eBikes in Ireland

Mediocrity

What's the law with regard to eBikes in Ireland?

Thinking of getting one of those Sanyo bikes that won an award at the consumer electronics show.

I reckon when these Lithium Ion Air batteries come on the market, these bad boys will do 400 miles on one charge!

In many major cities in China, eBikes make up 10 to 20 percent of all two-wheeled vehicles on the streets!!!

MaybeLogic

Amazing.
This threads been up more than an hour and a half and no-ones thought of a smart reply yet.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Might be better off in the cyclists forum OP. They would have a better idea.

AnonoBoy

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Amazing.
This threads been up more than an hour and a half and no-ones thought of a smart reply yet.

Sorry I was busy arguing about Mammy's boys on another thread.

Ok whadda we have here? Ebikes eh?

Right let's see..... ebikes, ebikes, ebikes, ebikes?


Nope.

I got nothing.

Sorry.

Mediocrity

IBTL takes on a whole new meaning with regard eBikes and the lack of regulation in this area! There's a shop on Camden Street sells eBikes and the bloke in there told me you're free to ride one to your heart's content even though they top out at quite high speeds! Then again, those racer gimps going around on their carbon bikes can easily do 50 kph on the flat (and without a helmet too!)

Mediocrity

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Sorry I was busy arguing about Mammy's boys on another thread.

Ok whadda we have here? Ebikes eh?

Right let's see..... ebikes, ebikes, ebikes, ebikes?


Nope.

I got nothing.

Sorry.

Vincent Brown is on TV3 if you're bored.

Karoma

eejitBikes, meh. My heart's just not in it.

@Mediocrity: How much are they?

Buford T Justice

Was trying to think of something funneh for a while, but I got nothing.......Nothing I tells Ya!

Mediocrity wrote: »

IBTL takes on a whole new meaning with regard eBikes and the lack of regulation in this area! There's a shop on Camden Street sells eBikes and the bloke in there told me you're free to ride one to your heart's content even though they top out at quite high speeds! Then again, those racer gimps going around on their carbon bikes can easily do 50 kph on the flat (and without a helmet too!)

Seriously OP, IBTL on your own thread?

Lack of regulation? Back seat modding perhaps? Long time you will last here young padwan

IBTL
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AnonoBoy

Mediocrity wrote: »

Vincent Brown is on TV3 if you're bored.

Ah cheers thanks dude. Don't know what's wrong with me today - my heart just isn't up to my usual level of smartarseness.

Mediocrity

Karoma wrote: »

eejitBikes, meh. My heart's just not in it.

@Mediocrity: How much are they?

Ignorant attitudes such as this are actually a huge problem for the marketing of eBikes in western countries. In the USA, such ignorance is even encouraged and sponsored by the auto industry.

MaybeLogic

Has this thread defeated AH ?

AnonoBoy

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Has this thread defeated AH ?

No wait I got one!

I used to have an eBike but I had to give it away - anytime I went out cycling on it we'd always end up at clubs chewing our faces off and hugging strange bikes.




That's ****. Sorry.

Karoma

Mediocrity wrote: »

Ignorant attitudes such as this are actually a huge problem for the marketing of eBikes in western countries. In the USA, such ignorance is even encouraged and sponsored by the auto industry.

Unclench or troll someone else, I aint taking the bait.

How. Much. Are. They?

Mediocrity

Karoma wrote: »

Unclench or troll someone else, I aint taking the bait.

How. Much. Are. They?

Since when am I the boards.ie guru on eBikes? Is Google too difficult for you?

Karoma

Mediocrity wrote: »

Since when am I the boards.ie guru on eBikes? Is Google too difficult for you?

You were (supposedly) in the shop which you fail to name (& doesn't appear to have a site with prices according to Mr Google who I consulted before desperately relying on your intellect and memory.)

starbelgrade

E-Bikes are like fat birds - fun to ride, but you really don't want anyone to know you were riding one.

OutlawPete

Karoma wrote: »

How. Much. Are. They?

I know the guy who runs this place. Decent prices.

http://www.ciebike.ie/

I said to him one day that it's funny how your CIE Bike as CIE was as slow as a bike .. it hit the tumbleweeds

Coriolanus

There's a place down the road from the Swan Centre in Dublin that sells them too.

dylano_k

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Amazing.
This threads been up more than an hour and a half and no-ones thought of a smart reply yet.

Riding something thats powered by a battery?? My wife would love that

weh weh weh

OutlawPete

dylano_k wrote: »

Riding something thats powered by a battery?? My wife would love that

weh weh weh

And what time do you call this??

Two hours we waited, two hours!!

dylano_k

OutlawPete wrote: »

And what time do you call this??

Two hours we waited, two hours!!

Sorry, iv been drinking:(