Other than being quite expensive, what do you think of these?
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JerryB
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Yep.....I always pedal....got the ebike for exercise. Pretty pricey........not for me!
Very neat idea.
What strikes me about them is this: Exercise aspects aside, we NEED functional pedals to comply with the laws. If we get pulled over by a cop because it looks like we don't have functional pedals, and then we try to be slick and deploy them back into pedals, do we think it's going to fool him? Nope; it's just going to piss him off.
It's like drinking before going for a drive in a car, and when we get pulled over for driving badly, say to the cop: "...but I'm not drinking NOW!"
I like Honda's approach for the Chinese eBike market better, even if it is not elegant: they have functional pedals to satisfy the law, but then ALSO a place to rest one's feet:
It's like drinking before going for a drive in a car, and when we get pulled over for driving badly, say to the cop: "...but I'm not drinking NOW!"
I like Honda's approach for the Chinese eBike market better, even if it is not elegant: they have functional pedals to satisfy the law, but then ALSO a place to rest one's feet:
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Yeah those pegals in my own opinion stop being pedals once they are transformed into pegs lol
oh well
WHOOAAA!! That Dax looks nice
oh well
WHOOAAA!! That Dax looks nice
addertooth
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A pegal would have a larger market if the length of the stroke could be adjusted straight in and out (as versus pivot at a single point). This way, for those who ride shorter frames, they can shorten the stroke to keep their thigh from rising above level (and stressing the knee joint).
Raptorjoe
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I think they’re Hella cool they’re on my want list. I’ll be buying them soon!
BiggKidd
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Hummmmmmm
Might want these for the build I'm doing.
Right up until I saw the price, OUCH!
I did save the link though. LMAO
Looks to me like they are for people with bikes that they never pedal anyway. Definitely more for the e-moped type bikes than for a motor assisted bicycle. They look pretty thick and would increase your Q factor quite a lot when using them folded out as cranks, they are short at 160mm also they look pretty heavy.
Definitely not for me and the way I ride, but that's true for most factory built e-bikes and e-mopeds. I like my bicycles with their mid-drive motor kits, I'm not really interested in most e-bikes that are out there.
From their description, "Back on the street and need pedals again? No problem, just flip out the collapsible crank arm to "operable pedal mode" and keep law enforcement away." If you are riding around with them folded I would think you would loose the e-bike loophole, so what are they good for?
Definitely not for me and the way I ride, but that's true for most factory built e-bikes and e-mopeds. I like my bicycles with their mid-drive motor kits, I'm not really interested in most e-bikes that are out there.
From their description, "Back on the street and need pedals again? No problem, just flip out the collapsible crank arm to "operable pedal mode" and keep law enforcement away." If you are riding around with them folded I would think you would loose the e-bike loophole, so what are they good for?
BiggKidd
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I'm not 100% sure but I think the requirement is working pedals not that you have to use them.
I am just gathering parts for a different kind of E-bike build and these would fit it quite nicely other than the price tag!
Right, but if they are folded then they aren't working, and so you can't use them while you are riding with them folded so...
BiggKidd
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Yep amazing, a work around for the law like $$$'s buy all the time.
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I would disagree there as it only states that they have to be functional not actively being used. So folded or not they are still functional and qualifies the bike as an ebike.
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