E bike fire

[rphillips]

Wondering what a 28MPH. gas bike should get in MPG. Would be interesting to compare mi. expected from a $50 bike batt. to $50 worth of gasoline... Hard to figure , no clue how many times batt. may recharge before it's gone.

[bccap]

What are the rules? You tell us what the classes are, but what rules? Which, if any of the 4 classes (1, 2, 3 & motorcycle) require:

registration

inspection

insurance

driver's license

motorcycle license

You're in Connecticut, right, so we can dispose of the helmets.

Around here (NYC), they're driven on streets, sidewalks, lawns, and anywhere else you can think of. 10 lane highways (like the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia airport)? Yes. Lane splitting? Of course.

You said they're "hear" to stay. That's their most dangerous attribute - they cannot be heard until it's too late. I'd sooner ride a horse.

Here in BC it isn't the class that determines whether it is a motorcycle ..... Anything over 500 watts requires a registration, insurance, and license ...... However a few municipalities have adopted bylaws on their trails making them only eligible to Class 1 bikes. Been a big backlash from seniors who may need throttle only on occasion so some municipalities have backed down on their bylaws ......

[Rob S.]

The first thing I do is go about 300 feet into N.Y. state and drive up Rte. 22 into the mountains of New York. Unless you have been riding up there, you wouldn't imagine the fantastic roads and quaint towns.

Been there. My favorite is the Palisades Parkway, all the way up. The farther north you go, the more rural and beautiful it gets.

Then on to route 6 (Long Mountain Parkway). Stunning. Lakes, mountains, views of the valley. The Bear Mountain and West Point area. You can pull over anywhere, sit by a lake or hike into the woods, rent a row boat.

Then sometimes, up route 17 (the "Quickway") to Middletown, or even Monticello if I'm feeling ambitious. When I got my Sporty in 2016, I went past Ellenville and Kerhonkson (Accord, NY) and found a pine tree I climbed every summer from '65 to '69.

I love upstate New York. Used to live on the 'Barge' (Erie) Canal between Rochester and Buffalo. Lake Ontario is great. A great lake.

[Suzukian]

It has to be some of the best roads to ride on in the world. There are areas up there that you can go as fast as you dear, and the quality of the road upkeep is fantastic. I love leaning way over going up Bear mountain, leaning all the way over, maybe ding 35 mph, it's quite exhilarating I'll go up to route 44 and over to 199 to Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, then back over to Connecticut on Route 4 to Rte. 7 down Rte. 39 to my home. Excellent roads that haven't changed in 40 years.

[Rob S.]

Six injured in e-bike related fire. Queens, NY.

[argonsagas]

Six injured in e-bike related fire. Queens, NY.

It appears that people are quite willing to open repair shops anywhere, and they have little or no interest in the risk involved

Here is a link to that story:

https://abc7ny.com/post/firefighters-encounter-frozen-hydrant-bikes-battling-flushing-queens-fire-2-people-hurt/15832624/

[LAB3]

I'm certainly not against the idea of someone having a casual bike repair business even if it IS in a residential setting. All you got to do is get them to figure out a safer place to store and charge batteries, a townhome isn't conducive to that.

[bccap]

E-bikes are pretty safe provided you open up your wallet . I wouldn't buy anything that isn't either Bosch or Shimano electrically equipped .... In Kanada that means north of $4,000 ....

[Cipher]

E-bikes are pretty safe provided you open up your wallet . I wouldn't buy anything that isn't either Bosch or Shimano electrically equipped .... In Kanada that means north of $4,000 ....

yeah and then they run em in the middle of the street with no thought of following rules.
its mopeds all over again

[Cipher]

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Kilmer is a click bait douchebag.

[salty_monk]

One of the things I don't like about E-bikes is now you have a bunch of not very good bikes (ours although a well known manufacturer & reasonably expensive would barely qualify as a Walmart special without the electrics) with not very experienced riders going pretty fast on them...
A lot of them can be hacked to go faster than they should very easily (as well as a lot of kids riding E dirt bikes around town here too).

I got knocked off one a few months back (I'd tell you how fast I was going but I am blank from about 5 mins before it happened & nobody saw or stopped, was an anonymous call-in) and ended up in ER. One minute I was riding & the next Beep beep beep. Scary. I was wearing one of my mountain bike helmets & given the state of it (and my face) it probably saved me from some much bigger injuries.

The Dr's at the Trauma center told me they are seeing a lot of bicycle accidents these days that resemble motorcycle accidents.... the speed must have something to do with that.

I agree the batteries need to be better regulated for all of this stuff... Motorcycle lithium batteries too. There is a lot of info online & some are great with a bunch of safeties & others are just junk thrown together with no control circuits.

[Nessism]

A guy on KZ Rider burned down his beautiful workshop when a Li battery caught fire. Don't leave your power tool batteries plugged in when unattended.