Unsolicited comments about your ebike lately?

Doggyman1202 said:
If I reacted a half second later one or both of us would have been scraped off the trail with a spatula.
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Geez, I have to carry an emergency spatula now too??
 
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Jeremy McCreary said:
Nobody seems to pay any attention to class restrictions
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The problem is when someone is injured and there is an investigation. I really have no need to go over 24. My town is four square miles. At 12 mph I can travel 3 miles in 15 minutes or 2 miles in 10 minutes. That is still faster than in a car because they have traffic, lights, and parking. Basically I can do whatever I need within 10 or 15 minutes. Crashing at 20 is like falling from a first story window ledge. A crash at 40 is like falling four stories. I say, If you want to ride in a bike lane, bike path, or multi-use path, use a legal bike.
 
Doggyman1202 said:
To quote Homer Simpson..."DOH!!!"

I had a close encounter with an idiot on the Franconia Notch trail in New Hampshire last summer. He was on a pretty standard looking road bike (hard to tell given his speed) but flying down the fairly narrow and winding path at high speed in a zig-zag pattern that threatened anybody or anything in his path. If I reacted a half second later one or both of us would have been scraped off the trail with a spatula. As far as I know though, there is nothing in the criminal code for "being an idiot". Too bad.
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If that were the case we could all live by one commandment, 'Don't be an idiot'.
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I haven't gotten any snarky remarks since I stopped passing the Lance wannabe crowd! After I thought about it, I would've been PO'd too back when I was younger and riding to train for a race or event. Now I just take a different route when I see a paceline in front of me. The rest of the people I see are my age, and I see more of them going electric every day.
 
Around here most group riders are normally aspirated. And on the cross town trails, about 1:3 is electric.
 
It's been my experience that the spandex racing crowd was just as obnoxious to me back when I was an old guy riding my conventional bike. They would yell "Out of the way", as they approached at 25+ mph. Now, I'm an even older guy riding an ebike, and they still yell, but I can't hear them. 😄
 
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6zfshdb said:
want a tow
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I got towed once. I went on a hilly and windy 30 mile spur of the moment ride with a friend, without a fully charged battery on a three-speed bike. I was down to the last bar at the final large climb, so I attached a 12 foot 1/4 inch bungee to my buddies bike. What was good is that the bungee took out any shock. I was able to make the final 11 miles with power. Normally for a ride like that I would take a bike with a wide range of gears and a larger, fully charged battery. I learn best when I screw up. My friend reminds me of it often.
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Jeremy McCreary said:
Tell your friends that you're just taking full advantage of the way the human brain's been wired to learn.

The most important things in life I've learned from my dogs — the rest, by screwing up.
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So you're one of the rare few who can actually reach?!?!
 
This is way off topic, so excuse my screw up here, but what marketing professional would name a scooter tire 'JUNK A.I.'? I heard that Lenny Kravitz ripped his leather pants on stage exposing his junk, and that the photos were not generated by AI.

Edit: I figured it out, phonetically 'Junkai' in Chinese means quality control. You can replace the ai with and e-sound or y-sound,
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PedalUma said:
This is way off topic, so excuse my screw up here, but what marketing professional would name a scooter tire 'JUNK A.I.'? I heard that Lenny Kravitz ripped his leather pants on stage exposing his junk, and that the photos were not generated by AI.
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The same guy who named the source of the counter-rotating RC boat props I once ordered from China:

Fuming Industrial Center.
 
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kevinmccune said:
dont worry the vigilantes will come,"your cheating", is the first phase,i knew rangers that loved to write tickets.
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Unfortunately, given the increasing number of violations I see, this is likely true.

I wonder how the ticket process actually works. To minimize bulk, Many trail riders I know, including myself, don't carry their wallet or ID. Minors don't have one to begin with. Given the transient nature of park trail visitors, why couldn't you use a fake name & address and just throw the ticket away? Would the ranger search your person when told you have no ID? Would he arrest you and/or impound your bike? I'm sure a lot would depend on the severity of the violation, and how often you get caught doing it.

I can see the PR nightmare that would result when cops start arresting and/or seizing the property of a bunch of 70+ year-olds, for riding where they shouldn't.

I know this was a problem for law enforcement in several small towns in my county. Years ago, during the mini bike craze, kid were riding on streets, private property and town parks to the point where they were causing a public safety hazard. Tickets were written but largely ignored. The problem wasn't solved until LEO's began impounding the mini bikes.

It will indeed be interesting to see how this plays out in the future.
 
PedalUma said:
This is way off topic, so excuse my screw up here, but what marketing professional would name a scooter tire 'JUNK A.I.'? I heard that Lenny Kravitz ripped his leather pants on stage exposing his junk, and that the photos were not generated by AI.

Edit: I figured it out, phonetically 'Junkai' in Chinese means quality control. You can replace the ai with and e-sound or y-sound,
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I suppose it's the same people in China who name their boats "Chinese Junks". :)

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I was making a totally fabricated joke that Junky in China means Quality.

I helped park 100 bikes today before a parade. I handed out lots of apt complements. It didn't cost me anything to say on point nice things and it made people happy. There were some cool bikes. Riding in the parade was so much fun. Lagunitas for example had a rolling beer garden with a live band. If you stood in one spot it took two hours for the entire parade to pass. It is called Butter & Eggs Day.
 
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PedalUma said:
It is called Butter & Eggs Day.
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While I have lived up and down the east coast my entire life, I have enjoyed enough time in California to appreciate the west coast passion for parades and festivals. One of the best times I can remember was a day at the Balloon and Wine festival a number of years ago in Temecula. (What wonderful acid-dropping stoner came up with the idea of wedding balloons with booze? Definitely a California thing). Butter & Eggs Day? Wish I was there.
 
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