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What I call my eBike is wholly dependent on whether or not I have adequate juice to make it home :)

No WAY am I pulling any of those further than around the block, and even that may be too far. On the other hand, if I had a motorcycle, these would be great. Has anyone else noticed that we may be entering into our real life Blade Runner/Idiocracy era? Auto drivers are already unhappy and...

Wow, great info here. Thanks everyone. I like the chart Harry posted showing battery discharge rates.

I like this bike, but it may just be a "design exercise". There doesn't seem to be much awareness of it actually coming to market even at the Harley stores, which is telling.

Just today I saw exactly what you (and I) want. This guy was going down the road lickety split on a trike that he'd put a big front hub motor on, and slung the battery low under the rear basket. That thing looked great! Perfect for hauling things or just tooling around. You can convert a trike...

I'm in Tucson, and no worries with riding a bike anywhere, anytime. Even w/ the governor recently going to a state wide stay at home order (whatever you want to call it), he mentioned that the weather is beautiful now, get out and enjoy it. A Republican politician that said something that makes...

On a separate note, does anyone know how lithium batteries discharge? On my old film cameras that had mercury batteries, those would maintain full voltage until they were way down, then suddenly drop. This was great, as your light meter would be accurate up to the point when the battery...

Thanks Harry and JP. I have a volt/ohm meter, but it's one of those Harbor Freight multi meters and quite large, for a bike anyway. Not sure if it could hold up to road shocks either. A lot of our roads in Tucson are nothing but solid patches over patches! I'm also going to order that $7.50...

Just found this, and thought I'd share it here. Laughter is the best medicine for sure, and this will take our minds off The New Reality. This thread reminded me that I used to love watching this program.

Keep in mind that there is no bike lock that can't be cut w/ a power grinder in no time at all. I bought a heavy duty Kriptonite lock for $50 and always park where there's people around like a grocery store. I also hid most of the wiring and removed all the markings that would easily identify...

If someone wants that bike that's shackled to the cart, they'll just ride off on it, cart and all. They may even throw their groceries in it too. Or cut the softish metal on the cart where the bike locks goes through in a Nu Yawk Minute. There is no bike security, there's only better or worse...

I try to carry on w/ life in the old manner as much as possible, but w/ some changes. Instead of my morning coffee ritual at my favorite coffee house, I make it at home and bring it to the park, or grab a coffee and a cookie at Subway and head there. I've even gone on picnics w/ people like...

My bike has one of those cheapo 5 LED readout gizmos on the handlebars. You can push a button on it 2 or 3 times in about 2 seconds and it will switch from throttle mode to pedal assist. So that should take care of the throttle question, but when you're dealing w/ a cop, all bets are off when it...

It would probably be easier to limit caffeine/fluids consumption before going on a ride. Now that the weather's warmer, I wear shorts, and it's easy to find an alley, peer off at something you appear to be studying or pretend to be checking something on the bike, and do a discrete bleed. Years...

Would you drive a car w/ no hands?

I have a low end eBike that I really like, but it has one of those 5 red LED readouts for the battery's state of affairs. It's better than nothing, but just barely. I don't need a fancy Cycle Analyst because I'm not interested in real time constant power usage, but WOULD like to know the...

I don't track it, so who knows? I like to ride along in neighborhoods to avoid traffic, and usually avoid main roads, even if they have bike lanes. Perhaps my riding is probably less now because, where is there to go? I'm a commuter anyway, not a cyclist, and my bike is for fetching groceries...

But no coffee cup holder! Very Rube Goldberg design, and red lights belong on the back, not the front, even on the side of the front is a no no. Many states legally mandate that. Or maybe that little flip thing on the top isn't a light or reflector? A plain old headlamp keeps me happy.

That's true, but even at low speeds, the thing I'm concerned about is a 4,000 lb auto hitting me at it's high velocity. In my motorcycle days, a good Snell approved helmet helped me in an auto/motorcycle collision, but helmets aren't always going to save you. Interesting statistic, in every...

I don't have any experience with this bike, but FWIW, don't like the way the bottom end is located nearly under the seat like a unicycle. A pedal forward design is a lot more comfortable to ride, as well as being more ergonomically correct, and more efficient. for the way our body is built. I...