On 5/31/21 3:42 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 1:19:38 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/31/2021 12:20 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On my 35 mile ride that was mostly through the Livermore Valley,
I saw two electric bikes. I'm not exactly sure why someone would
buy an electric bike for exercise unless they were attempting to
keep up with a group and they were beginners but there you are,
I easily rode past them because both obviously had their power
limiters as sold. It isn't as if I was trying to pass them
because in both cases I eased up and intended to pass them at a
red light so that it didn't look like I was trying to make them
feel bad, but in one case he turned off as I was fairly close and
the other case I was nearly coasting down a hill and those bikes
are limited more or less to 15 mph as far as I can tell. Into a
fairly strong headwind I was still doing 19 mph and simply wasn't
going to slow down that much.
I can see reasons for an electric bike if you are commuting on
them or, in the special case of a beginner trying to keep up with
a slow group. But unless the power limiter is taken off they
really are pretty slow and if you do take them off the battery
has a pretty limited range.
One of them was supposed to look like a racing bike with an
invisible battery but you can tell because of the size of the
downtube. The other made no pretenses and was a rather clunky
flat bar bike that the rider may have been using for
transportation and had gone over the hill via Dublin Grade and
was returning the same way. He also was not dressed in cycling
clothing so that could not have extended his range.
I wonder how long these things will last on the market since a
touring bike is probably every bit the commuter as they are.
One might just shoot them before they shoot you:
https://nypost.com/2021/05/30/man-ki...n-nyc-sources/
Or not. Your choice.
It is my opinion that e-bikes are going to be a short lived fad.
My opinion is the complete opposite :-)
Not that I like this trend but they are here to stay and will eventually
be the majority of bikes out there.
... Not
because you might be able to make a practical e-bike but because they
add NOTHNG to your riding pleasure ...
You have probably never ridden an E-MTB. I have, and it was loads of
fun. I was as sweat-drenched as usual but covered a lot more ground that
day. Enjoyed vistas I could have never reached otherwise.
... and I am riding 25 mile weekly
rides with an 88 year old. And another 88 year old that used to ride
with us became useless when he quit riding to please the fears of his
wife. ...
I've met a lot of people who said I could not be outdoors hiking, biking
or whatever because of COVID. What is wrong with them?
... Now he can hardly remember his name. Older people simply don't
have the heart strength to climb much but then again a 68 year old
group member, just did a ride from Castrol Valley to Yosemite via
Sacramento (way out of the way) and took the train back. And he has a
pacemaker on and has to take blood thinners.
Keep on riding, no matter what.
--
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/