02-04-2007, 04:02 PM
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| Guest | Re: electric bikes on centuries
Roger Zoul wrote:
> Bill Baka wrote:
> ::::: Anything that gets one off the couch.
> :::
> ::: You're not making a strong case for an electric bike! 
> ::
> :: Come on, read my last line, getting people off the couch in the first
> :: place is a starting point. If an electric assist does it then maybe
> :: they can get addicted to riding and buy a real bike.
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> What, after they have already bought an electric bike, you want them to
> consider buying a "real" bike? Too funny. Why not just buy a "real" bike
> and ride it? Just find a piece of flat ground & ride. I started out with
> simple loops @ less than 5 miles, using gears that make it very easy to turn
> the cranks.
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> I'm not suggesting that an EB can't be a road away from couchpotatodom, but
> I'm saying I can think of much better ways to get away.
I have a 300 pound couch potato (computer addict) friend whom I might
get out to ride a bit more if he had the electric to fall back on.
He has a nice Cannondale but never rides it. There might be a bit more
of an incentive to ride if he knew that if he got fried he could just
turn on the electric and get home.
>
> :::
> :::::
> ::::: I'm riding tomorrow, whilst all the potatoes watch some dumb
> ::::: football game. The (not so) superbowl clears the roads pretty
> ::::: well every year.
> :::::
> :::
> ::: Good for you. Too bad we have 25 mph winds...makes it too cold.
> ::
> :: Cold has been my enemy too. I went out yesterday and thought I was
> :: really doing good until I got about 5 miles from the house and
> :: realized it was a tailwind, DUH. Coming back was not only slower but
> :: froze my hands while I was getting sweaty. Makes me want summer
> :: back, no layering, just water, pedal and sweat, not worrying about
> :: freezing if I had to walk back due to a failure.
> :: Summer, summer, please.
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> I'm good above 40 degrees with no wind chill, but there always is some here.
> If the temp is in the 30s, then it's just easier to ride the stationary
> (though not nearly as enjoyable) & go the gym.
>
I'm not even going to try to debate that issue. Riding in the cold
always gets me too hot or too cold. In the summer it is only one thing,
as in how much do you want to sweat?
Bill Baka
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