Electronic bikes deprive students of exercise, cash
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biohazardman
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There is a link to e-mail at the bottom of her post feel free to send her your comments I did.
dogman dan
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It's true though, paint the bike wierd enough and you never get it stolen.
I used to get small tools lost on the job constantly. Everybody there has the same razor knife, same square, same wrench. You set it down somewhere, walk off. Come back it's gone. Somebody else has two now, and doesn't even know it till later.
Then while painting my wifes car a light pastel purple, I laid out my tools and fagged em. From that day on, all my tools got returned to me every time! 30 years later, I still have a few purple tools around. Might be a few others that dayglow painted thier tools, but a guy finding one might still keep that. No way the purple.
I used to get small tools lost on the job constantly. Everybody there has the same razor knife, same square, same wrench. You set it down somewhere, walk off. Come back it's gone. Somebody else has two now, and doesn't even know it till later.
Then while painting my wifes car a light pastel purple, I laid out my tools and fagged em. From that day on, all my tools got returned to me every time! 30 years later, I still have a few purple tools around. Might be a few others that dayglow painted thier tools, but a guy finding one might still keep that. No way the purple.
docnjoj
1 GW
The Aussies did such a study a few years ago and found that E-bikes were very successful for exercise since they leveled heart rates but still raised them to appropriate BPM. I can't remember the name of the university but I may have it somewhere.
otherDoc
Edit: Here it is.
http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/ The definitive Monash University Study done in 2003
Here is the Health part!
http://greasedlightningcycles.com/EBIKESANDHEALTH.aspx
otherDoc
Edit: Here it is.
http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/ The definitive Monash University Study done in 2003
Here is the Health part!
http://greasedlightningcycles.com/EBIKESANDHEALTH.aspx
I have to say, I think she has a point, given the notoriously poor judgement of undergraduates. They will sign up for that credit card (at a card table outside the student union) and go to town on it. Given most student housing is only a short distance from campus at most, a cheap beater will be as easy to ride the short distance and be less attractive to steal. And for the exercise part, I agree that electric bikes are perfectly fine exercise, but your average undergraduate will want to ride the thing like a motorcycle (until it stops working).
All that said, I think ebikes are superior for commuting to a job. Getting there not too sweaty, getting there fast, free parking, getting there cheap (after the initial investment), getting there on a bike even if you are not Lance Armstrong - all these are reasons (for me) to commute with an electric bike. Once those undergraduates graduate, get a job, maybe get married and have a kid or two, an electric bike commute might be the only exercise they get for a while.
All that said, I think ebikes are superior for commuting to a job. Getting there not too sweaty, getting there fast, free parking, getting there cheap (after the initial investment), getting there on a bike even if you are not Lance Armstrong - all these are reasons (for me) to commute with an electric bike. Once those undergraduates graduate, get a job, maybe get married and have a kid or two, an electric bike commute might be the only exercise they get for a while.
nicobie
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biohazardman said:
So did I and the editor of the paper replied telling me to remove the thread or else. I told him I couldn't do that as I am not a mod.
SamTexas
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Can you post the editor's reply here. I think it will be hilarious.nicobie said:
dogman dan
1 PW
Or else what? Welcome to the internet honey, your readers talk back. Ru ro.
Samd
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A grand to anyone who can snap a photo of her chowing down on a donut or a big old plate of pasta while driving a V8 ....
