CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
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CCE is 15years old!
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It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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There have been several extremely informative threads on here about ebikes in the past - technology, batteries, types, etc. I've struggled to find these - can anyone point to them? This forum has some extremely knowledgeable people on it, my other half is considering a purchase, and I'm sure others would find this useful too...
Links to good external resources appreciated too.
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=165
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10346
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16598
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19272
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19469
:-)
Richard at the electric bicycle company knows his onions
@rbtwtmn - we have one low step over model with good commute spec. Danish design with frame lock, built in lights stand etc
Shimano Steps
Welcome to test ride or take for longer test ride.
Thanks folks. My other half will be (has been) showing up in some of the shops... the question here is seeking the theoretical background, and to check if/where opinions over details vary. @LaidBack you're on the list of course, as is the EBC...
More excersise too, erm, says ebike magazine...
Used more often rather than more exercise surely?
IF distance is increased by 20% but you do 40% less exercise does that mean it's more or less exercise...
This is surely an incredibly hard thing to measure and likely far mroe complex than this study has assumed.
Similarly if I ride into town it take half an hour. If I pedal gently it takes 45 minutes. Is that more or less exercise?
Have been thinking of getting hold of a power meter pedal for our e-bike (mainly used for double trailer towing, but surprisingly favoured for child-free journeys) to see how the actual wattage on our travels compares to pre-e-bike.
Indisputably it is less exercise on a given journey than riding it without a motor.
However I would agree that we use the car significantly less, now there is a semi-speedy bike option that can be non-sweaty. So total calories burned might well be more.
What is a shame is the speed cut-out of only 15mph. You can pedal faster (a lot faster in my case) but with an upright riding position and twice the weight of bike, it is not sustainable.
Since I'm not as comfortable in traffic at only 15mph I ride the canal towpath to work and back when I'm on the e-bike. A lot more people try and overtake you in a grim way at 15mph than 20mph+ in my experience.
You can buy faster road legal e-bikes. Unfortunately they come with legal restrictions including not legally use a child seat or trailer, nor go in any cycle lanes / towpath / railway paths etc. And you have to wear a motorcycle certified helmet. So it's like sort of awesome but just a bit too restricted to be mass-modal shift kind of transformational.
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