It’s an offence to ride a bicycle on a public road without two efficient braking systems, operating independently on the front and rear wheel.
It is clear that a fixed wheel counts as a braking system operating on that wheel, so a fixed wheel bike with a front brake is legal (assuming both brakes are efficient!), but a fixed wheel bike with merely a rear brake isn’t, as there’s no independent front wheel brake.
There are various exceptions for tricycles, quadricycles, non-standard bikes and electric assist pedal cycles.
Key Topics
- Alcohol and drugs
- Advanced Stop Lines
- Backie on a bicycle
- Bells
- Brakes
- Bus Lanes
- Carrying people
- Clothing
- Countryside Access
- Cycle Lanes, paths and tracks
- Dismounting
- Electric Bikes
- E-Scooters
- Filtering
- Helmets
- Insurance
- Intoxication
- Lights and reflectors
- Mobile phones
- Obstructing motorists
- Pavements
- Pedestrian zones
- Red Lights
- Road Tax
- Shared use paths
- Speed limits
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