Comments on: Take It Easy: Jackson Browne Trivia and a Dead E-Bike Battery

By: Wayne Baldridge

Wayne Baldridge — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:23:50 +0000

Lets see – a 60 pound bike, 20.4 miles to a depleated battery, 6 mph average on human power alone. On the other hand, take a 15 pound bike, a commuter level rider and the fuel should last 50 miles at which time eating and riding can take place to beyond 100 miles.

We add a 10 pound motor and a 20 pound battery and controller to a already heavy 30 pound bike with the result of a no sweet 15 miles then really sweet no fun at all 5 miles. The point is there is no point except that we do it because we can.

The first of anything is non-inspiring. Second and third generation things are better and fourth generation things become mainstream – then become common with licenses, registrations, laws, taxes and fees.

By: Ted Johnson

Ted Johnson — Wed, 04 May 2011 23:28:02 +0000

“Stream of consciousness?”

What are you talking about three miles Davis Junior Mint julep?

By: BluesCat

BluesCat — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:30:16 +0000

(chuckle) The Der Wienerschnizel (as they were called in my youth) on Central Ave. in Phoenix was a hangout for a different kind of biker back then. Luckily, I was riding a bobbed Triumph Bonneville at the time, so I could get a dawg there without too much risk!

By: Richard Masoner

Richard Masoner — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:48:13 +0000

Boy, and some people say my stream of consciousness posts get a little weird….

The only ebike I’ve tried drawing down to empty was a regen model from Sanyo. It’s kind of fun emptying the battery then recharging it by pedaling.