My next Bicycle

[airboatr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... P6fAPJa7cE




or this one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 0LytDZmHf4

[Vancouver]

I must be stupid or something, but I don't see the point. Why not just get a proper motorbike or at very least a moped? Can't be long before legislation catches up with a creation like this and certain demands placed upon the "cyclist" like insurance and licensing e.g.

[DaveB]

I think they're kinda cool but I agree.. they do defeat the object a little. Someone, somewhere will want to impose insurance/road tax no doubt. That said.. any road tax should be free as they must be considered 'green' and thus, good for the planet

ATB
DaveB

[Tako_Kichi]

....they must be considered 'green' and thus, good for the planet

The bicycles themselves may be thought of as 'green' but from what I can gather the processes involved in producing the LiPo batteries it runs on are anything but 'green'. Lots of nasty chemicals and waste products involved apparently.

[FlyTexas]

At 75 lbs in weight those bikes will give you a good workout after the batteries run out of juice.

Brian

[airboatr]

geeeezzz

Well I like it.

So there!

[DaveB]

.. and as we RC loonies know, LiPo's can burst into flame at the drop of a hat Didn't realise they ran off LiPo's.. no sound on the laptop I watched the vids on and my lip reading isn't THAT good

You get one Joe. If I had one here.. I'd use it a darned sight more than I do the one with pedals only!
ATB
DaveB

[airboatr]

Ain't buying a complete bike mate. I'm buying the kit and installing it on my Raleigh.
With the 500 watt brushles and two li-po's it'll weight about 75lbs and give me a 40 mile range.

No peddling required. And no gas. And I can recharge at destination, and if a problem does arise.
I can peddle it or pick it up and put it on a Palm Tran bus.
Do that with your "proper" motor sickle scotters slash mopeds.
Ha.

[FlyTexas]

Joe, make sure you're wearing the proper cycling attire when you ride.

Brian