Survey of People who Ebike.

[BiGH]

i think it would be really interesting to state what ur qualified in and work as too!

i'm qualified in IT, and Law.

work as a Lecturer at uni.

Qualified in nothing, semi-qualified in lots of things -- so I can't buy a good job, and I'm as flat broke as a snake on the railroad tracks.

if u ask me ur certainly qualified in ebikes!

[xyster]

if u ask me ur certainly qualified in ebikes!

Well thanks, BiGH. But so far the capital flows have all gone the wrong direction -- into my ebikes.

[BiGH]

if u ask me ur certainly qualified in ebikes!

Well thanks, BiGH. But so far the capital flows have all gone the wrong direction -- into my ebikes.

R & D baby R & D

thats how i look at it i doubt that hub motors have dropped hugely in value anyway not a worry really.

[xyster]

R & D baby R & D

thats how i look at it i doubt that hub motors have dropped hugely in value anyway not a worry really.

R&D!

I am secure in the knowledge that my used hubmotor is still worth about 3,000 slabs of Ramen noodles.

[andrey320]

1. No - 6'0'' - 146 pounds
2. Yes. I love my car and enjoy it even more now that I don't drive it much.

[sean]

1) No - 6'2" ~195, e-biking lets me pedal when I want to..

2) Yes I have cars and means to drive them, but I really minimize my driving anymore, keep telling myself that E-biking is returning some of the money I spent building it.. ;)

I ride ~20-30 miles a day, except for weekends when I rarely get out on it. I pedal sometimes, but rarely only when headwinds knock me back or I want to go fast for a second..

And qualified in economics and work in project management,,

[Eric G]

Before the steel rod in my back broke I was a production supervisor of the offset department of a printing company out of Montreal. Since the rod broke I've dabbled in graphic design to earn a few extra dollars to supplement my disability pension.

Eric

[monster]

1) not fat im the opposite, too skinny

2) yes i have a small diesel

[dermot]

I have two questions to ask of Ebike users. (People who use Ebikes for SOME sort of car replacement. Store, work, Post Office, etc. No one in my town uses one but me so I ask here. Feel free not to answer.

1) Are you fat.

2) Can you easily afford to drive a car if you wanted to.

My answers - 1) Yes, 40 lbs overweight. 2) Yes, I own 4 cars. (College Kids)

1) Yes. 130Kg, 1.96metres. Lifelong back trouble means that conventional cycling is not an option. Otherwise reasonably fit, however, I'll quite happily go for a 20km walk averaging 5 - 6km/hour up and downhill, through the woods.

2) Yes, easily - even at $7-50 per US gallon!

I commute to work daily by e-bike and most of my other local travel as well. Drive no more than 2,000 km per year - cycle more than that.

Work in medical electronics; CR, CT, MRI, 3D image reconstruction and modelling and a wide range of related medical imaging stuff.

[deecanio]

1) no i'm 5'10 and 140lbs (great weight for ebiking,not so good for rugby )
2) yes, i have a mercedes slk 230k - but honestly i get more fun riding my bike than driving.

Having thought about it i think the reason for prefering my bike to my car is simply this - when out in the forest riding the bike i get the sense of freedom and fun. When sitting in the car taking 50 mins to do 15 miles into london i feel trapped and harrased!!!!!


cheers


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[sabrewalt]

London Muhaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Back in 85, I used to go into London every week. I was visiting two offices. It took 12 minutes to use the train.... door to door between the two offices. It took 23 minutes to walk. One day I decided to drive my rent car on in to Central London rather than my normal practice of parking it at Morden station and tubing in to town. OMG the parking was outrageous. It took me an hour and 20 minutes to comute between the two offices by car. An Ebike or even a bicycle would have been sweet.

[tomv]

Interesting poll
1) I'm 6ft, 175lbs.

2) I can't afford a car but for different reasons then usual. Here in New York city the biggest cost would be parking. $300 per month near home and probably $500 near work. The distance is 5 miles and driving takes longer then walking (traffic). I bike/take subway depending on weather or mood.

[giveahoot]

1) Been working out since a teen, now in my late 20s.

2) Getting around NYC via car vs. e-bike in many cases takes longer. And I was tired of my always feeling environmentally, socially, and physically irresponsible while driving my car. I was also tired of car insurance, registration, insurance, parking, maintenance and upkeep, storage, gas prices, pollution (noise and air,) restriction of movement etc.

I've had more fun these last few months riding my e-bike, than almost a lifetime of car driving.

[tomv]

hi giveahoot. so you're in nyc too? great! where're you at? i'm also in my late 20ies.

for me the worst thing about e-bikes in ny is that if you want to go anywhere outside of the city you have to cary the bike over the stairs. that's why i still mostly use my regular bike. i wonder if you're also annoyed by this limitation and how you handle it.

for example:
- sourthern new jersey: sea streak ferry (not bad, but expensive)
- middle new jersey -path to newark, stairs, turnstiles, horrible experience on ebike. can't go via tunnels.
- nothern jersey/nyack - george washington bridge. lots of stairs. suicide with ebike. had to take my ebike apart to carry it.
- westchester - going through manhattan should be ok, never tried it. going through triborough bridge is horrible. narrow path, lots of stairs, broken glass. bad even on regular bike.
- long island - good stuff is far away (montauk), great on lirr with bike, pretty bad with ebike (stairs, trains).

short trips in manhattan/brooklyn/queens - nice, but risky to leave $$$ bike on the street locked. also not worth it, as i have no problem pedalling 1-10 miles.

sofar e-bike for me was more of a research project than practical solution in nyc. i understand this is a bit offtopic, but would very much apprieciate feedback from others in nyc

[tobyjug]

1 20lbs overwieght
2 Yes but its a Honda Insight Hybrid Average 64MPG over 42K miles

Tobyjug
Specialized Rockhopper with Golden Motors 36V hub
Currie E-Zip Mountain Trails 24V just purchased from Walmart

[numberonekiwi]

1) No 1.6M 60KG

2) Have Nissan cifero for those really wet days otherwise E-bike

3) had many jobs Electronic assembly, Automotive security/audio technician, Taxi driver, Cat 5/6 network/telecoms Installation engineer, and currently Petroleum transfer technician / Financial controller

I figure with petrol around $1.60 / L possibly $2.00 by the end of the year which costs about $5~6 return trip to work or E-bike with a cost of $0.05~0.10 it makes sense to leave car at home although you still pay for registration and I chose to have insurance as well but if I didnt that could save me even more

[D-Man]

1. I weigh 800 lbs and have 4 cruiser seats mounted to the seatpost to support my massive ass.

2. I have a huge flat bed truck I drive. I sit on the bed and drive with hand controls.

3. I don't need batteries on my e-bike. I hook wires up to myself and use bio-fat fusion.

[Lowell]

5'9, 178lbs ready to ride. Not fat.

I build and tune fast cars for a living.

http://www.resnickauto.com/video/800hp-integra.avi
I'm in the drivers seat. 800+hp at the wheels needed some extra weight to stop the tires from spinning on the dyno.

http://www.resnickauto.com/video/SuprasDyno02.wmv
A few of the high HP local Supras. The black car was dyno'd for the first time on a new setup, and has since put down 911hp and 688ft/lbs.

[Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh]

:arrow: 1. I weigh 800 lbs and have 4 cruiser seats mounted to the seatpost to support my massive ass.

So 'D-Man' would refer to the overall shape of your body?

I stay in great shape riding on a daily basis, year round.
By not having to support a car & all the various parasites that hang off of it (the worst IMO, the insurance company) was able to retire early.
To drive a car again I'd have to get a job & to quote a great pholosopher, 'work is for losers'.

[xyster]

I build and tune fast cars for a living.

http://www.resnickauto.com/video/800hp-integra.avi
I'm in the drivers seat. 800+hp at the wheels needed some extra weight to stop the tires from spinning on the dyno.
...

You're well positioned to start a high-performance EV conversion business. As gas prices continue to rise, enviro-concern grows, and good electrical energy storage device prices fall, there's bound to be substantial demand for conversion of all these old ICE devices over to electric.

[Lowell]

I build and tune fast cars for a living.

http://www.resnickauto.com/video/800hp-integra.avi
I'm in the drivers seat. 800+hp at the wheels needed some extra weight to stop the tires from spinning on the dyno.
...

You're well positioned to start a high-performance EV conversion business. As gas prices continue to rise, enviro-concern grows, and good electrical energy storage device prices fall, there's bound to be substantial demand for conversion of all these old ICE devices over to electric.

Possibly. It all depends on battery technology and cost, which is the current problem with all EVs. I'm sure Tesla Roadsters would sell like hotcakes if they were priced the same as a Solstice.

The majority of my customers don't really care about gas prices though, which are cheap compared to how much we pay for 117 octane gasoline. VP C16 is about $12 per US gallon right now, and more in Canada.

[xyster]

The majority of my customers don't really care about gas prices though, which are cheap compared to how much we pay for 117 octane gasoline. VP C16 is about $12 per US gallon right now, and more in Canada.

They'll probably come around once electric racers start trouncing their ICE competition -- which, due to the nature of electric motors, is bound to start happening eventually.

[Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh]

That's what's happening already in the short-race nitro R/C.

[BiGH]

The majority of my customers don't really care about gas prices though, which are cheap compared to how much we pay for 117 octane gasoline. VP C16 is about $12 per US gallon right now, and more in Canada.

They'll probably come around once electric racers start trouncing their ICE competition -- which, due to the nature of electric motors, is bound to start happening eventually.

yes, but there is still going to be endurance issues. plus its one thing trouncing stock cars, 900hp cars would be running VERY good 1/4 mile times, like 9s,10s,11s - for an electric car to be able to run that AND have a decent range it would reuqire a TON of lithium batteries....

i'm thinking of that white zombie car - had good acceleration for its drag runs, but still not up to the speed of say a 911hp supra, and definatly couldn't drive 500klms on a charge :(

that being said, if someone could convert my car (supra) to do that i'd start saving now!

[Lowell]

http://www.plasmaboyracing.com/whitezombie.php

Away from home at other drag tracks where clean AC line power may not be available, a gasoline fueled 18 hp 2 cylinder Subaru generator makes 10 KW to feed the PFC75 and keep White Zombie's pack charged up.

Power has to come from somewhere...

http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1.html

Now this is more like it... they claim an 11.5s 1/4 mile which is not bad, but it looks like a lot of sacrafices for light weight. (like exterior panels )