This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
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This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
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Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#249 kg, too heavy to use it as a normal bike.
This means people will use always use it in electric mode.
Hmm, this takes some of the appeal away...
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#3Can't carry it on my shoulder, can't put it on my car's bike rack and how would I secure it? U-lock the front part of the frame?
It also doesn't appear to have turn signals or a place for license plates. I'm guessing this isn't meant to be used in the US, or in California at least, where both would be required. (see http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d03/vc5030.htm and http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/motors.html)
A nice toy I guess, but it's not a good candidate for replacing my retrospec or my electric scooter. BTW, maximum speed for this type of vehicle in California is 30 mph so you'd need to ship it with a governor. (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d01/vc406.htm)
Also, 108 pounds? That's not a good weight for a bicycle at all - but still a great one for a theif to toss it in the back of a truck.
I'm sure if you unscrew that fancy biometric id all you'd have to do is give some pin +5V to turn it on.
No wireless, less space than the Nomad ... I mean ... ahem, it's very pretty. I hope it does well.
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#4The bicycle (and/or the vdo) is breathtaking. The price (6000 EUR) is breath taking.
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#5At a weight of 49 kg, this is way too heavy to be considered "sort of a bicycle". Pedelecs assist the rider, whereas here it's necessary to have a charged battery, or you'll feel like there's another person riding along with you.
Taking a look from the other "what is a bicycle" side, this thing fills an interesting niche: even when you only have to pedal for 1% of the power in street mode, you're still pedaling, so in many legislations you'll be a bicycle by law. In that sense, that thing has a law switch to toggle between motorcycle (that you could also ride on bike lanes) and bicycle (that you could take on the Autobahn - wat).
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#6The bicycle (and/or the vdo) is breathtaking. The price (6000 EUR) is breath taking.
6000 Euros is on the very high end of bicycles, but I wouldn't say absurdly high. While upper-end mountainbikes cost around 3000, high-end gets you to the 6000 price range. Also consider the price of a decent pedelec, which is already around 2000 as well, and won't have motorcycle mode.
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#7Discussed before. This is essentially a bad scooter and a bad bicycle combined. You can't use bike lanes in most countries and the motorcycle performance is bad too.
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#8This bike is from the same company that builds a 1000bhp all electric supercar: http://www.rimac-automobili.com/
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#9"your middle-finger will activate the speed-mode" At least that much is on target.
Re: This is for bicycles what Tesla is for cars
#10The bicycle (and/or the vdo) is breathtaking. The price (6000 EUR) is breath taking.
6000 Euros is on the very high end of bicycles, but I wouldn't say absurdly high. While upper-end mountainbikes cost around 3000, high-end gets you to the 6000 price range. Also consider the price of a decent pedelec, which is already around 2000 as well, and won't have motorcycle mode.
It's crazy expensive, I bought a full electric scooter for around about 500 EUROS.
China has a wealth of e-bikes in a variety of styles for far, far less.
http://s.taobao.com/search?spm=a230r.1.4.5.oBHcUe&q=electric...