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Law Pulls Plug on Electric Bikes - WSJ.com

Problem is that with a 350 watt motor it is not a pedal bike, simply an illegal, unregistered etc. motor bike. I seem to recall a case many years ago of someone pedalling a broken down cyclemaster, not having a licence, he argued that it was no longer a motor vehicle. The court thought...

I ma still getting a threat warning, emptied my cache yesterday but it still bobbed up this morning.

Thanks Jimod, I enjoyed that account. Mike

I think that electric bikes are now reasonably well established. One huge advantage they have over a car is that they don't actually take much electricity to recharge, the batteries are portable and can be taken indoors. In the boating world, there have been small 12 volt trolling motors for...

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the understatement: “It’s A Brick” – Tesla Motors’ Devastating Design Problem

But the fuel free generator does not make any spare electricity. All that happens is that the motor takes electricity from battery A and the alternator puts it in to battery B. It does not matter whether this is done by straight alternator charging or converting the back EMF. You cannot take...

Frame:aluminium, sit up and beg style, but definitely traditional triangle. Motor:250 or bigger if allowed, crank driver. Pedelec:switcheable on and off besides assist level. Throttle: a must! Half type preferred Suspension: full, but not particularly expensive, just enough for ordinary...

I think that this is a major problem for the manufacturers. Some people want what is basically a bike, either road or off road type, as light and sporty as possible, with almost hidden electric support. Others would prefer something more akin to a low powered moped that requires as little...

I feel awful now about posting about the hoax!

My head hurts!

This happened to me years ago on a low powered moped going up a hill, I pulled out and started to pass a stationary bus, half way along, he stuck his hand out of the side window and pulled away forcing me across the center of the road. This action was quite common among Swansea bus drivers at...

Really glad for you Steve.

Would it be possible to just throttle around a velodrome, out of the wind with say a 100 kilo rider or weights added to make it up. That would give some indication. I know from Fleccs post that this would not be all that much use because of varying peak power figures on hills. But, it would...

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BBC News - Bristol bus driver Gavin Hill who drove into cyclist jailed

I take your point, but weight is not an issue if the bike is electric. My Tonaro will go up hills that I could barely pedal up on my 1956 tourer. As to fittings, the old centre pull brakes were not a patch on modern disc brakes. Derailleurs change just the same as they always did, perhaps a bit...

Well I thought that she was quite sensible, obviously cared about cyclists etc. and merely pointed out that the cost of cameras would have to be evaluated against other measures which could be better.

Electric motors have been around for a century or more and are well understood. So, unlike the early days of motor cycles, our engines are highly developed and should be much of a sameness regardless of manufacture. Likewise, cycle manufacture is well understood, and although the move to alloy...