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Originally Posted by dirtyvileHARRYuk

yes this guy was caught on hampstead heath riding his bike (wow big crime) my point is that the heath is massive and as long as everyone takes care there is no chance of any accidents and i can not see the fuss about not letting bikes up there.

No idea mate, have you tried looking on the local councils website to see why they have banned bikes.

It may be because of environmental damage done by cyclists failing to stay on approved paths, a large number of accidents caused by cyclists. Or something as simple as a monster increase in public liability insurance over some cycle related incidents.

Whatever it was the local council should have had a public consultation and debated the ban before imposing it. Thats the problem with some local councils often they fail to publicise the reasons behind decisions effectively.