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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
On Monday, September 9, 2019 at 1:56:12 PM UTC+1, Bod wrote:
I thought they were limited to 15mph? Are the 28mph ones street legal without a driving licence? They are limited to 15mph on UK roads. Ah - I thought so. When I was commuting, I would always pass them on my ride to work as my top speed on the flat was 34mph (with a tail wind). |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
On 09/09/2019 19:54, Simon Mason wrote:
On Monday, September 9, 2019 at 1:56:12 PM UTC+1, Bod wrote: I thought they were limited to 15mph? Are the 28mph ones street legal without a driving licence? They are limited to 15mph on UK roads. Ah - I thought so. When I was commuting, I would always pass them on my ride to work as my top speed on the flat was 34mph (with a tail wind). The UK top legal power limit for a road E Bike is 250 watt, whereas mine is 500watt. Hence the extra speed on mine. Very fast accelleration. -- Bod |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
I thought they were limited to 15mph?
Are the 28mph ones street legal without a driving licence? They are limited to 15mph on UK roads. Ah - I thought so. When I was commuting, I would always pass them on my ride to work as my top speed on the flat was 34mph (with a tail wind). The UK top legal power limit for a road E Bike is 250 watt, whereas mine is 500watt. Hence the extra speed on mine. Very fast accelleration. How many km have you put on it? We wanna to hear from an E-Bike user who rode 250,000 km. I recently acquired a 500 W Go Swiss Drive E bike with 37 N-m torque. 37 N-m comes out to be ~ a half ton of shear force on the itsy bitsy 1 cm long torque arm which acts as a shear pin, intentionally or not. It's a stupid design. Instead of a shear pin they need to deliver the torque through magnets on the torque arm and frame for a "torque circuit breaker" to preserve the drive shaft as well as the torque arm when something goes wrong. Then all you need to do is reset the magnets like resetting a circuit breaker. Also, the wires need to be designed to pop out of the plug very easily when something goes wrong to not damage the circuit board in the hub motor. Then all you need to do is replug the wires. As one EU automotive engineer said, E-Bikes aren't there yet. But they soon will be. In the meantime, I'll be peddling! Bret Cahill |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
On 10/09/2019 03:54, Bret Cahill wrote:
I thought they were limited to 15mph? Are the 28mph ones street legal without a driving licence? They are limited to 15mph on UK roads. Ah - I thought so. When I was commuting, I would always pass them on my ride to work as my top speed on the flat was 34mph (with a tail wind). The UK top legal power limit for a road E Bike is 250 watt, whereas mine is 500watt. Hence the extra speed on mine. Very fast accelleration. How many km have you put on it? We wanna to hear from an E-Bike user who rode 250,000 km. I recently acquired a 500 W Go Swiss Drive E bike with 37 N-m torque. 37 N-m comes out to be ~ a half ton of shear force on the itsy bitsy 1 cm long torque arm which acts as a shear pin, intentionally or not. It's a stupid design. Instead of a shear pin they need to deliver the torque through magnets on the torque arm and frame for a "torque circuit breaker" to preserve the drive shaft as well as the torque arm when something goes wrong. Then all you need to do is reset the magnets like resetting a circuit breaker. Also, the wires need to be designed to pop out of the plug very easily when something goes wrong to not damage the circuit board in the hub motor. Then all you need to do is replug the wires. As one EU automotive engineer said, E-Bikes aren't there yet. But they soon will be. In the meantime, I'll be peddling! Bret Cahill Do you enjoy your E bike for a bit of fun or is it basically an ornament? I'm getting on now so I gave away my push bikes and just enjoy the luxury of lazy cycling. I fitted a trailer to it, handy when I go fishing. I mainly use my car these days anyway. -- Bod |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
On 09/09/2019 18:05, Bod wrote:
Get a life. Dreadful phrase. What does it mean? |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
On 10/09/2019 13:03, TMS320 wrote:
On 09/09/2019 18:05, Bod wrote: Get a life. Dreadful phrase. What does it mean? Stop shouting at traffic and do something useful. -- Bod |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
On 10/09/2019 14:06, Bod wrote:
On 10/09/2019 13:03, TMS320 wrote: On 09/09/2019 18:05, Bod wrote: Get a life. Dreadful phrase. What does it mean? Stop shouting at traffic and do something useful. I always think about the amazing life the person saying it must be having. Hmmm. Wouldn't it be easier just to tell the recipient to f*** off? |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
On 09/09/2019 19:49, JNugent wrote:
On 09/09/2019 18:45, MrCheerful wrote: On 09/09/2019 18:21, JNugent wrote: On 09/09/2019 18:05, Bod wrote: On 09/09/2019 17:49, JNugent wrote: On 09/09/2019 16:44, Bod wrote: On 09/09/2019 16:31, JNugent wrote: On 09/09/2019 14:00, Bod wrote: On 09/09/2019 13:57, Bod wrote: On 09/09/2019 13:51, MrCheerful wrote: On 09/09/2019 12:43, JNugent wrote: On 09/09/2019 12:25, Bod wrote: New research has found e-scooters would beat cars on most journeys in gridlocked UK cities. There follows a serious question which you (and the "researchers") might not be able to answer. What is a "gridlocked UK city"? Please be as precise as possible in your answer. Try not to be evasive. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tran...-a4231841.html Something else on the roads for grumpy old men to whinge about. As far as one can reasonably tell, the vehicles whose praises you sing are used almost exclusively *by* (grumpy?) old men and women. At least, that is so in the UK, whether or not in "gridlocked cities" (whatever they may be). In certain overseas territories (well, one in particular), they seem to be used by anyone whose fancy it takes. But please... don't forget to tell us what a gridlocked city actually is. walking will beat cars if there is actual gridlock, as would a pogo stick, or stilts. Â* Â* Good job that scooters can go on pavements as well. Â* Also, when the roads are gridlocked in London, the bike lanes would not be. Still no definition of either "gridlocked" or "gridlocked UK cities", then? Â* GRIDLOCK | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english › gridlock gridlock definition: 1. a situation where roads in a town become so blocked by cars that it is impossible for any traffic to move: 2. a situation in which no progress ... Can you give anything other than the most far-fetched real world example of such a UK city? Don't forget what a city is, of course. It isn't just a few streets in the centre, is it? Â* Â* Get a life. So you post or re-post material without understanding it. How surprising. Can *anyone* here give anything other than the most far-fetched real world example of a "gridlocked UK city"? No, I didn't think so. It doesn't say a lot for the "new research", does it? My local area does actually become gridlocked, this has happened about half a dozen times in ten years or so, if I need to go somewhere local non-urgently (on these rare days) I walk, if I needed to go further afield then an electric scooter would not be legal or up to the job, whereas a motorbike is excellent. Ah... but is a local area a "city"? Not at all, very urban in fact. I am just saying that my area actually does suffer gridlock, and it means that leaving my road is a walking job or motorcycle. |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
Not at all, very urban in fact. I am just saying that my area actually
does suffer gridlock, and it means that leaving my road is a walking job or motorcycle. These efforts to get more passengers into a vehicle are hopefully successful: https://techxplore.com/news/2019-09-...-vehicles.html Nevertheless, during say, a pandemic, it may be nice to have backup personal transportation. It will take awhile to get these economies of scale down to e-bikes but VW managed to wrangle the cost of an EV battery down to $100/kW-hr. An e-bike will go 100 km on a kW-hr, +/- 30 km. What was or still is the most costly part of an e-bike may soon be cheaper than hydraulic brakes. |
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Electric scooters 'would beat cars on short journeys and help cutcongestion in UK's gridlocked cities'
Not at all, very urban in fact. I am just saying that my area actually
does suffer gridlock, and it means that leaving my road is a walking job or motorcycle. These efforts to get more passengers into a vehicle are hopefully successful: https://techxplore.com/news/2019-09-...-vehicles.html Nevertheless, during say, a pandemic, it may be nice to have backup personal transportation. It will take awhile to get these economies of scale down to e-bikes but VW managed to wrangle the cost of an EV battery down to $100/kW-hr. An e-bike will go 100 km on a kW-hr, +/- 30 km. What was or still is the most costly part of an e-bike may soon be cheaper than hydraulic brakes. |
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