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Post by mlrtime »

Gigachad wrote: post #247
wafflemaker wrote: post #182

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Just follow the old Eve online adage - don't fly what you can't afford to lose. If there's lot of theft and you can't store bike at a secure place - have a cheap bike.

Yes that's the compromise we have had to live with. But some countries like Singapore and China are showing it is actually possible to just solve theft so you don't have to deal with your bike being stolen.

There are places in the US like this as well, but are general smaller / tight knit. I don't know of any high trust dense urban areas.

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Post by AngryData »

mik1998 wrote: post #240
AngryData wrote: post #202

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No one goes around stealing bikes just because they want to do bad things.

There is a large amount of people who go around stealing bikes for fun and some cash; and often "street cred" or something akin to that.

Then maybe society should be improved upon so that a few dollars or a few minutes of "fun" or "street cred" isn't seen as such a boon to their life that people risk jail time for it.

The US tried "tough on crime" approaches, what has it resulted in? 25% of the entire world's prison population and it still has higher crime rates than its peer nations.

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Post by Zambyte »

Perseids wrote: post #204
analog31 wrote: post #87

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It says it has a wireless cadence sensor. With that said, torque sensors were an improvement over cadence sensors. To elaborate a bit, friends of mine have had bikes with both cadence and torque sensors. And I've tried their bikes out. Agreeing with one friend, the bike with the cadence sensor seems to decide how fast it wants to go. The bike with the torque sensor behaves a lot more like what you're used to from rid…

> The bike with the torque sensor behaves a lot more like what you're used to from riding a conventional bike I agree, but would like to point out that sometimes this might not be what you want. I had a bike with a front motor and a cadence sensor that I used for my commute for a few years, and was very happy with the motor just pulling me along while I lazily pushed the pedals with ~zero torque, barely enough to let…

With a torque sensor you can just raise the assist level and drop your gear to get the same effect, no? Seems like a torque sensor would be the best of both worlds.

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Post by 4ndrewl »

sigio wrote: post #241

So, this won't work on any regular bike that has a fender, which is most 'regular' bikes people would use for city-driving/daily commutes. (At least in area's that get rain occasionally.

You could replace your regular fender/mudguard with an "ass-saver" type that sticks out parallel to the ground.

But in any case wet tyres would have a negative impact on the ability of this device to efficiently drive the tyre.

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Post by michaelt »

Toutouxc wrote: post #209
portly wrote: post #165

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That made me question who this is for. Looks like it's only for racing bikes that have taken off the rear mudguard. And those bikes are typically used to exercise.. Which makes me wonder about the cleaning after it rained..

Only commuter and bikepacking bikes have mudguards, almost nobody puts one on a mountain bike or a proper road bike, regardless of whether they’re electrified. This looks like it’s more for these “sporty” categories of bikes.

> Only commuter and bikepacking bikes have mudguards, almost nobody puts one on a mountain bike or a proper road bike

I suspect this depends on the weather in your area - road cycling clubs near me often require mudguards for "winter club rides".

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Post by lukan »

Galanwe wrote: post #193
DonHopkins wrote: post #186

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Throttled motors on ebikes are terribly unsafe, compared to pedal assist central motors. I just got rear-ended by an illegally hot-rodded fat bike with a throttle, when the asshole lost control of his bike after hitting my rear wheel trying to pass at illegally high speed without bothering to ring his bell, and he flipped over and spilled onto the bike path. I was fine, but surprised he so carelessly and thoughtlessl…

This drives me mad as well. Electric bikes should be limited to 25kph and non throttled in Europe, yet half the bikes I see are both, and drive recklessly.

I don't really get that logic. Cars can do way over 100 yet no one calls for limiting all cars all the time, because some drivers drive reckless.

And if we want to limit cars - you know, the number one thing that actually kills a lot of people directly - then I don't think it helps artificially limiting alternatives like E-Bikes.

The only difference is with enforcing the rules, but there are solutions for that. Police on E-Bikes doing patrolling, mandatory number plates, E-Bike driving licence, .. not that I want all those things, but I much rather have that and not crippled bikes so cars stay the norm.

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Post by zyvop1 »

The friction-drive approach is interesting, especially at 3.7 kg. I’d be curious how the drive wheel affects tire wear and performance in wet conditions over time.

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Post by ant6n »

jwr wrote: post #239
veunes wrote: post #227

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I can see one audience: someone with a bike they already like who only occasionally needs assistance and wants the whole thing removable

Once you try a (good!) electric bike, you don't really want to go back. Life is just so much better. For urban commuting, you no longer think about heat (getting sweaty), distance, inclines, wind, etc. Obviously I'm talking about good electric bikes, with mid-mounted engines that detect pedaling strength. These feel great, unlike electric motors strapped to bikes, which feel like, well, electric motors strapped to bi…

How do you get exercise without sweating. Or asked another way, of you don’t get your heart rate up while riding, what’s the point.

Or put a different way: I use electric Lime rental bikes all the time, it’s super fast and convenient. But I’m keenly aware they don’t give me any exercise, so I do want to go back to unpowered bikes as much as possible.

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