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jabberwocky replied to the thread The transition.His is a first year quad motor. He has had some minor issues and the one major one (my recollection is he was slow charging off a 120v... -
jabberwocky replied to the thread The transition.My brother isn't some green zealot, he just think it maths out for him. And the Rivian is genuinely a fantastic car; super comfy, nice...
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jabberwocky reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread What's holding back the e-bike boom? Research, safety, and bias (article) with
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Those are minor technical issues. Most are debatable on whether or not they are actually issues. They aren't preventing people from... -
jabberwocky replied to the thread What's holding back the e-bike boom? Research, safety, and bias (article).As someone who actually bike commuted for 12 years and lived car free for a few years in the middle, I think you have an idealized and...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread The transition.Where I live you see a lot of Rivians. EVs are pretty popular in NoVA. My brother had a Tesla 3 for a while, but he didn't really fit...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread The transition.Dunno, where I live there are very few bike lanes even today (and there were basically none when I started road riding in 2005) and the...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread The transition.Regen braking is great, but its not as strong as conventional brakes, so all electric cars still have those. So it makes sense to just...
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jabberwocky reacted to J.R.'s post in the thread New Federal E-Bike Legislation March 2026 with Like.
Because what we have doesn't work. What we have is nearly 25 years old. There was once a law that cars were required to have a flagger...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread How an Electric Motorbike Made LA Feel Smaller, Easier and More Fun.Amusing that the author commented that Its not a legal grey area, its unequivocally not a legal ebike which means its needs to be...
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jabberwocky reacted to Extreme1's post in the thread How an Electric Motorbike Made LA Feel Smaller, Easier and More Fun with Like.
I live in CA. That’s an electric motorcycle. It must be ridden on the street, however it’s not legal to ride on the street because...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread The transition.Its far from the weirdest rich person passtime I've come across. Most of them IME are at least passionate car people of some stripe...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread The transition.I'm an architect in the real world and have done several garages for car collectors. It kinda doesn't matter if its any good or not...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread concerns with ebikes laws and ways to improve them.The thing is, it has been a problem, since long before ebikes came around. Other user groups have been complaining about road cyclists...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread concerns with ebikes laws and ways to improve them.I (and many others) have. Over and over. You have zero idea or experience how cycling advocacy works, have been openly contemptuous of...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread concerns with ebikes laws and ways to improve them.The issue is holding up these sorts of speed as if they are in any way normal or useful for general e-bike regulation, which is what Ken...