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    GeoOrbital

    You are comparing apples and oranges. The front wheel of your tricycle is providing traction and steering.The front wheel of a bicycle however, provides steering and balance, together with the weight of the rider. If the rider overbalances to the left, you turn the front wheel to the left, and...
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    List (Thread) of folks that HATE the electric bicycle

    Plum smugglers.
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    Friend being harassed by police.

    It is not my opinion, it is in the law, and I am correct. An ebike does not conform to what an ebike is without the label, any more than if it is without pedals. Manufacturer is quite a broad definition. The Latin root of the word comes from hand and make (hand made). Most ebike...
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    Friend being harassed by police.

    Since the legal limitations for an ebike in Canada and Ontario is 500 Watts and a maximum of 32 km/h on level ground, the installation you provided is illegal so I am not sure you did him any favours. While you can buy such a device in Canada as you installed, it is only for off road use. You...
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    Sugar biobattery has 10X the energy storage of lithium

    http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2007/03/sugar-powered-fuel-cells-are-totally-sweet/ A similar article from 7 years ago. This would be a fuel cell, not a battery if I read the article correctly, and would produce energy from consuming oxygen and sugar and producing carbon dioxide and...
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    Poll: Should Windsor Crack Down On Ebikes?

    http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/02/28/star-editorial-e-bikes-dont-belong-on-trails-and-pathways/ Windsor, Ontario is attempting to ban ebikes from their multi-use trails. The local paper has been running a series of articles on the subject, and this is a poll on whether ebikes should have a...
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    Lock is in the hospital, was in a coma

    after a fall down the stairs and is in ICU at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. There is a thread here on the Toronto Electric Riders Association website, but is in a members only thread. http://www.ebikeriders.com/messages/boards/thread/27606732/post/84763622?hash=84763622#84763622 Mail...
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    Pitkin County CO: County adopts e-bike trail rules

    It looks like they did an end run around the Americans with Disabilities Act by having them weight 60 lbs or less. The majority of ebikes, except those with aluminum frames and lithium batteries, are over 60 lbs. Effectively anything with a steel frame or scooter styling is still banned...
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