Balaclava boys on electric bikes: How to tackle the problem? From the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh to the streets of the country's biggest cities, a common menace is causing irritation, alarm and in some cases even death. The sight of young men, their identities hidden by black balaclavas, tearing around on electric bikes or scooters is becoming a familiar one. The picture above was taken by a man who posted on social media about morons on electric bikes scaring a nearby horse, external as they rode illegally on public footpaths. Aside from being showered with gravel churned up by the gobby miscreants, no one came to harm that day, but others have not been so lucky.

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This hefty but nimble and highly customizable ebike makes the journey as important as the destination. Get where you want, and have fun along the way. Bigger wheels combined with front suspension can take on anything the road throws at you. Quick-release thru axle is confusing to assemble. Quite heavy and hard to maneuver when not riding.

A Waymo nearly hit me, but I'm still optimistic about driverless cars A near miss with a Waymo while cycling through London hasn't changed my optimistic stance on driverless cars, but we can't ever let our guard down, says Matthew Sparkes Waymo driverless cars are in London, but is this a positive move for road safety? Waymo's driverless cars have been rolling through London for months, although they aren't taking passengers yet and a human sits ready to seize control if needed. Every time I've encountered them, they have seemed cautious and predictable. But recently, I had a near miss. I was circling a roundabout as I cycled home from work and a Waymo was about to pull onto it in front of me.