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    New tech!!

    Maybe look over their patents then, like this one: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017070403A1/en?oq=2017%2f070403 If one reads their website objectively I don't think they come up with your criticisms.
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    You also said "every so often a locality tries to curtail cycling rights more than state law allows, and it only stands until somebody bothers to challenge it" which is interesting for what it implies. If you are now saying that such laws can change, they just haven't yet, then you have no...
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    I don't agree with any of this. First off, throttles have already gone away. Many laws mandate their removal. Second, climbing without throttle is trivial, I do it every day as does anyone who has a bike lacking throttle. Third, your claim of a "key distinction" of "pedalec-only" is...
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    If a bicycle is safe going over 25 mph downhill then it is safe going over 25 mph uphill and on level ground. The problem with what you propose is that it is a logical failure out of the gate and only represents your desire to limit speed, not address safety. I'm curious why, if you're willing...
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    I think you can based on what I've read of yours in the past. IMO it's more accurate to say that you won't for political reasons. Your equivocation here is absurd, I've posted actual code where half the text present conditions that Chalo claims don't exist. It's true currently that bicycles...
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    Sadly, being more informed than the cops doesn't mean you are informed. If you can't demonstrate you are informed then you are not. And here you are adding conditions on your "right" despite claiming otherwise previously. Ultimately, it is not you that decides what is "practicable", you are...
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    I wasn't trying to make a legal definition but a practical, functional one. Bicycles are traditionally human powered, so electric bicycles are still human powered but also, or additionally, electric powered. Yes, significant human power should be expected above certain speeds, but how to...
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    I agree that the code in Texas is preferable to other, higher profile states and I suspect it is similar to other areas of the country considering the history. Texas law changed ~20 years ago along with many other states in anticipation of e-bikes. These changes were likely authored by the...
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    Was with you up until that point. A cyclist has no requirement to register his vehicle but that doesn't mean he has an unconditional right to the lane. This is a false choice fallacy. I have cited specific law that proves that isn't so, at least in my, and Chalo's, state.
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    No it's not. That's like saying how much is justifiable is your right as a murderer. As a cyclist you must make judgements, but that doesn't mean laws don't apply. For example, if another cyclist can ride between you and the right then you are not "as far to the right as practicable". This...
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    I have cited actual code, not interpretation. The code attempts to be clear and unambiguous, specifically that the "right to the lane" is not unconditional but quite the opposite. Chalo is fond of saying that the right to the lane is an entitlement and is unconditional. Nothing could be...
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    Lines erased E-Bike / E-Scooter / E Motorcycle

    You like to assert this despite a lack of facts. First, Cyclists "entitlement" to the lane is a matter of state and local laws, there is no "USA" generalization that applies. Second, this is false for the very city and state in which you live. Texas does not allow for the unconditional right...
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    Help Me Build My Daily Commuter?

    How old are you? Grow up. Is that not the topic of this entire thread? Why does anything else you've said even matter? Also, I never said the "best commuter" is a hard tail, nor would I. What I would say is that buying an old FS mountain bike of unknown condition, putting an undersized hub...
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    Help Me Build My Daily Commuter?

    Incorrect. I am a member of "everyone", I have an FS bike that is built and tuned "good", and I don't prefer my FS for commuting. The OP desires a pedalec, not a motorcycle. LOL, A DH bike, by definition, is not made to do anything on the street at 20+ mph. It's a mountain bike and every...
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    Help Me Build My Daily Commuter?

    Yes, I have a Fox gravel fork which provides only 40mm of travel but is a conventional hydraulic fork. My first commuter was rigid which worked fine but had liabilities as speed increased. I replaced it with a Lauf gravel fork which is a carbon fiber leaf spring fork with very low travel...
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    Help Me Build My Daily Commuter?

    If only others did. I "jumped in" in response to those pushing the FS solution. I advocate the simplest solution with the greatest possibility of success, not merely what worked for me. However, I will add a couple more points regarding FS: Road bikes with FS are rare if not non-existent...
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    Help Me Build My Daily Commuter?

    Sure, but if he slows down on paths then it's less justified and it's not clear that his paths are rougher than the streets. We can talk in hypotheticals but we don't really know, you may be right. My bike easily does 35 mph using PAS but conditions really don't allow those speeds. I have a...
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    Help Me Build My Daily Commuter?

    Agree with this. The small rear wheel is bad advice. OP wants a pedalec of modest power, not a motorcycle. Rear suspension on a commuter is not required even at 30 mph and rear suspension corrupted by the wrong rear wheel is a move you may regret and for certain you will never appreciate...
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    Gear motor and 29r wheel

    Unless you are pedaling, then bigger wheels are easier to gear. Pedelecs need conventional wheel sizes to run bicycle speeds with available gearing; it's hard to pedal a small wheel at speed with MTB rings. The best solution considers all factors, not just the motor. Maybe the OP cares about...
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    Bikee Bike final review

    Again, not an indictment of PAS, only of your prejudice and inability to work with it. Bafang solutions are trivially fixable, that you can't make them work says more about you than Bafang.
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    Bikee Bike final review

    These are gross mischaracterizations of PAS. Bafangs do have braindead run-on when you stop pedaling but that's trivially tuned out and there's no reason to tolerate it. It seems quite unlikely that ANY PAS system "rockets" you into traffic at a mere "nudge" of the pedal, that's preposterous...
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    funnest things to do in austin - Your Biker Gang - Austin Tours, Private

    I know the pic which you are referring to. It caught my eye as well. Interestingly, the building in the upper left of that pic I currently live in. The address of the pic is 448 Barton Springs Road in Austin if you want to google it...
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    funnest things to do in austin - Your Biker Gang - Austin Tours, Private

    Yes, but that doesn't mean that their use of the road is without qualification. Agreed, and it's possible local police don't know the code anyway: Sec. 551.103. OPERATION ON ROADWAY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person operating a bicycle on a roadway who is moving slower...
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    funnest things to do in austin - Your Biker Gang - Austin Tours, Private

    Those pics show a number of violations in Sec. 551.103 of the code. Don't see evidence of lane splitting, though, nor would a still picture be able to show that. Bicycles in Texas are generally required to operate as close to the curb as possible, meaning "taking the lane at any time" is not...
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    What would happen if batteries with a voltage difference of 0.1v are paralleled?

    This is not right. Your example batteries each have an IR of about 600 mOhms ((.3/.25) / 2). If your receiving battery becomes a 10s20p, then it's IR drops to about 60 mOhms while the other stays the same. The current would then be 1 / (600 + 60) or about 1.5A at 1V differential. Your source...
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