Motorised?

Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

I've used ski lifts to carry my bike to the top of a mountain ;-)

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On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:10:04 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

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Stuart Millington wrote:

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Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

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I've used ski lifts to carry my bike to the top of a mountain ;-)

Thanks, I needed that ;-)

How did you get back down? Was it like the James Bond car with Ski's
and a pretty girl on the handlebar? ;-)

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Stuart Millington said:

Or should I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

That group does not exist in us.*. The recent moratorium on RFDs in
us.* has been lifted so you could ask Henrietta, the hierarchy
maintainer in us.config if you can have the group.

us.people.fatties.cycling would more likely be accepted as the correct
nomenclature.

Have fun if you visit us.config. The groupers are bashing the
resident conspiracy theorist - Daryl Hunt. ;-)

Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

I'd suggest us.mad.people.cycling if this is anything to go by:

http://bikerodnkustom3.homestead.com/danger.html

Jim Price

Jim Price said:

I'd suggest us.mad.people.cycling if this is anything to go by:
http://bikerodnkustom3.homestead.com/danger.html

Indeed: "Javascript is either disabled or not supported by this
browser. This page may not appear properly." is illegal in the UK,
under the DDA 1995...

Trying in IE... looks cool ;-) But I doubt it will do 13 miles with
traffic lights, islands, etc. Shame really, may be adding wings could
help :-(

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Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance

Of course! Every time I jump on the bus or train. And since
I got the folder, I can now do that with-bike and without
(serious) hassle.

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- Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

shirley uk.rec.motorcycling ?

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Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

Going down a hill the other day I passed another cyclist pedaling easily as
fast up the hill and noticed a large black device in the rear wheel. Must
get one of those one day. :-)

Ken.

Ken Clements said:

Going down a hill the other day I passed another cyclist pedaling easily as
fast up the hill and noticed a large black device in the rear wheel. Must
get one of those one day. :-)

I was thinking more of a 40 KG lump like:
http://www.superscootersuk.com/acatalog/Electric_Bikes.html

I was looking at a Sx-Zap for some help, but this seemed "safer" or
more visible, in traffic due to the lights and indicators", etc.

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Tony Raven said:

Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

Where I work I often see an electric motor assist lock up to the bike racks.

Also on telly I have seen a jet powered bike several times.

However I use a dynohub which is the opposite of motor assist.

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I've used ski lifts to carry my bike to the top of a mountain ;-)

ditto (well only half way up). Twenty minutes up, ten down.

Martin.

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Millington (') said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

I've said it before, and, having recently had a very good look at a Giant
Twist (formerly laFree - the most recommended electic-assist bike
available): on any but the most pancake-like of terrain you will do more
work - much more work - riding around on one of these than on a
lightweight non-electric-assist bike.

The Twist is enormously heavy; I'm not sure what proportion of that
weight is battery - the battery isn't actually that big. It also has a
horribly inefficient riding position from the point of view of actually
cycling. With the electric-assist working it goes along (including up
hills) quite nicely, although you still have to pedal. When the battery
runs out or dies on you, however, (as sooner or later it will) you're
either somehow or other going to have to somehow lug this enormous
ungainly weight home or else call out a breakdown truck. And every time
you have to heave it out of its shed, or load it onto a bike rack, or
manhandle it up or down a flight of steps, you're going to do more work
than I've done on my forty mile ride this afternoon.

For very elderly people living in dead flat areas and never wanting to
cover more than five miles in a day it may make sense; for anyone else,
it's madness. The lazy man, as usual, does the most work. Be sensible.
Get something you can actually cycle.

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Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance

Yes... I use a motor assisted bicycle, but it's probably not the sort of
motor assistance you're thinking of. See
http://www.buzzing.org/nacc.htm#cyclemotor if you want to know more.

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Yes... I use a motor assisted bicycle, but it's probably not the sort of
motor assistance you're thinking of. See
http://www.buzzing.org/nacc.htm#cyclemotor if you want to know more.

There's one of those on ebay at the moment

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1952-Cyclemaster-fitted-to-cycle_W0QQitemZ4580365910QQcategoryZ424QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or

http://tinyurl.com/dbbet

Tom

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Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

I'd suggest us.mad.people.cycling if this is anything to go by:

http://bikerodnkustom3.homestead.com/danger.html

" Zero to 30 in 3 seconds is pretty impressive! " No it's not. I can
probably get to twenty in that time just using my legs.

elyob said:

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Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

I'd suggest us.mad.people.cycling if this is anything to go by:

http://bikerodnkustom3.homestead.com/danger.html

" Zero to 30 in 3 seconds is pretty impressive! " No it's not. I can
probably get to twenty in that time just using my legs.

You can probably get to 100mph in three seconds using just your legs.
Simply step off the side of a tall building.

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Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Tony Raven said:

elyob said:

" Zero to 30 in 3 seconds is pretty impressive! " No it's not. I
can probably get to twenty in that time just using my legs.

You can probably get to 100mph in three seconds using just your
legs. Simply step off the side of a tall building.

What planet do you live on?

On the surface of this one gravitational accelleration is
conventionally 9.8ms^-2, which gives a velocity after 3 seconds
substantially below 100 of those folkloric mph units.

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Brendan Halpin said:

Tony Raven said:

elyob said:

" Zero to 30 in 3 seconds is pretty impressive! " No it's not. I
can probably get to twenty in that time just using my legs.

You can probably get to 100mph in three seconds using just your
legs. Simply step off the side of a tall building.

What planet do you live on?

On the surface of this one gravitational accelleration is
conventionally 9.8ms^-2, which gives a velocity after 3 seconds
substantially below 100 of those folkloric mph units.

65mph - I rounded too much in my head. Nice defence for motorists
though. "I put it to you, Officer, that this 30mph that you claim my
client exceeded is folkloric and not real at all" ;-)

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Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

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What planet do you live on?

Planet Bike - conventional rules of gravity are not welcome.

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On the surface of this one gravitational accelleration is
conventionally 9.8ms^-2

yeah well who want's to be conventional, anyway?

Stuart Millington said:

Does anyone here actually use any form of motor assistance - Or should
I be asking in us.fat.people.cycling? ;-)

For longer journeys, shorter times, and improved adrenalin response I
use a motorcycle. The main disadvantage of motor-assisted bicycles,
mopeds, and other two-wheeled compromises is that the frame and
whatever passes for suspension lack the proper engineering to give
you the stability and precision of steering and cornering that easily
reaching sustained speeds >20mph requires.

The same goes for small motorcycles, some of which are frighteningly
bendy and wobbly on bumpy roads.

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