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To: Dr. Sivana

Yeah, I can’t limit myself speedwise like that. I have to move.

My kind of bike.

https://electric-biking.com/fastest-electric-bike/


63 posted on 06/16/2024 9:56:04 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: Jonty30
Yeah, I can’t limit myself speedwise like that. I have to move.

Well, why not a motorcycle or moped, then?
65 posted on 06/16/2024 9:59:54 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Stormy Daniels is a McGuffin)
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To: Jonty30

One of my best friends from my racing days lives in Arizona now. Some of the people he rides with have extremely expensive road bikes that have been converted to electric. He says you sometimes have to look closely to realize that they are cheating. And of course, they are not as responsive to speed changes as a normal bike, so they are not very safe to ride in a pack.

On the two e-bikes that we have now if you are using one of the pedal assist modes and you stop pedaling the motor keeps assisting for a second or two. If you were on someone’s wheel you would end up running into them before the bike slowed down. And when all that power is cut off the deceleration is faster than when you just start producing a bit less power with your legs... so someone would run into you. So, e-bikes are useful in a pack when setting the pace in the front, but not so much within the pack.


68 posted on 06/16/2024 10:05:44 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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