I never thought I would see the day....

Itsfixed

.... when I would find myself wanting an electric bicycle. Would be great for a theoretical 40km round daily commute from where i live to Dublin, which I don't have since i work from home at the moment. But if I did, y'know.....

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/video-specialized-turbo-the-worlds-fastest-electric-bike-33568/

Joey the lips

5500 euro is a lot of peddleing

daragh_

Tenzor07

Think of the money saved as opposed to buying a motorbike or using a car... With petrol/taxes etc this would pay for itself over the months..

That's what its aimed at being, a replacement for a car/motorcycle..

Though not sure it will be legal here without tax and insurance as it can go 45kph...

Lumen

"Key features of the new bike include a 250 watt rear hub motor"

Fortunately I have one of those in my legs, as does everyone else who can be bothered to use them properly.

colm_gti

€5500....think of the pushbike you could get for that! A 40km round trip isn't much once you get fitter...

Surveyor11

That would add a significant amount of minutes to my commute.....

Tenzor07

Lumen wrote: »

"Key features of the new bike include a 250 watt rear hub motor"

Fortunately I have one of those in my legs, as does everyone else who can be bothered to use them properly.

Missing the point, this bike is to get the people who don't have motors in there legs get away from using motor cars/bikes and onto the road..

Lumen

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Missing the point, this bike is to get the people who don't have motors in there legs get away from using motor cars/bikes and onto the road..

And you're missing my point, which is that EVERYONE has motors in their legs, which we call "muscles". We come that way out of the box. You can even use them off-road and going up stairs.

seamus

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Missing the point, this bike is to get the people who don't have motors in there legs get away from using motor cars/bikes and onto the road..

But you can buy a moped which will do another 5 km/h for a fifth of the price

Tenzor07

seamus wrote: »

But you can buy a moped which will do another 5 km/h for a fifth of the price

Until you add petrol/taxes and extra maintenance on top of that..

seamus

You will still need a licence, insurance and tax to run this thing though

I also suspect that overall maintenance costs on a top-spec bike doing constant speed of 45km/h will actually work out more than the maintenance on a low-spec 50km/h hairdryer.

Tenzor07

Lumen wrote: »

And you're missing my point, which is that EVERYONE has motors in their legs, which we call "muscles". We come that way out of the box. You can even use them off-road and going up stairs.

Thanks for the anatomy lesson...

As for the bike, its a great idea for your average Joe commuting to work!

Tenzor07

seamus wrote: »

You will still need a licence, insurance and tax to run this thing though

Q. Do I need a driving license, insurance or road tax?

A. No, you don’t. According to Irish and European law, electric bikes that use the pedal assist method are classified as bicycles, not mechanically propelled vehicles. There is no need for the extra expense associated with other forms of road transport. There are also no NCT requirements either.

Though the problem is that this bike is illegal in the EU... apart from Germany..

Lumen

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Thanks for the anatomy lesson...

As for the bike, its a great idea for your average Joe commuting to work!

Apart from the fact that it costs five and a half thousand euros, has no mudguards or panniers, and can be stolen as easily as any other bicycle.

Seve OB

I was on holiday last year and in some of those massive supermarkets in France I seen electric bikes from less than a grand, so it must be some beast for 5.5k

shop around if it is an electric bike you want, they are difinately to be got much cheaper

seamus

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Q. Do I need a driving license, insurance or road tax?

A. No, you don’t. According to Irish and European law, electric bikes that use the pedal assist method are classified as bicycles, not mechanically propelled vehicles. There is no need for the extra expense associated with other forms of road transport. There are also no NCT requirements either.

Though the problem is that this bike is illegal in the EU... apart from Germany..

If the motor propels or assists the vehicle above 25km/h, it is automatically a moped and requires motor tax, a class M licence and insurance.

Tenzor07

Lumen wrote: »

Apart from the fact that it costs five and a half thousand euros, has no mudguards or panniers, and can be stolen as easily as any other bicycle.

The perfect accessory to the 12-D Merc or Range Rover owner who wants to nip down to the office or city apartment...

Tenzor07

seamus wrote: »

If the motor propels or assists the vehicle above 25km/h, it is automatically a moped and requires motor tax, a class M licence and insurance.

Yup, thats what I said...illegal... The law's an a$$...

seamus

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Yup, thats what I said...illegal... The law's an a$$...

The bike itself is perfectly road legal.

You just need a licence, tax & insurance to ride it.

Dermot Illogical

seamus wrote: »

The bike itself is perfectly road legal.

You just need a licence, tax & insurance to ride it.

And a motorcycle helmet?

studiorat

Lumen wrote: »

"Key features of the new bike include a 250 watt rear hub motor"

Fortunately I have one of those in my legs, as does everyone else who can be bothered to use them properly.

Nice of you to volunteer...

kenmc

No way, you need one of these

petethedrummer

Motor, triple and a MTB cassette. You could ride it up the gable end of the house.

chakattack

Lumen wrote: »

And you're missing my point, which is that EVERYONE has motors in their legs, which we call "muscles". We come that way out of the box. You can even use them off-road and going up stairs.

Yes but pushing 250W starts to hurt after a while. Also 250W won't give your 45kph on a flat bar bike so I imagine it needs a good bit of assistance for the claimed top speed.

wendell borton

studiorat

kenmc wrote: »

No way, you need one of these

Like a friggin' time machine back to the '80's

kincsem

I got the Rose catalogue 2012 today. It has 14 electric bikes.

feck sake lads

there's a guy in america that done coast to coast on his electric bike;)
its a great idea money is only used to buy buy things and whats more it's your money so buddy if you want to buy one then fair play to ya go for it.;)