Recent content by Mr. Coffee

Every BEV but Tesla's has normal door handles.

While the Creo 2 is one of the rare e-bikes where the front fork has twin bosses to mount a front rack, it lacks the three-pack bosses you'd need to securely mount cages. Generally the most reliable way to spot a bike intended for bicycle travel is seeing bosses on the front fork.

One of the things to keep in mind is that your range expectations are likely very sensitive to how much pedal assist you are running with and the terrain and road surfaces you are encountering. My experience with an older R&M with dual batteries is that around 100km of range is achievable in...

You should keep in mind that to elected officials it isn't "meaningless". From their standpoint they are responding to public outcry about a clear and present public safety problem. Whether that is a perceived problem or an actual physical problem is not at all relevant to them.

Let me know how that works out for you. The large fines specified in the NJ laws make e-bike enforcement a revenue center for local police departments. And it is very easy to portray e-bike owners in a negative light.

I don't disagree. If it were my choice alone I'd argue that "Class 1" e-bikes (possibly with more specific motor wattage restrictions, and possibly with total weight restrictions) ought to be treated as bicycles. But you can't or won't want to make that argument here. You'll want to make it...

All it is going to take is a few more horrible accidents with unrestricted e-motos and some more battery fires to make all that happen nationwide.

I think it is more likely that people will just not purchase and use e-bikes in New Jersey.

All you need to do is have one trip where there is a missed flight or something is closed or you are otherwise delayed. And then you are looking at a bunch of cascading change fees (that can add up to astonishing numbers rapidly) and being on hold for most of an afternoon, at best. I had a ski...

That's just one obvious problem with overplanning. There are others. The big problem in my experience is that overplanners tend to put very little slack into their plans. If the itinerary is at all intricate any kind of unexpected hiccup can lead to a cascade of missed connections, canceled...

This trunk bag (if you have a rear rack or can improvise one) is a good fit for carrying camera gear. It is padded and also has lots of little inside mesh pockets: https://arkel.ca/products/tailrider-trunk-bag There are adequate rear racks that mount at the axle and to the seatpost that would...

Honestly I have felt that e-bikes, at least in the Untied States, were doomed many years ago. Not least because so many people advocating and representing the community were terrible at doing that and probably did more harm than good. I also thought that a lot of people here in this forum...

Somewhere between 8000km and 9000km per year over the last three years.

Except in 2022 when the war started Ukraine had little to no help in the first weeks of the war, when everyone assumed that Ukraine was doomed. Except the multiple times in 2023 and 2024 and 2025 when all US assistance was cut off for weeks at a time. At this point in time NATO and the US need...

I'm guessing when he eats that Last Cheeseburger and croaks that none of the groups around him who think they are the Rightful Heirs will have enough power to take over. And all of those groups hate each other just as much as they all hate normal people and Democrats. So the internecine...