Harmonised European Construction Standards for Bicycles

Marc Brett said:

Ref:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23366426-details/%C2%A32,500%20-%20As%20Labour%20targets%20cycle%20safety,%20the%20huge%20fines%20serial%20offenders%20could%20face%20for%20not%20having%20a%20bell/article.do

Old article (10 Sept) on bicycle bell compulsion, but it mentioned something
about new standards:

Ladyman -- "New harmonised European construction standards for bicycles come
into force in November this year. Although they do not cover bicycle bells, the
introduction of these standards makes this a sensible moment to review our
current policies on cycle construction, including the question of bells."

Hopefully, they contain emergency measures to prevent French bike
mechanics in my LBS re-cabling my rear brake to the RH lever, causing
me to grab a handful of the back brake, and doing a impressive
handbrake turn, before hitting the street. But maybe I'm overly
optimistic.

BTW, do youse really have a politician called 'Ladyman'? You'd have
thought a few jokes would have been cracked about him...

Marc Brett said:

Ref:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23366426-details/%C2%A32,500%20-%20As%20Labour%20targets%20cycle%20safety,%20the%20huge%20fines%20serial%20offenders%20could%20face%20for%20not%20having%20a%20bell/article.do

Old article (10 Sept) on bicycle bell compulsion, but it mentioned
something about new standards:

Ladyman -- "New harmonised European construction standards for bicycles
come into force in November this year. Although they do not cover bicycle
bells, the introduction of these standards makes this a sensible moment to
review our current policies on cycle construction, including the question
of bells."

What are these new standards?

It seems impossible to get ISO standards online, but what I believe
they've done is to take BS6102-1 and ISO-ise it. Your local library might
have an on-line subscription to BSI so you could read it there. If you're
really lucky like we residents of Cambridgeshire you can get BS documents
directly at home. Be warned that the BSI catalogue search is the worst
ever implemnted by anyone anywhere in the world :-(

The standard only applies to complete bicycles at the point of sale, and
you can legally remove anything that it specifies once you've wheeled the
bike out of the shop. None of it applies to recumbents of course,
because it's for bikes of "saddle height" 635mm or greater.

Mike

In article <[email hidden]>

Marc Brett said:

Ref:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23366426-details/%C2%A32,500%20-%20As%20Labour%20targets%20cycle%20safety,%20the%20huge%20fines%20serial%20offenders%20could%20face%20for%20not%20having%20a%20bell/article.do

Old article (10 Sept) on bicycle bell compulsion, but it mentioned something
about new standards:

Ladyman -- "New harmonised European construction standards for bicycles come
into force in November this year. Although they do not cover bicycle bells, the
introduction of these standards makes this a sensible moment to review our
current policies on cycle construction, including the question of bells."

What are these new standards?

A quick Google suggests the overall European standard is

CEN/TC 333
Bicycles for use on public roads. Safety requirements and test methods

Some British Standards that cover bits of CEN/TC 333 :

BS EN 14764:2005
City and trekking bicycles. Safety requirements and test methods

BS EN 14766:2005
Mountain-bicycles. Safety requirements and test methods

BS EN 14781:2005
Racing bicycles. Safety requirements and test methods

On 10 Oct 2006 07:16:18 -0700, "sothach" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

BTW, do youse really have a politician called 'Ladyman'? You'd have
thought a few jokes would have been cracked about him...

http://www.steveladyman.labour.co.uk/

In article said:

Quoted message said:

What are these new standards?

It seems impossible to get ISO standards online, but what I believe
they've done is to take BS6102-1 and ISO-ise it.

[...]

Quoted message said:

The standard only applies to complete bicycles at the point of sale, and
you can legally remove anything that it specifies once you've wheeled the
bike out of the shop. None of it applies to recumbents of course,
because it's for bikes of "saddle height" 635mm or greater.

Because bicycles lower than that are toys, not serious vehicles?

Marc Brett said:

Ref:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23366426-details/%C2%A32,500%20-%20As%20Labour%20targets%20cycle%20safety,%20the%20huge%20fines%20serial%20offenders%20could%20face%20for%20not%20having%20a%20bell/article.do

Old article (10 Sept) on bicycle bell compulsion, but it mentioned
something about new standards:

Ladyman -- "New harmonised European construction standards for bicycles
come into force in November this year. Although they do not cover bicycle
bells, the introduction of these standards makes this a sensible moment to
review our current policies on cycle construction, including the question
of bells."

What are these new standards?

Ah-ha, in EN 14781:2005 it says:

"[this] partially supersedes BS 6102-1:1992, which will be declared
obsolescent on 30 November 2006 following publication of BS EN 14764,
BS EN 14765, BS EN 14766 and BS EN 14781 and withdrawn when The Pedal
Bicycles (Safety) Regulations 2003 are updated to reference the
European Standards."

The EN 147-series /are/ available via the library's BSI subscription.

Mike

Marc Brett twisted the electrons to say:

Quoted message said:

Ladyman -- "New harmonised European construction standards for bicycles
come into force in November this year. Although they do not cover bicycle
bells, the introduction of these standards makes this a sensible moment to
review our current policies on cycle construction, including the question
of bells."

.... or to put it another way, what he's saying is "there's a new
harmonised standard coming in. Let's alter our version so it actually
won't be a harmonised standard."?
--
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Let alone connected with my employer ...

Alan Braggins said:

Quoted message said:

The standard only applies to complete bicycles at the point of sale, and
you can legally remove anything that it specifies once you've wheeled the
bike out of the shop. None of it applies to recumbents of course,
because it's for bikes of "saddle height" 635mm or greater.

Because bicycles lower than that are toys, not serious vehicles?

Bikes lower than that are for children with "a typical rider weight of
30kg" (EN 14765:2005).

Mike

Mike Causer said:

Alan Braggins said:

Quoted message said:

The standard only applies to complete bicycles at the point of
sale, and you can legally remove anything that it specifies once
you've wheeled the bike out of the shop. None of it applies to
recumbents of course, because it's for bikes of "saddle height"
635mm or greater.

Because bicycles lower than that are toys, not serious vehicles?

Bikes lower than that are for children with "a typical rider weight of
30kg" (EN 14765:2005).

Dang!

(Goes on diet)

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<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
The entire population of Uxbridge has no idea that it doesn't
actually exist.

Dave Larrington said:

Mike Causer wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Bikes lower than that are for children with "a typical rider weight of
30kg" (EN 14765:2005).

Dang!

(Goes on diet)

That'll have to be a hell of a diet!

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Dave...

dkahn400 twisted the electrons to say:

Quoted message said:

Dave Larrington said:

(Goes on diet)

That'll have to be a hell of a diet!

Aye ... It could end up costing him an arm and a leg?
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Let alone connected with my employer ...