Anyone drive their ebike standing on the side?

[EdwardNY]

I was in the Staten Island ferry and you are not supposed to ride your bike. While getting to the front of the boat when nobody was around, I decided to just stand on the left pedal of the bike with my right foot and hit the throttle. I zipped to the front.

Once you balance the bike properly it was a very fun experience to ride the bike like that and you have very good control of the bike.

When getting off I decided to try it in the parking lot at full throttle. It feels much different than riding the bike sitting or even standing on both pedals and it makes for a very fun experience. It feels like your flying, hard to explain.

Most likely not the safest way to ride as you can easily go flying off the bike on a bump. But it just felt more natural standing like that and zipping around. I'm talking at speeds of 20MPH+. It actually felt wierd getting back on the bike and riding it normally. This could also be because my bike has a very leaning position to ride it.

I'm sure most of you probably tried this? If you have not it is worth a try, but make sure you get some speed.

 

[Kris B Krunch]

I know what you mean, I love riding my bike on one pedal, except I do it with my left leg on the left pedal, like I usually do it while riding normal and then swinging my right leg over, that make sense?

Try taking some corners in a parking lot with your heel slightly dragging, it's a little dangerous, but hey, it's good fun.

 

[neptronix]

I wouldn't count on one side of the bottom bracket / a pedal / a crank arm to support your entire weight. Unless you're like 100lbs.. seems unsafe.. especially if we are talking about aluminum parts..

 

[NeilP]

Yes, all the time, sometimes left foot on left pedal sometimes right foot on left pedal

Left on left means you can then just swing your leg over on the move and keep going

I do always flick the 3 spd switch down to low(25%), as at 120% at 100 volts with potential to pull 140 amps, it can be a little tricky to ride it standing at120%

I ride like this at slow speed only in pedestrian areas were riding is forbidden, but you can get away with scooting along like that if you do not act like a idiot

 

[fizzit]

I wouldn't count on one side of the bottom bracket / a pedal / a crank arm to support your entire weight. Unless you're like 100lbs.. seems unsafe.. especially if we are talking about aluminum parts..

I dunno, I've never heard of a pedal or crank breaking off from someone standing up on the pedals. And that's probably putting more than 100% of your weight into the pedal, if you're pulling down on the handlebars. Maybe if your bike is really flimsy but then you're probably having other mechanical problems

 

[Arlo1]

I wouldn't count on one side of the bottom bracket / a pedal / a crank arm to support your entire weight. Unless you're like 100lbs.. seems unsafe.. especially if we are talking about aluminum parts..

PFFFT. What? Are you kidding? I weigh 225 and jump every thing I can and even higher on a non powered bike! Huge stress loads and never a problem. And the aluminum crank arms are tougher! Think about this if you corner hard on a banked corner at speed with the inside foot off to tract the corner you are putting all your weight on the out side peddle and you are more then 2x normal gravity!

 

[t3sla]

should be fine on a non cheap bb/axle/crank.

usually the bearings go before the axle gets bent, saying that i've seen bent axles and done one in myself, but that was on super dooper low quality part.

 

[The fingers]

Handling will suffer, you might fall if you have to make an emergency stop.

 

[dogman dan]

Sure, for a short ride like you described it's quite the way to go. I've never damaged a crank that way. Bent hell out of many cranks laying a bike down at 20 mph or more though.

 

[hydro-one]

never bent a GOOD QUALITY crank or BB. I have seen them broken by guys doing crazy drops. As has been brought up many times before, it matters if the part is made of recycled soup cans , or real AL or steel. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!!

Case: AL fork steer tube breaks off and my buddy took it in the face, detatched his upper jaw from his skull doing trials on a trials specific bike. AL fatigues. not good . steel steer tube for me.

case 2: my brothers rm9 ht3540, he changed out the seat to a candian tire shit seat with shit steel rails. i had supplied him with a selle/raceface signature dh seat with 14mm chromo rails. he dint like it so he changed it out without consulting me then he cased a jump and his rails broke and he "went" into the rear tire and hurt himself "alot".

case three: mr zoom handlebars u know who u are.

it goes on and on. if your riding hard u need good parts and that means expensive dh or , heavy steel

 

[hydro-one]

sorry to jack the thread, i never ride like that but can see how new technologies open new avenues of thought, and action!!!

Id say if ur bike is uncomfortable get a new bike or seat!!

 

[kfong]

Often, just easier when it's a short distance. I've had to also do this for a few blocks on my cyclone setup with a broken chain. Treated the bike like a push scooter just to get home.

 

[Ykick]

This is why I've always been a fan and one time heavy "kick scooter" commuter. Nothing beats it for mixed mode short hauls to/from train stations.

I wish 'could get one of those DAX folding dog scooters over here in USA? Those should meet Train folding bike criteria?

No messy chains, lightweight, a simple kick here and there. Easy transitions among crowded pedestrian crosswalks, paths and sidewalks.

In fact, some locales you are even legally allowed on sidewalks as long as your foot touches the pavement surface.

Riding, hangin off the side is okay but I find that as long as I go no faster than a slight jog, navigating sparse pedestrian traffic is not much trouble. Of course, when it's crodwed you just gotta hop off and walk it.

 

[cal3thousand]

This is how I usually mount my bike.

Left foot on the left pedal, with right foot behind. Throttle and stand on left foot, take off, balance, swing leg over and start pedaling.

 

[EdwardNY]

Had a little accident today doing this. I was going very slow in the street standing on the left pedal waiting for a car to turn around so that I could continue down the street and stop where my friend was. While I was slowly turning the bike, while standing on it, it started to fall away from me. I then lost a bit of balance as I tried to pull the bike up to me. You know how you can lose the bike easily by trying to steady it while on the side of it by holding only the handlebars and the middle with all the weight acts as leverage and makes it hard to steady it. I then accidently hit the thumb throttle and the bike lifted up in a wheelie and I lost it. The problem here was that I was trying to go slow enough and still stand on the bike without having to step off while waiting for that car to turn around.
The bike fell on the ground and I fell flat on my back. It happened so fast and I think the bike actually pulled me and made me fall flat on my back. I was not hurt and I hope the three girls in the car did not see that one .

 

[Zoot Katz]

Our laws in British Columbia state that a bicycle isn't to be ridden unless you are astride the saddle. It's a sort of law against scorchers, free-stylers and other hooligan types who've always given us cyclists all a bad name. [snark]

Anyway, I engaged a bicycle mounted constable in conversation and asked her some questions. Does kickscootering a bike constitute riding it on the sidewalk? And, in that situation couldn't you also get a ticket for riding other than astride the saddle?

She said she'd not bother unless "you flunked the asshole test". Her words.
We agreed that it's better to just walk the bike when many pedestrians are about.

There's a few places along my usual routes where it's convenient to use pedestrian facilities for short distances. I always do half dismount out of half respect for the laws against riding on the sidewalk/crosswalk and half respect for the pedestrians whose space I'm invading. Currently the cops have better things to do but the law is there if you give them a reason to enforce it.