No handlebars wider than 700mm allowed in Australia

[T-Bob]

Is this not just a restriction on the sale of new bikes with bars of >700mm? IE they need to come stock with those, but they can be changed out afterwards. 

 

Don't spoil the fun with not

Fake Facts.

[Patchelicious]

Don't spoil the fun with not

Fake Facts.

*Alternative facts

[TIB]

700mm handlebars. Lovely. Bar-ends will make a comeback.

[Iwan Kemp]

Official recall...

 

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/article/illegal-handlebars-everywhere-49291/

 

"...

 

He continued, "The mandatory standard was introduced in 1979 and there have been significant advances in bike technology and design since that time. It is hoped that aspects of the current mandatory standard will be amended in line with international standards."

[wolf1969]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/12/16/three-dead-in-horror-24-hours-on-nations-roads/

 

That Huffington Post article is fascinating. Read the language:

 

 

A 33-year old woman was travelling with a small group of cyclists travelling southbound on Mona Vale Road, Sydney, when she collided with a Toyota Corolla on Sunday morning.

 

She collided with the car?? Hmmm

 

 

Also on Saturday night, three people lost their lives after the car they were travelling in crashed into trees in Queensland.

 

The car crashed into trees??

 

 

Police said the horror crash, near Bundaberg, occurred when the vehicle lost control at the intersection of Birthamba Road and Bishop Drive in Bucca about 7pm.

 

The vehicle lost control??

 

 

The awful period on the nation's roads started late Friday when a man died on the Mornington Peninsula after the car he was driving hit a power pole just before midnight.

 

Police believe the car was travelling east on Boundary Road in Dromana when his car left the road, leading to the fatal smash.

 

The car hit a power pole?? His car left the road??

 

Aren't drivers responsible for the operation of their vehicles any longer? It seems that the car is now fully in control...

[Bateleur1]

Currently in NSW you can get pinged for the following:

 

$106 for not having a bell

$425 for track standing at the lights

$319 for no helmet

$425 for running a red light (you hearing that CT??)

$106 no ID when stopped

$425 for 'dangerous riding' whatever that is! 

 

Bavarian police was looking at me when I was track standing at a traffic light last week, but it was more a look of admiration than anything else.

[gummibear]

Would motorists be able to use this as a defense in court if they were to clip a mtb rider ?

[Starchboy]

I would guess that there are pretty stupid laws about cycling all over the world.

 

When I lived in Berlin I was told that there was a law (that was never enforced) that all bikes had to have both front and back lights. Now I can see the point there, but they also all had to be dynamo driven. The reason allegedly was that when the law was introduced more or less all dynamo lights in the world were manufactured in Germany.

[BaGearA]

So many reasons to move to AUS

 

And so many reasons not to move there as well.

 

 

 

Not A fan of having to bring my labrador inside the house so the spiders won't hunt him

[arendoog]

I'd love to visit for a short while. Surf the gold coast. But that's it.

Australia's particular brand of culture never really appealed to me. 

I really should go too. So much family in Sydney.

Whenever they're in SA they moan about us not visiting them.

But if I ever have the opportunity to go visit.

I'd probably choose to go somewhere else...

Exactly the same here .Visit Oz and the family or go skiing  in Europe .The Oz family flight tickets to Europe cost more than double  than we pay with our dismal rand  .Australia is super expensive even if you earn Oz dollars 

[Bateleur1]

I would guess that there are pretty stupid laws about cycling all over the world.

 

When I lived in Berlin I was told that there was a law (that was never enforced) that all bikes had to have both front and back lights. Now I can see the point there, but they also all had to be dynamo driven. The reason allegedly was that when the law was introduced more or less all dynamo lights in the world were manufactured in Germany.

 

I stand to be corrected but think that battery lights were only recently legally allowed but think it has been used for a long time.