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The perfect city bike?
- Thread starter Soulcatcher668
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Meh. A production version won't look like that.
I spy a normal friction-type front brake disk.
Regenerative braking doesn't require "capacitor technology". Normal lithium batteries can be recharged at a fairly high rate just fine. Modern electric cars all do it. Not enough capacity for a hard braking event - maybe that's what the capacitors are for - but enough for normal operation.
One problem here - and which is shared with a rear-drive-only electric car such as the rear-drive-only base model of a Tesla - is that if the electrics can only drive the rear wheel(s), they can also only regenerative-brake the rear wheel(s). Fine for normal operation. Not fine for hard operation (racing, panic stops).
The other problem is that despite seemingly decades of hoopla, supercapacitors are still imaginary vaporware.
I spy a normal friction-type front brake disk.
Regenerative braking doesn't require "capacitor technology". Normal lithium batteries can be recharged at a fairly high rate just fine. Modern electric cars all do it. Not enough capacity for a hard braking event - maybe that's what the capacitors are for - but enough for normal operation.
One problem here - and which is shared with a rear-drive-only electric car such as the rear-drive-only base model of a Tesla - is that if the electrics can only drive the rear wheel(s), they can also only regenerative-brake the rear wheel(s). Fine for normal operation. Not fine for hard operation (racing, panic stops).
The other problem is that despite seemingly decades of hoopla, supercapacitors are still imaginary vaporware.
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BigEvilDoer
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The other player that's entering the bike market is Segway... could be interesting!
The Ninebot Apex Concept Is Segway's Electric Motorcycle - webBikeWorld
Here's a look at the Segway Ninebot Apex Concept bike.
www.webbikeworld.com
frekeyguy
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one of my bikes is a wr250x...its fun in the city...but a scooter is way more fun....
Perfect city bike is one that can zip between cars (no BMW 1200GS Adventure) and is already beat up to hell so you don't mind when granny knocks it over when she's parallel parking.
Riceburner
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Small and light weight. Bought my CBX250 as a city commuter back in the day. Maxed out at 120km/h, but I could spin it on the side stand easily(no U-turns...lol), park it anywhere(that was allowed to), repainted with Tremclad, sipped gas...etc.
Yep ....KLR 650 works for that ...cheap and tough tho not exactly light. Girls knocked mine over in the driveway in Australia ...left it on its side for two weeks as they could not lift it
Pulled it up when I got there....it sputtered and coughed and started right up. 21" front wheel and longish suspension handles potholes and curbs......and who ever would steal it??
rinomato1
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DRZ 400 sm
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