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Post #411,771
by crazy
7/13/16 3:41:35 PM
7/13/16 3:41:35 PM
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New I had one of these for a while
http://www.nycewheels.com/ezee-forza-electric-bike.html

Max speed was about 21 MPH before human assist. So I topped out about 25 MPH. Acceleration beat most cars from lights. Shocked those drivers. Went about 10 miles between charges. Highly recommended.

Gave it to my daughter for that critical final year in high school. Too soon to trust her with a car, yet it gave her a bit of independence, that 1st taste of freedom that was critical for her development.
Post #411,772
by Another Scott
7/13/16 3:45:44 PM
7/13/16 3:45:44 PM
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New Neat. Thanks for the pointer.
Post #411,783
by Ashton
7/14/16 1:46:11 AM
7/14/16 1:46:11 AM
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New Seconding that experience, via a Whizzer™ motor-bike
I quite remember showing up at a house ... with $50 USD; next to return-self to Pacific Beach (S.Diego area) via A POWERED bike! == Freedom!!

And it was; you got that exactly right.
(I almost talked my mater into allowing me to tackle Palomar Mt./the 200" Hale telescope, then largest evah.)
Still unclear if it could have made the grade ... there's probably lots of data re that climb though, and was then. They had to get that mirror delivered. (I then had no idea I'd soon be in a place where the original drawings were on the mech-drawing-class wall. Synchronicity-before-Jung, yet.)

Anyway, a car was out of question for a 14 yo HS Jr. Then. But that experience launched me later, onto a Lambretta--the Work-of-Art model--and n+1 bikes.

(And, unless I've been inhabiting a space-warp near a worm-hole, it seems that I survived them all; may your daughter acquire similar survival skillz, early on!)
     Interesting gizmo for sale on Prime Day at Amazon - (Another Scott) - (31) - July 12, 2016, 10:55:58 AM EDT
         A Segway you can sit on? -NT - (pwhysall) - (8) - July 12, 2016, 02:08:35 PM EDT
             That's what I thought ... look at the second product image -NT - (drook) - July 12, 2016, 02:22:37 PM EDT
             It looks like you "steer" it with your knees. - (Another Scott) - (6) - July 12, 2016, 02:36:15 PM EDT
                 Don't forget what the Segway started out as - (drook) - (3) - July 12, 2016, 02:48:10 PM EDT
                     Good point. - (Another Scott) - (2) - July 12, 2016, 03:01:45 PM EDT
                         Arduino.. - (Ashton) - (1) - July 12, 2016, 06:30:54 PM EDT
                             :-) People are doing lots of neat things with them. There are lots of similar controllers, too. - (Another Scott) - July 13, 2016, 06:30:37 AM EDT
                 I think George would still fall off... -NT - (scoenye) - (1) - July 12, 2016, 10:03:54 PM EDT
                     rofl. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - July 13, 2016, 06:30:53 AM EDT
         Segway: a solution looking for a problem - (pwhysall) - (21) - July 13, 2016, 01:51:06 AM EDT
             Maybe. - (Another Scott) - (13) - July 13, 2016, 06:20:13 AM EDT
                 You're both completely missing the point - (malraux) - (1) - July 13, 2016, 07:35:10 AM EDT
                     D'Oh! -NT - (Another Scott) - July 13, 2016, 07:37:27 AM EDT
                 It doesn't have a tiny footprint, though. - (pwhysall) - (10) - July 13, 2016, 08:09:11 AM EDT
                     Dunno about cheap. - (Another Scott) - (9) - July 13, 2016, 08:45:55 AM EDT
                         So that one's $1600 - (pwhysall) - (8) - July 13, 2016, 10:43:49 AM EDT
                             So you're planning on shorting Ninebot then? :-) We'll see. - (Another Scott) - (7) - July 13, 2016, 10:56:56 AM EDT
                                 Re: So you're planning on shorting Ninebot then? :-) We'll see. - (pwhysall) - (3) - July 13, 2016, 02:00:10 PM EDT
                                     Bolt doesn't stop instantly either. ;-) - (Another Scott) - (2) - July 13, 2016, 02:23:24 PM EDT
                                         That's just dumb - (drook) - (1) - July 13, 2016, 03:49:29 PM EDT
                                             It's apparently not that bad in the real world. - (Another Scott) - July 13, 2016, 04:06:47 PM EDT
                                 I had one of these for a while - (crazy) - (2) - July 13, 2016, 03:41:35 PM EDT
                                     Neat. Thanks for the pointer. -NT - (Another Scott) - July 13, 2016, 03:45:44 PM EDT
                                     Seconding that experience, via a Whizzer™ motor-bike - (Ashton) - July 14, 2016, 01:46:11 AM EDT
             Integrating with the current infrastructure - (drook) - (5) - July 13, 2016, 10:45:18 AM EDT
                 Cars were rapidly *massively* better than carriages - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 13, 2016, 10:47:20 AM EDT
                     Agreed - (drook) - (1) - July 13, 2016, 10:56:03 AM EDT
                         I want the conveyors from Caves of Steel. -NT - (mmoffitt) - July 13, 2016, 03:18:05 PM EDT
                 Interestingly, for a while in between there, as bicycles replaced horses for riding... - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 15, 2017, 04:35:00 AM EDT
                     My first encounter with København.. - (Ashton) - May 15, 2017, 02:08:06 PM EDT
             Nope, wrong: That one is apparently ideal for at least some disabled people. - (CRConrad) - May 15, 2017, 04:27:17 AM EDT

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