[TriLUG] [OT] TriLUGger on the news

[tomed at bellsouth.net]

I've got an electric bicycle that I use a lot. I'd be happy to demo
it at a TriLug meeting, if folks are interested. Or I can arrange
to meet individuals.

It's designed to train with; you can adjust the overall level of
assist. I find that, as stamina increases, I enjoy using more of my
own power. There's no throttle. You set the assist level and then
just ride like a regular bike.

It's light weight enough so that it's still a bike. It works well with
no power at all. Total weight of bike, motor, and battery is around
45 lbs. A regular hybrid/commuter bike is usually around 30 lbs, and
a high end road/racer is 14-20 lbs.

Cruising speed with minimal assist is around 15 mph, with around a
40 mile range (the manufacturer claims 60.) 

Tom Ed

At Mon, 21 May 2007 09:57:59 -0400,
Magnus wrote:
> 
> jason at monsterjam.org wrote:
> > get a motorcycle.. ;)
> 
> 
> I had considered that.  The idea isn't necessarily to burn less 
> petroleum.  It's to burn NONE.
> 
> I'm not exactly a tree hugging hippy but even I see that we have reached 
> "Peak Oil", probably years ago, and the only way we're going to be able 
> to continue to thrive is to re-examine the fundamental ways in which we 
> live and what we really "need" vs. what is simply a convenience.
> 
> If there were such a thing as a reasonably priced electric motorcycle 
> with a ~60-80 mile range that plugged into an outlet at night to 
> "refuel" I'd probably consider it.  Yes, it's shifting the energy burden 
> upstream, but economies of scale make that a vast improvement over 
> individual internal combustion engines.
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