I did it deliberately because I've been watching this vid from Steve Terreberry on Youtube. I wondered how long before I'd get a bite. I'm feeling rebellious. He's one of the most entertaining musicians on Youtube at the moment. he plays all the instruments (programmed drums) on every song and mixes it all himself in his bedroom:
Assuming that you mean fitting dongles and not watching Stevie T vids, I don't agree at all. In fact I believe the opposite, that it encourages more people to use ebikes, which is good for everyone.
We have insurance but there is always a possibility that we may get embroiled in litigation if something bad happens involving the bike. Next time you come to Southend, we can have a chat about it.
70% of the drivers for 70% of the journey?How many people have dared to go over the 70 motorway speed limit....not many I guess
You may say you want 'only' 20mph but if the bike is capable of even higher speed when derestricted?
Down to common sense then I guess. I feel safe doing 20 on a bike. I can go faster than that quite comfortably now if I chose to, but I dont. Upping from 15 to 20 feels nice, whereas 15 just feels like walking.
Your bike has a DD motor, not pleasant to pedal without assistance at high speed.
I think I see what you are saying, but if i can ride a standard bike at the same speed as my ebike, I dont understand why the laws of this country dictate that you can have ride at that speed but only if you use your own power to get there.
I feel safe at 60 km/h on my current bike and I walk at 6 km/h (yep that is 10x slower). Now there are a lot of faster walkers out there but I can walk at 6 km/h up hill and down dale for 8 hours a day. I wanted to go faster on my bike initially, now I just want to average 25 km/h for 8 hours a day.
and possibly even faster because the hysterisis resistance (aka cogging) of your direct drive motor. CD and geared hub motors have none of that - with a strong torque motor, you can easily average 15mph on roads with light traffic pedaling for pleasure and without derestricting.
Jeez, you're getting as bad as Colin. There's always the possibility that you'll be killed by an asteroid when you step out of the house or the world will end next week when Yellowstone Park erupts. I can't see how somebody fitting a dongle to a Haibike is going to destroy your business, when you neither sell dongles nor Haibikes.
Maybe I missed the point...do you mean one of your woosh ebikes will assist you over 15.5 mph..I thought they cut out when they get to that speed?
I am sorely tempted to remove the full throttle but haven't done so yet, only asking customers to rotate the cranks a bit first.
The key is in your use of ebike, that isn't what we have. An ebike means an electrically powered bike, and those come under motor vehicle law,
Next time, just make sure that you enjoy pedaling your new bike without power and as fast as you do (on flat roads) as with your normal bike.
