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"Edinburgh mulls electric bike hire scheme"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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This is the bike featured in the article.
http://www.saltirebikes.com/saltire-features/
The website seems a bit light on info. One of the features is "robust suspension", but there isn't any that I can see.
Mudguards would be good of course.There's more info here:
http://blog.freeflowbikes.com/tag/saltire-bikes/"The MacMartin family business started back in 1975 when Neil’s father started Craig MacMartin Cycles in Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow"
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"MacMartin explains how he looked at the equation Force = Mass x Acceleration. “Electric bikes were using a heavy mass with slow acceleration. I looked at how we could get the same result with a lower mass and faster acceleration.”
The problem he faced was how to stall a motor going incredibly fast – and avoid the instability created if a rider has to brake suddenly. MacMartin believes he has found a system that does just that, offering lots more control. He has patented it [...]"
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