September 14, 20169 yr I think you mean DESIGNER, less of the chav please, I have class and would never associate myself with anything or anyone chavvy! Regards, Owner/rider Daimler Mercedes DESIGNER Smart eBike The Smart eBike is the pedelec equivalent of a vajazzle.
September 14, 20169 yr Author The Smart eBike is the pedelec equivalent of a vajazzle. What the hell is one that, are you sure I have one?
September 14, 20169 yr Where does the speed come from in that nice Oxygen bike? weight/gearing/motor/battery?
September 14, 20169 yr Where does the speed come from in that nice Oxygen bike? weight/gearing/motor/battery? Legs?
September 14, 20169 yr Going up the hill speed is 15.9mph, so not too steep. Going down speed is 32.7mph. Note these are average speeds over a half mile. Max speed downhill is touch over 40 .
September 14, 20169 yr And here is my longest days run before I fitted the electric kit to the bike. Well over 120 miles. but only 107 recorded in seven hours nine mins. with max speed of 49.2 mph. That's fairly quick for a distance, it misses out breakfast and the two hour lunch stop though.
September 14, 20169 yr How do you get segments on an ebike ride on Strava? Just make them the same way as a normal ride. They will then only apply and be visible to anyone else using that segment and recording it as an ebike ride..
September 14, 20169 yr Where does the speed come from in that nice Oxygen bike? weight/gearing/motor/battery? Good question. I'm not sure. It took me by surprise. It's not just the speed, but the acceleration too. The older Oxygen Emate MTB was the same. You could pedal along happily at 24 mph. Andrew, who designs and specifies these bikes has always managed to make them fast considering the power they have. Maybe they have secret ingredient X.
September 15, 20169 yr Author 46mph downhill but that was very scary !! If he shaved he would probably go even faster :-) :-)
September 16, 20169 yr The highest speed I've reached on an eBike that is behaving normally, on a flat surface (so pedalling) is 26mph yesterday. I wasn't trying to go fast so it was a bit of a surprise when I looked down and saw that. Must have been favourable conditions. I reached 30mph downhill on my old Kalkhoff, cycling on a road that was fairly busy. I was going the same speed as the cars, although to be honest the bike felt a bit unstable so don't think I'll be doing that again. A couple of years back, the SyncDrive motor on my Giant Prime 2014 developed a fault where it would assist up to any speed it wanted, then cut-out completely and not assist at all. Annoying as it had to go back to JE James, but I have to admit it was quite amusing to be suddenly catching up with traffic for the few days I rode it with the fault. Think that probably got me up to about 40mph (though that bike didn't have a speed guage, so not certain).
September 16, 20169 yr I once hit 17 mph on my bike for a few seconds, the effort required nearly killed me and I'm not keen to do it again
September 16, 20169 yr Author I think men are inherantly stronger than women so I wouldn't take it to heart, your probably quicker at cooking or washing the dishes
September 16, 20169 yr I think men are inherantly stronger than women so I wouldn't take it to heart, your probably quicker at cooking or washing the dishes Fancy a race ? http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article3235674.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Laura-trott.jpg
September 16, 20169 yr I once hit 17 mph on my bike for a few seconds, the effort required nearly killed me and I'm not keen to do it again Were you pedalling a tank?!
September 16, 20169 yr Fancy a race ? http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article3235674.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Laura-trott.jpg God she is awesome.
September 16, 20169 yr I think men are inherantly stronger than women so I wouldn't take it to heart, your probably quicker at cooking or washing the dishes I used to openly say things like this.. Women make poor drivers etc.. Not that I hold that view because I dont, it was just to generate a response.. A bit like you are doing I suppose!!
September 16, 20169 yr Author I used to openly say things like this.. Women make poor drivers etc.. Not that I hold that view because I dont, it was just to generate a response.. A bit like you are doing I suppose!! I drive past a school almost every day and I can assure you that women are appalling drivers, not all but at least 30% of what I see on that stretch of road. One wonders how they pass their test, must be short skirts!!!
September 16, 20169 yr I drive past a school almost every day and I can assure you that women are appalling drivers, not all but at least 30% of what I see on that stretch of road. One wonders how they pass their test, must be short skirts!!! Wot a load of b*****ks. Man/woman = some great, some not so great, some shite at (insert task here). Humour like this went down the pan some time back.
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