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This is my ebike. 32mph without pedaling. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/10328825565_ef951c4367_b.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/10328825565_ef951c4
by radiorental 13y ago
This is my ebike. 32mph without pedaling.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/10328825565_ef951c4367_b.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/10328825565_ef951c4367_b....
The selling point for me (or rather, why I built it) is that I can do my 40 mile round trip every day of the week. If I try to use my road bike alone I am burning 2+ hours a day commuting and fatiguing before the end of the week.
I will say, this thing would be lethal in the city. I commute on country roads and probably the single most important point - it's safer.
My motercycle is the safest, cars do not pass me, reduced 'collision opportunity'.
My road bike is my most dangerous mode of transport. Cars constantly pass me as I do 20mph. Either cutting right in front of me or veering way to far out.
The ebike is somewhere in between and I have not been fitter since starting to use it.
I'm not touching the legality debate with a barge poll.
- ck2 13y agoYeah that is the old-school kind of motor hub, I have that on the front wheel. The one I saw was way smaller than that. Must be some kind of motor evolution. The problem with going that fast is you better be looking way in front of you because things come up fast. It also appears you do not have disc brakes which is dangerous not to have at those speeds.
- radiorental 13y agoI have avid shorty cantilever breaks on the front. As good as discs when dry and better in the wet.