.......though probably not one you were expecting! It’s a bit of a slow day, so thought I’d help it pass with an idle question. I have a ‘60s Velosolex. For those who are too young to have seen one, it’s a French (it couldn’t be invented by anyone else) powered bicycle with the 49cc motor mounted on the handlebars and driving the front wheel via a roller. There is a lever to remove the roller from the wheel, but no throttle so it then sounds like a demented bumble bee on steroids (normally is just sounds like a demented bumble bee). It has top speed on the flat of about 15mph (it'd be a bit more with a more sylph-like rider), slightly faster downhill – where gravity and the non sylph-like rider helps. Its absurd, but legally it’s a motorbike – so I have MOT (it is an annual source of great mirth in the shop), insurance and (free) road tax. I occasionally use it for shopping or for a couple of miles to work if the sun is shining, and any time I feel the need to pretend I'm a French peasant. It is actually great fun, and causes much merriment amongst those I pass (that would mostly be pedestrians and the infirm and elderly). However….. as it is legally a motorcycle it also means I’m meant to wear a crash helmet. Can you imagine how ridiculous I’d look wearing a helmet on a small powered bicycle – so I don’t. The decision is mine, but I am just curious to know what others would do? I’ve never been stopped, but if I were I would suggest politely that I can go considerably faster on a pushbike and do they really want to waste my time and theirs prosecuting me?