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Q: Whats the best ebike you have had here?
I need to buy a new one. I normally buy one with pedals. But I am open to buy one of those taxi style ones. Whats the best. For day tours of about 30km at slow speed.
Probably not what you need and may be illegal depending on what city your in.
Giant makes a hybrid, 3300 rmb, 4 years ago, it has a battery behind the seat and another battery along the frame below the handle bars, can pedal like a bike and a gas engine small on the back wheel. the batteries get you 100 km on flat land and the gas another 200 and recharges the batteries at the same time. If you hit a police check cut everything off and ride like a bike and the pedaling recharges the batteries as well.
icnif77:
I read, Giant made this bike with breathalizer 
connected to the ignition 
... and ... if you try to start bike while intoxicated, bike just plays 'dead'.
I could be an 
inventor. ... 
iWolf:
As nice as that would be, it would be an immediate target for the good folk if whatever city you live in. After a relatively costly lesson, i learned that you need to choose a bike that does the job and isn't too attractive to theives. It's a fine line.
ScotsAlan:
It is illegal where I am. But legal across the bridge. It is legal if it has pedals.... I think
iWolf:
The rules here to be legal are: 40 volts, pedals, weigh less than 40 kg and ride on bike paths and foot paths only. 99% of people don't care. There are occasional road block/check points usually just before festivals where they confiscate the illegal bikes they catch if the person stops and just walks away. If the person riding on the road argues then they confiscate the bike and take the person to the local lock up for 7 days. Unlike most other gweilo here, I'm not willing to test the laowai card in legal matters.
Probably not what you need and may be illegal depending on what city your in.
Giant makes a hybrid, 3300 rmb, 4 years ago, it has a battery behind the seat and another battery along the frame below the handle bars, can pedal like a bike and a gas engine small on the back wheel. the batteries get you 100 km on flat land and the gas another 200 and recharges the batteries at the same time. If you hit a police check cut everything off and ride like a bike and the pedaling recharges the batteries as well.
icnif77:
I read, Giant made this bike with breathalizer connected to the ignition ... and ... if you try to start bike while intoxicated, bike just plays 'dead'.
I could be an inventor. ...
iWolf:
As nice as that would be, it would be an immediate target for the good folk if whatever city you live in. After a relatively costly lesson, i learned that you need to choose a bike that does the job and isn't too attractive to theives. It's a fine line.
ScotsAlan:
It is illegal where I am. But legal across the bridge. It is legal if it has pedals.... I think
iWolf:
The rules here to be legal are: 40 volts, pedals, weigh less than 40 kg and ride on bike paths and foot paths only. 99% of people don't care. There are occasional road block/check points usually just before festivals where they confiscate the illegal bikes they catch if the person stops and just walks away. If the person riding on the road argues then they confiscate the bike and take the person to the local lock up for 7 days. Unlike most other gweilo here, I'm not willing to test the laowai card in legal matters.
I've had 2 Yadea ebikes. The first was liberated after 2 days the other has been going strong for 5 years. It has pedals. Replaced the battery recently and fixed a few punctures.... that's the full extent of the maintenance.
Fat bastard like me on a pedal ebike for 5 years with no problems is a testament to the bike's quality.
icnif77:
Did you ever consider of trimmimng down? For the bike's sake ...
Baike brand, but I only ever owned one.
ScotsAlan:
I will have a look for that on taobao.
Without a doubt, Western rules are destroying ebike potential. Especially the EU. And I am pro EU, but against EU when it comes to powered 2 wheel travel.
EU bike designers are way over regulated.
coineineagh:
Car mafia. To protect sales and petrol dependency. The EU can be used for evil as well as good. But whether a country is in the EU or out, these influences find their way into a government near you, regardless.
I got a scooter style one in the end. Lithium batts.Its very unstable. I want to try a lead acid bat next.
