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  1. Kneelb4ZOD

    ebike or motorcycle?

    If I had to choose what makes an ebike an ebike from the listed options available, I would go with pedals like it appears the majority who answered the poll have. For the simple reason that pedals are what make a bike, a bike. And an "electric bike" is at the end of the day, a bike. But if the...
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    If you have a electric bike, which battery you will choose?

    Storing in a military ammo box is pretty decent. I've mentioned it here before, but for big batteries a really good and cheap method is to store them under a sack of sand. If the battery catches fire, it should melt the thin plastic bag causing sand to spill on top of the battery and extinguish...
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    Titanium foldable e-scooter TROLLI

    I just want to second everything Vanarian said. Also, as many already know with experience in this area, the weak points in the frame tend to be the folding mechanism and where it connects to the board. It's not very clear how the folding mechanism works from the pictures you showed, and the...
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    If you have a electric bike, which battery you will choose?

    Seems a bit pointed given the context of this thread, haha. You can find decent generic cells that work perfectly fine and offer a better value in certain applications, the problem is when you purchase them from a platform like ebay where people try to resell garbage cells as something they...
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    railroad tracks then ER

    Sounds about right, I hurt my shoulder on a weight machine at the gym and couldn't lift my dominate arm over my shoulder for months. That was about 5 years ago, and it still feels weak. More or less like a tendon will snap if I try lifting or pushing something away laterally. I'm 40 pounds...
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    China's new electric "straddling bus"

    Another scam, basically. LEDs not visible in daylight, barely produced any power due to the thick glass and inefficient positioning... They eventually built a small installation somewhere and it kept breaking down and produced something like a dollar of electricity in total. Over-promised...
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    2 Solar panels to run old freezer after hurricane

    With that context it sounds like a pretty good plan actually, just in general I would caution people against them. cheers :)
  8. Kneelb4ZOD

    What got you into electric?

    There is probably 100 times more electric mopeds, scooters, and ebikes where I live than anywhere in the US. It sounds like your complaint is with jerks in general, not everyone with ebikes. I'm ok with fining someone who is riding recklessly or getting in accidents all the time. I'm not ok with...
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    Loaded Vanguard Single Motor Carbon

    Great work so far
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    railroad tracks then ER

    I'm going to give you a pass because you just smashed your shoulder and are loaded with painkillers, but you really should write in complete sentences. I'm sure you're a smart guy, but It's very difficult to follow your train of thought without proper grammar. As far as pain killers, some...
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    What got you into electric?

    I would argue that anything powered by a 50cc and under engine should not require registration, so I'm pretty consistent on this. There's a permit, registration, and fine for everything in life now. I wish more people were willing to push back against the nanny state, it hasn't always been this...
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    What got you into electric?

    Whoah, chill your socks. Electric vehicles are innovating at the rate of an electronics/technology sector in my opinion, 10-15 years in this space is archaic. There are plenty of places which have not updated their laws at all regarding e-bikes, effectively banning everything with an electric...
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    ebikling motors

    A company like ebikeling will never disclose their suppliers, that's probably the most secret/valuable information they have. For their type of business, one of the hardest parts is finding a reliable supplier at a lower cost than competitors. Giving away that information takes away their...
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    What got you into electric?

    Yeah, I think most people still don't realize at how cheap building an ebike can be. If you can deal with assembling your own battery with 18650s, the biggest cost is just the time put into it. There is so much cool stuff out there in the space that the main thing holding it back at this point...
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    2 Solar panels to run old freezer after hurricane

    My advice is to avoid modified sign wave inverters like cancer. Some devices may even void the warranty if you run them under modified sign wave power. Any device that uses a capacitor fed power supply is dangerous to run on MSW... that includes a lot of small electronics. Things will often run...
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    Cheap folding "carbon" scooters any good?

    When you say "at the park", what exactly do you mean? Riding on sidewalks would be great, taking it to a skatepark is a good way to break it. Riding anything with 5 inch wheels on dirt or grass is not going to be very enjoyable. This is something that is designed and excels on sidewalks...
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    Volkswagen camper electric

    It's a great looking concept car and I like how it still has the classic styling, but "it is still very much a concept." Concepts are a dime a dozen. Let's face it, the big auto makers love teasing us every couple years. For them it's just a matter of PR, they have no interest in actually making...
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    Stealth Bomber VS Vector Typhoon V2 14000 watt

    14,000 watts. RIP. Although it looks like the one posted is speed limited to 50mph. Still it begs the question, if you can't technically get a motorcycle license I'm sure you can't technically ride a 14kw "ebike". You don't need anywhere close to 14kw to go up a hill at the speed you're talking...
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    China's new electric "straddling bus"

    It's incredible how many people were fooled by such a terrible idea on so many 'levels', I bet it would look cool driving on some solar frickin' roadways though.
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    How do police test compliance of ebike (Australia)

    I've also had a lot of other accidents. And yes, a helmet didn't make a difference in a good number of them, but it definitely made a difference that time. For example, I was hit by a motorcycle while I was on a bike, and we both wiped out. I wasn't wearing a helmet, but I was able to slide and...
  21. Kneelb4ZOD

    How do police test compliance of ebike (Australia)

    A helmet has saved my life before. I was riding on the sidewalk at a good speed coming up to a corner intersection, I had to veer off to the side to avoid someone unexpectedly. I can't remember if my front wheel hit the brick wall or locked up from panic braking, but I was sent flying over the...
  22. Kneelb4ZOD

    Encounters of the police kind

    This is a topic for everyone to share their police encounters: tickets, confiscations, etc. directly related to EV regulations. I suppose my title could have been more specific, but I haven't seen a discussion for this yet, even going back 3 or 4 years. There was one a few years ago about police...
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    What got you into electric?

    I think you've really hit the nail on the head there. For the past 8 years at least, the only thing really keeping e-bikes from being practical are legal hurdles. A lot of things people associate with electric bikes, being slow and under-powered for example, are really just a reflection of the...
  24. Kneelb4ZOD

    Electric Motorcycle (50cc Equivalant)

    Looks good. Is it just a one off, or do you intend on producing more of them?
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    Morons in loud trucks

    Loud bikes might save lives. There's no excuse for a loud car. Anyone who sets their subwoofer to 'earthquake' needs to be tied to a very large weather balloon.
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