Jun-26-2021 07:31 PM
Aug-05-2021 04:51 PM
Aug-05-2021 02:52 PM
Lightning55 wrote:
I think trying to hold on, I actually hit the twist throttle and launched it as I went down. Not a fun ride.
Aug-05-2021 11:45 AM
Aug-05-2021 09:39 AM
Lightning55 wrote:
Just a little reminder to electric bike riders: Be careful on these things! While camping last weekend, I went for a ride with my grand daughter and crashed.
Riding on an asphalt path on a hillside, my front wheel drifted off the edge of the pavement and hit the dirt. I lost traction and went flying. Lucky I didn't break anything but got banged up. At 74 yrs old, I don't recover as fast and didn't walk too well for a couple of days. It was my own fault. I was going faster than I should have and didn't have the ability to control this nearly 100 lbs bike when I lost traction. I was lucky I'm not in the hospital right now.
Aug-05-2021 07:22 AM
Jul-30-2021 10:31 AM
way2roll wrote:ktmrfs wrote:GMH wrote:
I’m aware! I don’t travel at night and the signal lights are still visible…somewhat. The bikes are the last thing to get loaded before I leave the city and I drive extremely defensively in traffic, so I am more worried about a ticket than an accident. If I do get one I will have to re-think things. I have thought of relocating the plate. I added a warning to my post for anyone who may consider this option.
In oregon your ok for the headlights as long as your driving in the daytime. nighttime would get you into trouble. I looked at this option for my motorcycle on a front rack. Headlights and turn signals would have been ok, but the top of the bike interfered to much with my forward vision so I dropped the idea. My truck also has turn signals visible on the rear view mirrors from the front or back, not sure if that would suffice for turn signal visibility.
Aren't headlights required in rain and fog?
Jul-30-2021 09:51 AM
ktmrfs wrote:GMH wrote:
I’m aware! I don’t travel at night and the signal lights are still visible…somewhat. The bikes are the last thing to get loaded before I leave the city and I drive extremely defensively in traffic, so I am more worried about a ticket than an accident. If I do get one I will have to re-think things. I have thought of relocating the plate. I added a warning to my post for anyone who may consider this option.
In oregon your ok for the headlights as long as your driving in the daytime. nighttime would get you into trouble. I looked at this option for my motorcycle on a front rack. Headlights and turn signals would have been ok, but the top of the bike interfered to much with my forward vision so I dropped the idea. My truck also has turn signals visible on the rear view mirrors from the front or back, not sure if that would suffice for turn signal visibility.
Jul-30-2021 09:46 AM
GMH wrote:
I’m aware! I don’t travel at night and the signal lights are still visible…somewhat. The bikes are the last thing to get loaded before I leave the city and I drive extremely defensively in traffic, so I am more worried about a ticket than an accident. If I do get one I will have to re-think things. I have thought of relocating the plate. I added a warning to my post for anyone who may consider this option.
Jul-30-2021 07:47 AM
Jul-28-2021 01:51 PM
GMH wrote:
I bought this folding CCM carrier for our regular bikes. I didn’t trust it for our e-bikes so I replaced all the folding parts with heavy wall tubing. It is rock solid now.
Jul-27-2021 08:19 PM
Jul-27-2021 04:43 PM
ktmrfs wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
E-bikes are fun and you can see a bunch but is that no or low exercise activity what is best for you vs. pedal power?
Have you ever riden an e bike for any length of time over varied terrain?
It's hardly a "low excercise" activity, more of a "continous excercise" activity. it's pedal assist and on level ground your the power, on hills yes, it helps a great deal but your still pedalling. And for us it's easy to get out and do a 25+ mile ride for a few hours instead of 30 minutes on a short ride. So overall I'd say we are getting more and better excercise on an e bike.
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Jul-27-2021 04:05 PM
Lwiddis wrote:
E-bikes are fun and you can see a bunch but is that no or low exercise activity what is best for you vs. pedal power?
Jul-27-2021 04:01 PM
Jul-27-2021 09:18 AM