The Biking Thread

Thanks for sharing that story, Pat!

Today I was looking at the line-up of "ebikes" on the internet. Oh boy, oh boy, there's a lot to chose from, and the prices and features are competitive. For an asthmatic old timer like myself a midline ebike with pedal assist runs about 1,000 to 1,500 bucks. On our local park trails and log roads, all permitting, it could give me a comfortable radius of 10 to 20 miles easy. I'm thinking serious.

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This guy is someone I made contact with through an ebike forum. I think his focus is making ebikes cheaper, lighter, and more stealth by converting normal bikes.
 
Thanks for sharing that story, Pat!

Today I was looking at the line-up of "ebikes" on the internet. Oh boy, oh boy, there's a lot to chose from, and the prices and features are competitive. For an asthmatic old timer like myself a midline ebike with pedal assist runs about 1,000 to 1,500 bucks. On our local park trails and log roads, all permitting, it could give me a comfortable radius of 10 to 20 miles easy. I'm thinking serious.

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It you have a bike, you can got a front hubs motor and battery packs cheaper. I don't know current details.
 
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So this gent was known as The Bike Wanderer, his goal was to bike from Arctic to Argentina. I just learned about him in this obit



This is a vid of highlights from year 2

 
damn. Sucks if folks missed warning signs. He must have been in a terribly dark place to make that decision. Awesome adventure until then
 
Walked Nala at the golf course today. Someone had road their fat tire mtn bike around before us. It must have been a lot of work because the snow was at least a foot deep for most of the path.
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Any Housers ride fat tires?
 
they float on sand and snow. Other than that no advantage. I wonder if that was a E bike with fat tires through that much snow.
 
most E bike you still have to pedal. Some have a throttle though. They are a blast to ride
 
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With guidance from myself and my chief mechanics at the bike shop I owned they built the frame and mounted the components. We built the wheels for them, as they were mostly book-learned engineers and not very mechanically-adept. That’s the main reason I went with them: to provide the practical know-how!
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As I recall the Univ of Delaware “Laminar 448” topped out at 58 +/- mph.
The USC/General Dynamics team ran a two-person (pedaling sitting back to back) called the “Vector” that you can see in the video I linked, with a sleek polycarbonate shell. They were the top speed that year at 62.9mph !!
 
I thought the fastest was 81mph. I wonder if it was less wind resistance, or a stronger rider that made the extra 20mph.
 
The last I heard Aerovelo made 89.59mph. The speeds I was referring to were what were accomplished at the 1980 event.
 
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