Recent content by Biplaneguy

It's a spambot, that's what the "report" button is for.

Thing is, while manual bikes can reach 30mph or more, so few ordinary riders of manual bikes can maintain a high speed that it's never been a problem that the authorities needed to address. Ebikes make it easy for everybody to go fast, so now it's a problem that they don't know how to deal...

Air drag is proportional to the square of the airspeed, so if you're traveling twice as fast (whether you're actually going twice as fast or you're going, say, 10 mph into a 10 mph headwind) it's four times the air drag.

I agree, but the discussion is still relevant. NJ is now requiring that true ebikes be registered and insured... but as a CT resident (no ebike registration in CT) who often visits NJ (bringing my ebike to get around the campground) I have no way to register it, and thus ride it legally in NJ.

During the 1970s parents were purchasing minibikes for kids, either the cheap "frame bikes" with Briggs & Stratton engines or the fancier Honda 50 (and some, like me, mounted lawnmower engines to old pedal bikes with varying degress of success or safety :rolleyes:). The difference was, we all...

Reminds me of the day many years ago when I rode my old Schwinn Continental to the package store with a backpack for a couple of six packs of beer. 🫤 As LiFePO4 batteries are bulkier and heavier, you could split the pack and put half of them in the original location on the downtube and half on...

What problem are you trying to solve?

That's what the "Report" button is for, so hopefully the moderators will delete the post and ban the bot.

On my Radster, I don't think it can be switched while in motion. Class 1 disables the throttle, and class 2 works like you'd expect (throttle to 20 mph). In class 3, throttle will still take you to 20 mph but no more; to go any faster you have to pedal, and pedal assist cuts out at 28 mph...

My Radster Trail has that feature.

Back then kids illegally rode minibikes on the street, kids will always push the limits, but most of them knew it was illegal and just scooted down the side street from their house to the trail as quick as possible, looking out for traffic (and cops). They weren't popping wheelies in the middle...

Those are the kind of modifications that are making states pass laws restricting electric bikes. If you want to go fast without pedaling, buy a motorcycle.

There's a Nassau County in NY right next to NYC, but there's also one in Florida.

Depending on what it's going into, the right size deep socket and a hammer are often all you need. The 6902 is a standard number, but every manufacturer uses their own codes for the suffix. It can denote the type of seals or shields, cage type, grease type, number of balls, stuff like that.

MIG welding thinwall tubing can be done, but it's tricky. There's a fine line between adequate penetration and burning through, which is why TIG or gas welding is preferred. With MIG or TIG, you will need to stress relieve it with a torch afterward or you'll be asking for cracks. In the...