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Rodcx500z said:
So you go green by buying a bike so you don't use your ca, you charge it with leccy generated in a coal powered power station then it pollutes the atmosphere with deadly toxins while you watch your wallet cry, yep this is the way forward :laugh8::laugh8::laugh8::laugh8::laugh8::laugh8::laugh8:
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I wonder how many internal combustion engined vehicles caught fire last year compared to cycles I imagine many many more but that's not newsworthy so cycles get the headlines, having said that if I owned one I wouldn't charge the battery inside the house just to be on the safe side.
 
Clint said:
Wonder what happens regarding accidents or running over someone?
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Good point Clint, a mate at work has a basic model that can do 18 mph on the flat if you hit someone at that speed it's going to end badly for both rider and pedestrian.
 
Chippy_Tea said:
Good point Clint, a mate at work has a basic model that can do 18 mph on the flat if you hit someone at that speed it's going to end badly for both rider and pedestrian.
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Thats pedestrian, I have been passed by one. I was in town doing 30mph on the car.

I think they had pimped it😁
 
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jof said:
Would insurance companies even offer tpft on e bikes?

I'm wondering if even moderately bumpy terrain is incompatible with the insulation between batteries & the way the battery packs are constructed.
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I have theft but not fire and yeah too many jolts on a hard trail isn't going to do your battery pack any favours, impact to battery pack has caused ev fires.
 
Chippy_Tea said:
Good point Clint, a mate at work has a basic model that can do 18 mph on the flat if you hit someone at that speed it's going to end badly for both rider and pedestrian.
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I can do that get up to 15.5 or so when the motor cuts out its not that hard to get up to that speed given you've moved up into a high gear. A push bike will also do that. Whatever I'm cycling I slow down when on shared paths with others. what is good it it's less effort to get back up to speed after slowing down. I also went up a steep hill at around 15mph which means freewheeling down the other side I hit 32 down betws mountain road and that was too scary for me.
 
dad_of_jon said:
I can do that get up to 15.5 or so when the motor cuts out its not that hard to get up to that speed given you've moved up into a high gear. A push bike will also do that. Whatever I'm cycling I slow down when on shared paths with others. what is good it it's less effort to get back up to speed after slowing down. I also went up a steep hill at around 15mph which means freewheeling down the other side I hit 32 down betws mountain road and that was too scary for me.
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I always think these bikes with fat tyres must have a massive resistance and needs more exertion to get going.
 
dad_of_jon said:
I can do that get up to 15.5 or so when the motor cuts out its not that hard to get up to that speed given you've moved up into a high gear. A push bike will also do that. Whatever I'm cycling I slow down when on shared paths with others. what is good it it's less effort to get back up to speed after slowing down. I also went up a steep hill at around 15mph which means freewheeling down the other side I hit 32 down betws mountain road and that was too scary for me.
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On one of my hollidays I had a long descent along a false flat road in Galloway Forrest Park. Just freewheeling down on my recumbent trike, I got up to a speed of just under 45 miles. The only reason I didn't go faster was that I had to slow down for a cattle grid. (Those can ruin your wheels and trip).
 
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