The Ebiker Joke thread...

[LockH]

Interesting... maybe. The Great Woo-Woo-Woo ("internet") currently being flooded (with "spam"?) for postings titled "Low Price Fast Electric Bike - Diy 50mph Electric Bike"

(Health Care Industry suspected for fishing for more business.)

 

[LockH]

In the newz "Dorel Reports Sharply Deteriorating Results"...

Changes at North American IBDs

The Canadian company points out that the segment’s lower sales in the third quarter as well as the past nine months can be attributed to a softer global bike market and changes in the North American independent bicycle dealer (IBD) retail environment.

Dorel President and CEO Martin Schwartz stated that, “It's those darned ebikes."

 

[DAND214]

In the newz "Dorel Reports Sharply Deteriorating Results"...

Changes at North American IBDs

The Canadian company points out that the segment’s lower sales in the third quarter as well as the past nine months can be attributed to a softer global bike market and changes in the North American independent bicycle dealer (IBD) retail environment.

Dorel President and CEO Martin Schwartz stated that, “It's those darned ebikes."

TFB

Dan

 

[LockH]

^^ Hehe...

 

[LockH]

How to make an ebike seem "cheap"...
"Eight high-level road bikes that will make you want to remortgage your house":
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/recreational-cycling/what-will-the-bicycles-of-the-future-look-like/

 

[LockH]

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Sadly, that last bit edited out, where she said something like "... or just ride an electric."

 

[LockH]

BIG NEWS! "5 Electric Vehicles Competing for 2017 Green Car of the Year Award!"

Lessee... Competitors:
4,315 pounds
3,500 pounds
3,788 pounds
3,365 pounds
3,915 pounds

As usual, some wait to hear which one is easiest to pedal. (Requires the least energy to move.)

 

[DAND214]

BIG NEWS! "5 Electric Vehicles Competing for 2017 Green Car of the Year Award!"

Lessee... Competitors:
4,315 pounds
3,500 pounds
3,788 pounds
3,365 pounds
3,915 pounds

As usual, some wait to hear which one is easiest to pedal. (Requires the least energy to move.)

4316 down hill is the one

Dan

 

[LockH]

^^ Hehe

Found this exercise tape apparently designed for ebikers:
[youtube]8NAusjKM2b8[/youtube]

 

[LockH]

 

[LockH]

"How to get a kick from coffee"
("Boost your performance and endurance with caffeine. If yer electrics aren't working... for some reason.")
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/how-to-get-a-kick-from-coffee-48434/

 

[LockH]

Some of the most "Ebike-Friendly" countries of the world... (Had no idea re Thailand!)

http://en.protothema.gr/10-most-adulterous-countries-in-the-world-graph/

 

[DAND214]

Some of the most "Ebike-Friendly" countries of the world... (Had no idea re Thailand!)

http://en.protothema.gr/10-most-adulterous-countries-in-the-world-graph/

??? FRIENDLY, YOU THINK???

Dan

 

[LockH]

^^ Hey. Not my stats... Just guessing ya can get away faster with an electric assist. :wink:

 

[DAND214]

^^ Hey. Not my stats... Just guessing ya can get away faster with an electric assist. :wink:

Or to get it faster too!

Dan

 

[LockH]

^^ Hey. Not my stats... Just guessing ya can get away faster with an electric assist. :wink:

Or to get it faster too!

Dan

Hehe. Graph aimed at north americans. NA not graphed `cause we're sneakier. :wink:

 

[LockH]

Americans in the city of Los Angeles at play:
[youtube]Sk55rG7AATM[/youtube]

(Moving lots of empty seats, etc)

 

[LockH]

Going mainstream

Ebikes, the most commonly used illegal in America, is going mainstream. It's now legal to ride EVerywhere. Recreationally in eight states — Alaska, California, Colorado, Oregon, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Washington — and the District of Columbia. Ebikes seems poised for wider use, too: There are numerous places that now allow the possession and use of ebikes for medicinal purposes, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, due to its therapy.

But just how much do you know about the wacky ebike and its odd effects? How exactly does ebiking provide its high, and who discovered the effects of riding the bike in the first place? Read on for some of the stranger facts about ebike use.

As a writer, ya gotta find rejection annoying at first, but when a modified version is published??? [grumble grumble]

http://www.livescience.com/56600-odd-facts-marijuana.html

 

[LockH]

"Shanghang County to start fuel-assisted bicycle (electric vehicles exceeded) registration work":

November 20 morning, with the 'Shanghang (board) 00001' the first block of fuel-assisted bicycle (excessive electric car) license plate, marking the county officially launched fuel-assisted bicycle (excessive electric car) registration book. It is understood that, as of November 28, Shanghang police a total of 680 for the local public fuel bikes.

(Zhang Chunbo Li Biying Hu Qinpei photo)

(I'm not making this up?
http://www.top-news.top/news-12546870.html

 

[LockH]

Top of list right now on Giggle Search (TM) for "electric bicycle":

.....................................................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hehe
("Gio" has a rep locally for making "scooter"-style bikes of... questionable design... etc.


... and a little further down:


Bike for sale? Better mention it has no assist. Hehe...

... further:


WOW! An electric bike, with "fat" tires... available now! In the US! For $165!!!

Reading fine print: Motor etc extra. Install extra...

 

[LockH]

Day to be able to come out of the battery heavy weapons, in one fell swoop to solve the battery a number of traditional drawbacks!

http://www.bestchinanews.com/Science-Technology/6455.html

(... filed under "Science-Technology")

Winter comes, the temperature drop, with the electric vehicle users as the main means of transport has brought a lot of inconvenience. In the small series of the market to visit the market found: wind, wind, wind, down jacket, down jacket, masks, scarves, warm cap has become the standard configuration of the electric car users travel. In the three layer three layer, wrapped up, just like a big zongzi.

(Wiki

Zongzi (Chinese: 粽子; pinyin: zòngzi), or simply zong (粽; zòng), is a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo,[1] reed, or other large flat leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling.[2] In the Western world, they are also known as rice dumplings, or sticky rice dumplings.

 

[LockH]

In local newz... "Electric vehicle charging stations coming!"

... to 25 Ontario Canadian Tire locations:
http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada...ng-to-25-ontario-canadian-tire-locations.html

In other news, millions of 120VAC plugins now available to plug in to!

(That news about adding 25 at some stores is a joke, right?)

 

[LockH]

Yawn. Just another school day at Unionville Elementary School in Monroe, North Carolina:

[youtube]qrxxX-59b58[/youtube]

 

[LockH]

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Love the bit about Ebike Addicted

 

[LockH]

In local newz "In GTA suburbs, transport trucks and pedestrians can be a deadly combination".

(Police report an increase in pedestrians running over small animals.)