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Police seize e-bike with no rear brake lever in Canterbury city centre
Police have seized an illegally-adapted e-bike with no rear brake lever.
The machine was also four times more powerful than legal limits permit.
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Officers finally caught up with it in Canterbury city centre after the rider had twice before fled from them.
A tweet from the city-based police team this morning said: “After making off from officers on two occasions, this illegally adapted e-bike has been seized.
“It had no rear brake lever, no chain, a throttle and motor on the hub of 1,000 watts. The maximum is 250W on the road.”
An e-bike is a bicycle that can be powered by electricity or propelled by pedals.
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