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At 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 batte
by quchen 13y ago
At 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).
- masklinn 13y ago> At a weight of 49 kg, this is way too heavy to be considered "sort of a bicycle". Indeed, and for the price tag ($8000) you can get something like 4 brompton nanos (brompton foldable frame with an electric motor mod replacing the front wheel)
- Adirael 13y ago$8000? You can get an electric motorbike for that price tag. http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=157 http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/shop/index.php?main_page=prod...
- doctorpangloss 13y agoI happily ride my heavy Stromer to work. With respect to things on wheels, it's not that important how heavy it is once it starts moving—what you lose in starting you gain in greater inertia. It's just something you get used to. We'd all be better off if we commuted with 50kg bikes than 1,100kg cars.
- colinm 13y agoOnly 40kg too heavy!
- mcv 13y ago49kg is not too heavy to be considered "a sort of bicycle". Modern cargo bikes can be up to 60 kg, and I suspect classic cargo bikes are a lot heavier than that, yet they're all "a sort of bicycle", just not a very fast one. What disqualifies this as "a sort of bicycle" is the fact that it's powered. Well, there are power-assisted bicycles, but they don't generally go up to 65 kph. Mostly, this is a kind of moped that wants to look like a bicycle.
- quchen 13y agoA 60 kg cargo bike is as much "sort of" of a bicycle as a truck is "sort of" a car.