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Fumesucker

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33. I have an ebike I built myself
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 12:06 PM
Apr 2013

Peak speed is actually *slower* than when it was pedal only, the motor gives enough drag going down steep hills that it slows the bike down from what it would do otherwise.

What the electric power really helps with is keeping from slowing to a dead crawl up steep hills, at sixty something I don't have the energy I used to.

This is my setup in its current configuration.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11282343


Bloomberg to ban e-bikes [View all] ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 OP
Like what alternatives? randome Apr 2013 #1
Law enforcement ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #4
Restricting e-bikes to parks, then? That might be an alternative. randome Apr 2013 #9
lol octothorpe Apr 2013 #30
How about a gyroscopically-stabilized electric unicycle? krispos42 Apr 2013 #36
But I bet an enterprising engineer could MAKE those kind of bowling pins! randome Apr 2013 #46
Allow something that causes far less pollution or danger than cars? Fumesucker Apr 2013 #6
I was under the impression that they're not legal in NYC in the first place Fumesucker Apr 2013 #2
E-bikes are pretty heavy Robb Apr 2013 #5
They can be not much heavier than an ordinary bike Fumesucker Apr 2013 #13
The battery and motor add 20 to 40 pounds to the bike. hack89 Apr 2013 #42
Odd, my battery weighs six pounds and my motor weighs eight Fumesucker Apr 2013 #51
Why do you have to make it personal? hack89 Apr 2013 #60
Here is an electric mountain bike that weighs 68 pounds hack89 Apr 2013 #61
Have you ever actually *seen* an ebike in the flesh? Fumesucker Apr 2013 #65
So there is a wide range of bikes with a wide range of weights. hack89 Apr 2013 #68
Now you know how non-gunners feel when you get all picky about gun terminology Fumesucker Apr 2013 #71
They don't have to be heavy but some are heavy hack89 Apr 2013 #72
The point being that you were arguing about something of which you have *zero* knowledge Fumesucker Apr 2013 #75
ok. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #83
Pretty much any new vehicle will get immediately banned these days Posteritatis Apr 2013 #8
Just a renamed and redesigned moped! whistler162 Apr 2013 #91
I think it's a matter of quanitity krispos42 Apr 2013 #40
Federal law defines ebikes under 750 watts (one horsepower) as "bicycles" Fumesucker Apr 2013 #43
Ah, okay. krispos42 Apr 2013 #95
More fake outrage...eom Kolesar Apr 2013 #3
How dare the mayor sign a law passed by city council!!! Robb Apr 2013 #7
See this ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #11
I'd say you certainly got the last word in there! randome Apr 2013 #14
Classic authoritarianism from Bloomberg. backscatter712 Apr 2013 #10
City council passed the legislation because of citizen complaints. Ikonoklast Apr 2013 #50
Post removed Post removed Apr 2013 #12
I'd say you certainly got the last word in there! Kolesar Apr 2013 #15
Posts that prove the Perfesser wrong usually don't get any replies. baldguy Apr 2013 #16
Ha! We can both be right, right? randome Apr 2013 #19
Bloomberg justifies anything he wants, often with astroturf ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #20
So now you're doubling down with a conspiracy theory. geek tragedy Apr 2013 #28
Saying that Bloomberg rules by hubirs is not a conspiracy theory ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #31
So he manufactured the complaints of ebikes? nt geek tragedy Apr 2013 #54
And has done little to crackdown on the manics while ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #59
That's the most interesting thing. People who don't live in NYC, and hate everything it stands for DanTex Apr 2013 #53
Then your problem should be with the state of New York, not Bloomberg. baldguy Apr 2013 #35
Bloomie is a 1%er whose hubris knows no bounds ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #55
Yeah, there are a lot of people who don't like Bloomberg. They're mostly Republicans. baldguy Apr 2013 #63
I don't think any supporter of OWS or related efforts think much of him either ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #64
Yeah, right. You "support" gun control. But you attack every Democrat who tris to pass it. baldguy Apr 2013 #70
Far from it. ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #88
Thank you for proving your dishonesty. baldguy Apr 2013 #93
So if someone doesn't support your exact agenda they don't support "REAL gun control" ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #101
Electric bicycles are NOT 'currently unregulated in the state of New York'. PoliticAverse Apr 2013 #57
NYS law treats electric powered bicycles as bicycles. Those regs only apply to gas powered bicycles. baldguy Apr 2013 #69
Those rules apply to manufacturers, not individuals Fumesucker Apr 2013 #82
Why not enforce traffic laws Cal Carpenter Apr 2013 #17
And when they start doing that you'll whine about the fascist NYC cops harrassing cyclists. baldguy Apr 2013 #37
You have strange and inaccurate predictive skills n/t Cal Carpenter Apr 2013 #48
I don't know. I would imagine he is spot on. MattBaggins Apr 2013 #67
Apparently it's not the bikes themselves Courtesy Flush Apr 2013 #18
Sounds like a typical NY cabbie Fumesucker Apr 2013 #22
How many motorists or pedestrians are on sidewalks going 30 mph? geek tragedy Apr 2013 #24
What? You can't walk 30mph? HappyMe Apr 2013 #34
30 mph ebikes are rare and almost always custom made, usually by the owner Fumesucker Apr 2013 #39
Couldn't we say that about any law though? octothorpe Apr 2013 #38
Bikes shouldn't be on the sidewalk Travis_0004 Apr 2013 #44
Maybe because the messenger services use them? randome Apr 2013 #47
They're parked on sidewalks. nt geek tragedy Apr 2013 #49
Bookmarked so I can come back and read the testimonial about nearly getting killed by an ebike... JVS Apr 2013 #21
Not the biggest Bloomberg fan, but it's hardly the act of an emperor geek tragedy Apr 2013 #23
When was the last time Bloomie wanted something and did not get it? ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #26
Which borough do you live in? nt geek tragedy Apr 2013 #29
I used to live in NYC ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #32
There is a simple solution.. sendero Apr 2013 #25
There are some Federal laws that NY needs to align with ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #27
Which specifically supersedes State law... PoliticAverse Apr 2013 #58
I have an ebike I built myself Fumesucker Apr 2013 #33
I understand... sendero Apr 2013 #84
There is a threshold, one horsepower or 750 watts for electric Fumesucker Apr 2013 #86
Don't they have traffic laws? Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #41
He's at it again, isn't he? smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #45
That's one, Newest Reality Apr 2013 #52
Hmmm.... sarisataka Apr 2013 #62
From the link pokerfan Apr 2013 #66
It's nice that the gunners have found a non-gun topic they can respond to finally. bluedigger Apr 2013 #73
Actually it looks like the other way around Union Scribe Apr 2013 #74
Ouch. N/T beevul Apr 2013 #80
*Rolls eyes at Bloomberg, again* Jamastiene Apr 2013 #76
It doesn't make sense to me Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #77
Actually, they sound like a good idea if driven properly. nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #78
Fast and dangerous like say... a motorcycle? bunnies Apr 2013 #79
Not even close to a motorcycle Fumesucker Apr 2013 #81
Really? He feels the need to ban something like that? bunnies Apr 2013 #85
Did you know he also funds gun safety groups? Robb Apr 2013 #87
Does that makeup for all his other crap? ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #89
One of them is Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Robb Apr 2013 #90
Have you looked at their felony rate? ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #97
Bloomberg also donated a TON of money to Planned Parenthood. Robb Apr 2013 #98
You can't pink/green/blue or white wash the 1% stench and hubris from Bloomie ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #100
Donated more than $1 billion to Johns Hopkins. With a "b", "billion." Robb Apr 2013 #102
He is still a 1%er doing 1%er things ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #103
Plus he's really pro gun control. Robb Apr 2013 #104
Bloomie is still a rabid 1%er with even more hubris than money ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #105
E-bike? That seems the same thing as an electric motorbike. Which is a vehicle... Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #92
Bloomberg says they're fast and dangerous -- but let me tell you something . . . markpkessinger Apr 2013 #94
In my interactions with them in the past I saw them coming ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #99
They're ALREADY illegal on public streets, for good reason. This bill just makes it easier NYC Liberal Apr 2013 #96
What is the "good reason" ebikes are illegal? Fumesucker Apr 2013 #106
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