No speed please, we're British

[Friz]

28 mph...

5 and a half grand...

for that kinda of scratch I'd be wanting it to go a damn sight faster than that....

 

[ManiaMuse]

28 mph...

5 and a half grand...

for that kinda of scratch I'd be wanting it to go a damn sight faster than that....

How fast does Cancellara's bike go?

 

[Norm]

You could have my Fazer 1000 for half that price and that tops out at around 170. (Although that would have to be on a closed road or a German autobahn, it would be highly ill-advised, on many levels, to suggest that it could reach that sort of speed on a shared use path.)

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

I would pay what they ask for it, looks great fun

 

[jonny jeez]

It's dead easy to get round the restrictions on supposedly limited ones though. Allegedly.

Err.. alledgedly you are right... but only if you want to do less than 20 miles the range is reduced massively when the rear cassette is swapped and the elec motor is working "full time"

 

[jonny jeez]

I assume it is capped at 15mph as they expect people to be using shared paths and any faster maybe considered unsafe.

Spot on.

and spech are stating that this is for ROAD use only...how could you expect the average copper to recognise this bike from the masses if you chose to take it on a path...seems daft?

 

[jonny jeez]

28 isn't fast.

fast enough for me!...the speed I pass that last rider is around 28-30.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj82mtlinbA

 

[gaz]

I run on a two stroke powered by jaffa cakes.

 

[Jezston]

Electric bikes aren't limited to 15mph, it's just that they are not allowed to provide assistance over that speed.

Is it that the motor cuts out above 15mph, or that it's doing the 15mph bit of energy for you and it helps you push it above that?

 

[Norm]

I understand that the law doesn't allow any assistance over that speed, so, once you are doing 15mph, the motor is doing nothing.

 

[bluemint]

I still haven't got over being overtaken on a long annoying hill by a woman well into pensionable years on a electric bike, she disappeared into the distance and on to the A road. fair play to her.

In my opinion if you want to go faster than 15mph on a bike then you have to earn it, on hills they can bring people to the joy of cycling a whole lot easier.

 

[Norm]

and Let's not develop that theory in the commuting forum.

 

[gaz]

[QUOTE 1789591, member: 9609"]Sorry to go a little off topic here.
This is an impressive set up you have here Gaz. Is the camera linked up to a GPS device for alt, speed, bearing. and also linked up to bike computer for cadence. Or is this a seperate device that you are overlaying onto your video.

You need to get some sort of proximity meter added to display and record how close vehicles are passing.

May be there is a thread elsewhere covering this, if not could we do it as a separate thread. I'm fascinated to learn more.[/quote]
Video and data recored separately and overlayed on the video via an application.
All data was recorded with a Garmin 705

 

[jonny jeez]

Is it that the motor cuts out above 15mph, or that it's doing the 15mph bit of energy for you and it helps you push it above that?

Depends on the bike and the type of elec power supplied.

Some "assist" the rider so are working with them untill they hit 15mph (whether its flat or uphill...so uphill has a massive advantage) upon which the motor cuts out and its all up to the riders legs from there.

Others are just straight elec bikes, have a switch (or button) and require no pedalling...like a scooter. These also will only propel you to 15 mph. the pedals are there for the times you don't want to use the motor (flat bits etc)


Each can be adapted (by re-gearing the rear cassette) to produce speeds way in excess of 20mph...but the range is massively reduced as the motor is either working almost full time (on the assist) or too fast (on the straight elec).

 

[mgarl10024]

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