the panniers but that's rare, I can also la larger items across the rack (like a lawn mower) but the multi trip per week thing is easier overall on a bike with bags than attempting one trip with a trailer IMHO (which can cost a fair bit as well) and ou also have a bike that can be used for other things/journeys without the need to be attaching/detaching trailer.
My utility bike is 10kg incl guards/rack/lights and I use 28mm/32mm slicks, so for me it's easy to do a few miles a couple of times a week and unless you have a big family there's not much need to be getting all in one trip with a trailer which people rarely do anyway unless they're getting bread/milk/veg to last a week!
I like the bike, but two things are stopping me. Firstly, nobody's going to send me one, so I'd have to buy it, and I don't have that kind of money. Secondly, I live in a flat and there's simply nowhere to store one. I have enough trouble finding space for my little old Raleigh fold-up bike, no way would I be able to fit one of those things in 🙁
I have a Rad Rhino and love it, however, I'd never take it for shopping because it wouldn't last 2 minutes in my area!
I'd love to get into using a bike, but is there an AA/RAC equivalent for bikes? How does it work? I'm nervous what I'm supposed to do if it breaks miles from home? Even if I was able to lock it up and get home a different way, how do you then recover the bike for repairs?! Part of the appeal of using the car is the peace of mind i won't be stranded.
I do believe breakdown cover is available with cycle insurance policies or as a standalone package from dedicated companies. Quite how it all works would likely depend on the company and level of service purchased which on the face of it isn’t that different to vehicle breakdown policies 👍
Part of the reason I love riding a bike is the peace of mind I won't be stranded. I can fix any rare problem myself and can walk with the bike or put it in a taxi/bus/train if required. Can't do that with a car. I still remember waiting for hours stranded on the hard shoulder of a motorway waiting for the AA to turn up (low priority being a twenty-something male on their own).
Looking at how twitchy that bike is, if the front rack/carrier is handlebar/fork mounted it would be a real handful with any sort of weight loaded on the front. Front frame mounted racks are much more stable.
Where I live I don't think I'd do the supermarket, I have doubts the paniers would still be there when I come out even if the bike is chained up. Doesn't help there's no bike parking there either. Nipping into a convenience store for a few items only is fast enough for me to catch anyone trying to nick them.
Supermarket calls for a bus ride.
the funny thing is, he wasn't going anywhere, and even if you were further to the left he couldn't pass you safely. mind-boggling
I have two e-bikes. I use them for commuting, about 120 miles a week. Fortunately I have a secure compound at work where I can leave them without fear of theft. I'm still nowhere near confident enough to leave them outside a shop whilst I go in.
At 28:42, a piece of Canada in Liverpool! Namely Tim Hortons or "Timmies" as we call it over there. For a moment I actually thought Ash was in Canada, though I know "Timmies" has locations in the UK now. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧
What are your thoughts on the interaction between Ashley and the van driver, didn’t he make things worse?
16:37 they've installed that bike rack the wrong way round. The higher bit should be at the front, with the lower bit nearest the wall. It's difficult to lock the frame to it when installed that way around and if you didn't have a stand, it wouldn't support the bike at all! At least it's near the entrance and not round the back near the bins!!
Not keen road cycling on low sun height days (Winter, cloudless sky) whether your lights are working or not you’re too difficult to see when cycling directly into or away from the sun on roads.
No you aren't, it just takes people to actually slow down and look properly.
Do you stop driving when the sun is low, what about walking?
was it a red or grey squirel?
Grey!
I believe the throttle is "WALK ASSIST" only in the UK as it's only capable of 3.6mph to get around the ludicrous laws we have. My Big Dog arrives tomorrow and it's not only my first E-Bike but also my first bike in 20 years, the reason I chose the Big Dog is it's the only one I could find with that 400lbs weight capacity, the 20 years I mentioned I have been house bound and I've become 378lbs (171kg) thus the need to try and do something about it, I always loved cycling as a teen but knew I wouldn't be able to just get on a normal bike and go as I'm quite far past "un-fit" currently, the pedal assist is what gives me hope and also, this Big Dog having that 400lbs capacity will hopefully function as advertised. I'm a little concerned about the 250w motor, the American counterpart on the same bike is 750w, I'm hoping that it's enough, I'm also hoping that it's a 750w that's restricted to 250w (so if needed I can un-restrict it) but that's wishful thinking but would be a pleasant suprise.
I was under the impression that E-Bikes were not allowed to have a throttle in the UK? They are supposed to only be allowed to have assistive acceleration, not a dedicated throttle (Electroheads did a video on UK E-Bike rules). Is this legal in your area or the whole of the UK?
You can have a throttle on a new e-bike in the UK (and the EU) if it assists up to 6mph. Additionally, in the UK, you can have a throttle that assists up to 16mph if you pay £55 to get the bike approved as a 250W low power moped. Any e-bike sold in the UK before 2015 can have throttle that assists up to 15mph.
It's very interesting watching this Ash to get an idea of the cycling infrastructure in your area. I'm comparing it to here in Canterbury as well as back in Vancouver, Canada. And also Seattle (Washington State) & Portland, Oregon. Both Seattle and Portland are consistently voted amongst the two most cyclable cities in North America and actually have some surprisingly good cycling infrastructure. Both states also have some terrific cycle paths out in the countryside. Totally seperate and away from motor vehicles, wider than some UK country roads and running for 20 miles or so.
Can't remember the exact details which are in the EU EAPC regulations but the throttle can only work for the first few km/h to be compliant, FWIW.
It’s certainly better than carrying a bag on the handlebars as I used to when I was young 😂🌞
Also the POWER RATED WATTAGE of a UK based E Bike must not exceed 650w though many ship especially from ie China with a rating of over 1000 +
Well, fair play for giving utility cycling a go. I do think you are wrong to say you couldn't do your weekly shop by bicycle. I just don't think you've got the right setup. Adding better panniers, or even a cheap trailer, will enable you to carry a lot more. Or you can get full-on cargo bikes. But rather than doing one massive shop, you could go two or three times a week. This can work out cheaper in the long run, as you only buy what you need and food is fresher, so less likely to go past it's use by date and be binned.
But what you have shown here, is how everything is geared up around the car. The cycle route takes two or three give ways to get across a junction, whereas a car would only have to wait for one light. On some junctions, you don't even get a light for cycles, so have to take your chances to cross. Then you have aggressive van drivers to deal with. Honestly, your experience is quite similar to mine, in that I will encounter a needlessly aggressive driver on almost every trip to the supermarket, just because I stop them getting to a red light two seconds sooner.
If you keep riding to the supermarket, you might start to understand where Cycling Mikey and Jeremy Vine are coming from. Maybe even become a bit less regimented when it comes to carefully cycling on the pavement or safely slipping through a red light. You say the van driver might have a screwdriver - they've got a VAN! That's the weapon you need to worry about, because they can use that to intimidate with literally no consequences, and if they go a bit too far, then it's just an accident and they didn't see you because the sun was in their eyes (or something).
I'll never be alongside Mikey or Jeremy, unless they change. They are anti-motorist and not pro road safety for all.
Have you got any videos about where you should and shouldn’t pass a cyclist? Nessa the mother trucker sent me here and said you cycle and have a truck license too?
Try this one czcams.com/video/I3_HaKS0oiM/video.html
18:25 get some better panniers - you need the BASIL MARA XXL. They will take one of those plastic supermarket bags, the carrier bag just slips in no problem. It's easier than putting a carrier bag in the boot of a car, as it's not going to fall over!
Funny coincidence... I also posted my 'shouty man' video today. These people need to get a life. That idiot wasn't inconvenienced at all by what you did as you both made it to the red light at the same time. One day he will pick on the wrong person and regret it. As for shopping, I do all mine but in small bits every other day. That way I can put it all in my rucksack. I used to ride a similar e-bike to your new one but after a while it didn't feel right so now I'm on a hybrid commuter bike. That suits me better. It also doesn't weigh a ton like that last one!
I just looked at the video and that van driver really has an issue with two wheels! He had already finished his manoeuvre and had time to have a few sips of tea before shouting
Some people 🤦♂️
Just had a sneak peak myself👍
Do all mine with a rucksack, either walk or bike, getting whats needed. Better than my partner taking her car out a buying a months worth or getting a months worth delivered.
Because at the ended of the day i'm the one who ends up putting it all away, whilst she puts her feet up.
@@mikewade777 as you have said in the past which one comes first : the one with the priority or the one who is committed 😉
Well i've always said commitment comes first, but also when one does the shopping weekly/daily one does not spend an hour putting it away/finding room for it. @@thomaselliot2257
I have just had a look and not being able to read is no excuse for not knowing the highway code as it is available as an audiobook from some well known online shopping places 👍
I do shop by bike and do notice that much of the cycle parking at supermarkets is scant or the style you have at Asda, which are commonly mounted too close to the wall.
The cycle parking at my local Asda is down the side of the store, the only area where there's no CCTV - clearly no real thought had gone into cyclist shoppers when it was built.
I don't feel safe leaving it there, so I lock it to the disabled parking sign at the front of the shop where it's visible.
Now there are more people cycling, it's probably time for supermarkets to reconsider their cycle parking availability.
@@glenn1534 if we use it they will build it, if they build it more will use it. We are creatures of convenience
I do the shopping on my motorcycle its still seen as odd. We need to employ dutch road engineers in Northern Ireland and mainland UK. But for some reason we dont.
I do the very rare bicycle shop at asda our's have no bike racks so I lock mine to the trolleys just to prove a point that they need cycle racks.
I sometimes think we should just outsource our entire transport planning to the Dutch. I'm probably being a little simplistic, just a feeling that comes out of frustration and experience of both countries.
@@grahambonner508
I think its probably purely political as I know that our department of infrastructure for NI is 99.9% pro car and think that painted cycle sign on a pavrment is "progress".
They would hate for the dutch to come in and mess up their plans
And I thought it was justbthe nice old dear at the asda having a go ! Im more perceptive of drivers even as a driver,especially on group rides were some colleagues are easily triggered ,it pays to tone things down when a driver has made an error as you rightly stated,you dont know who they are or how they may react if confronted, role on summer bike 😀
The guy in the flatbed states he can't read and TBH that wouldn't surprise me. Even if you weren't in primary, to be out of the door range of those parked cars you would be in about the same position anyway. If you had driven right next to the cars there would have been no point before the lights that this goon could have overtaken due to the oncoming traffic.
So he's made himself look a complete bell for absolutely no reason. There is no way he could have gotten to his red light any quicker.
Next Video. Ashley putting up a shed to keep all this stuff in.😂
I don't know, one thing that bothers me with this bike is that it doesn't have internal shifting. That would really be great and have acceleration motor on the front. It would just be better as less stuff exposed to the elements and no need for derailleur on the back and no cassette. I'm 100% confident is it a comfy bike overall, the thickness of the tyres guarantee it. Not a bad option overall.
Someone just has to go and spoil it! But you did well! 😮😊😊
To answer the big question of the video...could I use a bike for shopping...maybe (but only if / when I get my knees fixed)
I would still need a car to perform a big shop, which I do once a week, and then the top up shops could be done on a bike. However, I walk to my local shops which to be honest, if I cycled there...and once the bike has been locked up...then the bike bags loaded after shopping...then the bike unlocked...then preparing all the lights...it is quicker to walk as the shops are a three minute walk
The next unasked question...Could I replace the car with a bike for my daily journeys? No, not at all. I have a disabled child where it is not practical to be able to cycle long the roads here due to poor to non existent infrastructure along the route and drivers that show less regard for cyclists than the pickup driver in this video.
At around 14:53 with the long pedestrian walkway between two rows of parking, leading up to the superstore. In my car I always endeavor to park in one of those spaces, so that my mum and I can immediately get onto the walkway that leads to the superstore. Eliminates the need to negotiate the roadway and wherever the path crosses the road, theres a small zebra crossing. I will also always reverse in. A clearer view when leaving and any shopping destined for the boot can be loaded from the path.
You got both sides of Scouse humanity in this video. The lovely older lady who picked your glove up and handed it too you and the aggressive middle aged mouthy Scouse White Van Man.
Cool video
From the hot chillies guy . Good for the cooler box. NO hot dog in sight. 😅
@@thomaselliot2257 Good morning Thomas.
@@ibs5080morning to you both. (No idea what time of day for you Chillies) 😊
@@thomaselliot2257 well then most likely 6 pm.