I used to complete 200K and 300K brevets, so I am not averse to riding an unassisted xxxcycle. If fact for recreational purposes the ELF is a bit much and not as enjoyable. My wife and I rented an assisted tandem once (she is not all that much at stoking, so...). It was very nice, and it is why I had any interest when I saw the Kickstarter campaign for the ELF, which I beta tested
The ELF is a decent urban car replacement. Not many people use it as I do, but that may change. You can do substantial shopping with it. If you need to get to work with minimal sweat, it is good for that; and the weather protection encourages one to use it even with sketchy forecasting. For a 50 mile round trip commute, you have to be on a relaxed schedule and going slow, or be willing to do the aerobic work out needed to average 24mph. If you back off to 15 to 18 mph it is relatively easy. It's a rough go if you end up pedaling without the assist as it weighs 140lb. I had an uncertain connector and had to pedal several miles before I sorted it out. The remaining 8 miles home would have left me swinging in the hammock for the afternoon had I not figured it out. Anyway , it is good form more than one task, and I recommend it. Organic Transit are working on a cargo model, and a head out sport model. It is desired for the sport to go 35mph - the speed rules are leniently enforced so that they can consider it anyway. There is an uneven, but relaxed view of these things in the US. There are a lot of unlicensed scooters that seem to be capable of 45mph. I am not sure these are strictly kosher, but we have them anyway. On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Cor van de Water <[email protected]> wrote: > That is where I see the real value of E-bike, my mom got hers 2 years > ago when she did not yet want to commit to knee replacement surgery, but > could no longer make all the trips around town on her old bike (she > prefers to use her car as little as possible for short trips and so the > majority of her around-town trips are by bicycle). She will soon turn > 75. > I borrowed her E-bike a couple times when I wanted to make a 55 miles > round-trip commute that you can either do by driving on jam-packed > freeways, or ride bike through the fields and along canals, so I opted > several days to bike it with E-assist. > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com > Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info > Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of tomw > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EVDL] How can regen be a reason to buy or not? : EVLN: > Fiat 500e EV> close to perfect > > Yes, we are only in our 60's. My wife says she may want an ebike for > her > 70th birthday. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Fiat-5 > 00e-EV-close-to-perfect-tp4668392p4668537.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140318/7e89d037/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
