Recent content by Biplaneguy

What I want to know is how NJ will handle visitors from all the other states that don't issue ebike registrations?

Humans are tribal creatures. Throughout most of history, anybody not in your tribe was less than human and could / should be killed. We're trying to get past that, with varying degrees of success. Making fun of the other tribe is human nature, and better than actual fighting. Me, as a member...

I recently saw that Florida is proposing a law limiting ebike speed to 10mph when within 50ft of a pedestrian.

I like this one, I have one on my bike and one in my plane.

My son in law that ride a few years ago. He's done a number of long distance rides, here in the US as well as the UK and NZ. He tows a trailer with his supplies and camping gear.

My old friend was supposed to stop at our house enroute to look at a sailboat, but he cancelled, as he usually does. I was going to take him to the Shipwreck Tavern, so instead I rode my Radster there, about 6 miles on back roads Was going to sit outside to keep an eye on the bike (not that...

You do realize you replied to a post from last year? Since then, the company went bankrupt, has been acquired as detailed in a later post in this thread, and appears to be operating; bikes and parts are still available.

All new cars are easily capable of exceeding the speed limit on any road they're likely to encounter.

My Radster works that way. In class 3 mode (user selectable 1,2,3) the throttle maxes out at 20mph, but if you pedal you still get assist up to 28mph. I like that... I rarely touch the throttle when moving, but it's nice for quickly accelerating across an intersection or starting out uphill.

I rarely go much over 21-22 mph on level ground. Downhill I'll go faster if appropriate, there's one hill near my house where I can reach 28 or more if I push it. On the mixed use trails around my home (mostly old woods roads) I'm rarely going more than 10-15.

This is our house's primary heat. Direct vent propane, 30K BTU, no fan. Our two back bedrooms each have a 7500 BTU wall mount direct vent propane heater, also needing no power. Between the three separate heaters the house stays warm in subzero (°F) temperatures and there's redundancy.

My direct vent heaters are propane (LP). I would not install a ventless heater in my house (fumes and moisture).

Abe said, "Man, you must be putting me on!" When the power goes out I just use my gas stove, which requires no power. Before that, when we had an electric stove, I'd just pull out one of my camping stoves. And a pourover Melitta cone filter, I won't stoop to instant coffee, tastes like crap...

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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...