January 10, 20215 yr Police are hunting a man who keeps escaping their clutches - on an electric scooter. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/appeal-trace-man-who-outran-4873211 the plod chopper can only go 178mph!
January 10, 20215 yr Police are hunting a man who keeps escaping their clutches - on an electric scooter. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/appeal-trace-man-who-outran-4873211 I've got one for when I want to go out during the lockdown. That's when it doesn't snow.
January 11, 20215 yr Richard Hammond (old BBC Top Gear episode) featured a laptop-sized (bit thicker [the conveyance, not Richard Hammond] [?]) electric conveyance, and I have thus far been unable to locate anything similar - I'd love one of those... looks easily carried in a rucksack. Mind you - I'd inevitaby take a tumble, shatter, and regret buying it.
January 11, 20215 yr Richard Hammond (old BBC Top Gear episode) featured a laptop-sized (bit thicker [the conveyance, not Richard Hammond] [?]) electric conveyance, and I have thus far been unable to locate anything similar - I'd love one of those... looks easily carried in a rucksack. Mind you - I'd inevitaby take a tumble, shatter, and regret buying it. As long as you put pedals driving a wheel, why not? Hehe :-)
January 11, 20215 yr As long as you put pedals driving a wheel, why not? Hehe Wow! That's a good find! I searched everywhere and couldn't find this thing! By the size of the battery pack, there doesn't seem to be a lot of room for many 18650s - Richard Hammond was using it in an airport to get between terminals, I suppose for that purpose it'd be ideal but it looks too unsafe for use on a crowded street. I'd still buy one for a dollar. If it could fold out to become a full e-skateboard... it'd be far more stable. This looks interesting - if it could be folded smaller, it'd be perfect: ...add a telescopic handle for the e-scooter model.
January 11, 20215 yr "Fold and put in a rucksack" That's so 2019, its 2021 man, ride that sucker, hehe. Oh, still no pedal drive for PAS though, doh! Air wheel SE3 getting closer, but still no cigar:( Edited January 11, 20215 yr by MikelBikel
January 11, 20215 yr "Fold and put in a rucksack" That's so 2019, its 2021 man, ride that sucker, hehe. Oh, still no pedal drive for PAS though, doh! These have an assist mode for 20 miles - not pedalling as such, or at all in fact:
January 11, 20215 yr These have an assist mode for 20 miles - not pedalling as such, or at all in fact: But it's 14.5kg Before adding contents! Put a crank thru a 305 front wheel & voila, legal ebike? Edited January 11, 20215 yr by MikelBikel
January 11, 20215 yr Author QFM-360-X motor is 1,000 kW or 1,341 horsepower. 2 of those will do and can go drifting round tesco when im 80 and piss all over the plod chopper
January 11, 20215 yr [ATTACH type=full" alt="40159]40159[/ATTACH] QFM-360-X motor is 1,000 kW or 1,341 horsepower. 2 of those will do and can go drifting round tesco when im 80 and **** all over the plod chopper Matron, matron, he's out of his bed again!
January 11, 20215 yr [ATTACH=full]40159[/ATTACH] QFM-360-X motor is 1,000 kW or 1,341 horsepower. 2 of those will do and can go drifting round tesco when im 80 and **** all over the plod chopper Holy smokes! Four of these are on a 5000hp dragster: https://cleantechnica.com/2020/04/17/meet-the-tiny-1340-hp-electric-motor-driving-the-hyperloop/ You'd run out of *** before you ran out of speed...
January 11, 20215 yr But it's 14.5kg Before adding contents! Put a crank thru a 305 front wheel & voila, legal ebike? 14.5kg is lighter than most non-electrified mountain bikes. So close to legal! (possibly)
January 11, 20215 yr 14.5kg is lighter than most mountain bikes. So close to legal! (possibly) Well, the smallest cranks are 100mm kiddie cranks? So need a wheel like ETRTO 305mm plus, to pedal without heel/pedal strike on ground? Is there a motor that will allow a freewheeling crank thru the middle & cable not thru axle?
January 11, 20215 yr Well, the smallest cranks are 100mm kiddie cranks? So need a wheel like ETRTO 305mm plus, to pedal without heel/pedal strike on ground? Is there a motor that will allow a freewheeling crank thru the middle & cable not thru axle? If you could install a crankwheel at the front driving a chain to the back, a TongSheng might fit? It'd be a brave man who tried... not least because of street ridicule...
January 11, 20215 yr If you could install a crankwheel at the front driving a chain to the back, a TongSheng might fit? It'd be a brave man who tried... not least because of street ridicule... Then just have a kiddie crank wheel at the front, a hub motor front wheel at the back, no chain, no BB, just go!
January 11, 20215 yr Then just have a kiddie crank wheel at the front, a hub motor front wheel at the back, no chain, no BB, just go! Some day, all ebikes will look this way...
January 12, 20215 yr the plod chopper can only go 178mph! At about £2000 all in costs per hour of flight, I don't think theyll be calling NPAS anytime soon for a lad committing document offences on a scooter. And it they did you'd probably at that instead.
January 13, 20215 yr Don't mess with the Suffolk police... https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/suffolk-police-apache-helicopter/ Thankfully no one was seriously hurt in the incident, which occurred while the Apache was chasing down a bicycle thief, although WI treasurer Gladys Worthington-Smyth was injured by a flower pot.
January 13, 20215 yr Don't mess with the Suffolk police... https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/suffolk-police-apache-helicopter/ The plod say they're strapped for cash...
January 13, 20215 yr The plod say they're strapped for cash... They can afford all-terrain Police tractors and ATVs as well to stop Norfolk-Suffolk border smugglers / rural crime. All very Dukes of Hazard esp with the US airbases dotted around. https://www.countryside-alliance.org/news/new-national-rural-crime-network-launches Suffolk Constabulary has a small but dedicated team determined to help rural communities tackle wildlife and rural crimes. Rural crime is defined as any crime of an agricultural, livestock, wildlife or heritage nature. The team has an Inspector, a Sergeant, two Police Constables and three Special Constables. In addition there are seven police officers on the force who have also been trained to tackle wildlife crime. They use tractors, 4x4 vehicles, which are marked up in rural crime livery, as well as a small all-terrain vehicle (ATV). If needed they have access to drones (small unmanned surveillance aircrafts), Apache attack helicopter, satellite (hi-res optical and radar) surveillance to help with intelligence gathering and operational policing. The team’s current priorities include rural thefts (machinery / plant / diesel and technology such as GPS equip- ment), hare coursing, poaching, raptor persecution, damage to habitat, policing of hunts and heritage crime, including theft of lead from churches. The team also deals with badger baiting, stag hunting with dogs and other unlawful activities which can cause damage to fields, property and vehicles. The team are also trained in CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species) offences, such as illegal ivory, Rhino horn etc, as well as live specimens of illegal animals. It is also noted that there is a clear link between the aforementioned crimes and serious organised crime groups who are involved with other criminal activity such as turnip and sugar beet smuggling & drugs, trafficking, and slavery. Edited January 13, 20215 yr by Wicky
January 13, 20215 yr They can afford all-terrain Police tractors and ATVs as well to stop Norfolk-Suffolk border smugglers / rural crime. All very Dukes of Hazard esp with the US airbases dotted around. https://www.countryside-alliance.org/news/new-national-rural-crime-network-launches WTF?!?!!? Are they expecting Norfolk to invade? Norfolks seemed quite friendly when I met a whole bunch of them while out drinking in Spalding many many years ago, but they did ask if I was from Suffolk...
January 13, 20215 yr It's all very tribal between the two counties... https://www.beinsports.com/en/football/news/football-rivalries-the-east-anglian-derby/1455070 The East Anglian derby is for the pride of Anglia. It is those three little words that mean so much for Norwich and Ipswich supporters. Forget El Clasico and the Merseyside derby; the East Anglian derby is extraordinarily tribal. It is difficult for outsiders to understand why this rivalry is so heated. Forty-three miles separate the two football clubs, and it is a rivalry deeply rooted between the only two professional clubs in Norfolk and Suffolk. It is a contest that forms antagonistic work banter and can create the destruction of friendships and even on the odd occasion families too. Norwich and Ipswich are like brothers, who have a hate-hate relationship. Jealousy runs deep in the blood. There is a substantial back story of resentment that simmers continuously and boils on derby day.
January 13, 20215 yr It's all very tribal between the two counties... https://www.beinsports.com/en/football/news/football-rivalries-the-east-anglian-derby/1455070 The East Anglian derby is for the pride of Anglia. It is those three little words that mean so much for Norwich and Ipswich supporters. Forget El Clasico and the Merseyside derby; the East Anglian derby is extraordinarily tribal. It is difficult for outsiders to understand why this rivalry is so heated. Forty-three miles separate the two football clubs, and it is a rivalry deeply rooted between the only two professional clubs in Norfolk and Suffolk. It is a contest that forms antagonistic work banter and can create the destruction of friendships and even on the odd occasion families too. Norwich and Ipswich are like brothers, who have a hate-hate relationship. Jealousy runs deep in the blood. There is a substantial back story of resentment that simmers continuously and boils on derby day. Blimey. It did seem tense till I said "No, I'm not from Suffolk". I'd best not ask what side you're on... in case all hell breaks loose all over these forums... Do both sides hate Lincolnshire/Yellowbellies? Police Apache helicopters seem excessive despite all that! Sheez... Maybe they're expecting a Russian invasion?
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