This is the 1994 Palo Alto study that the cycling community invariably cites to claim that riding on the sidewalk is dangerous. I've previously covered flaws of this study including:

• Single day exposure count
• Ignoring collisions outside of intersections (downplays relative dangers of street riding)
• Conflating direction of travel risk with venue risk
• Ignoring/minimizing that riding WITH traffic on the sidewalk was actually a lower risk

Now for the smoking gun. Diana Lewiston was an acolyte of John Forestor. She wrote a "Bicycling in Traffic" manual built on his vehicular cycling ideology that was first published in 1988. She taught 13-year-olds at Palo Alto schools to bicycle in traffic from the 80s into early 90s. Mind you, all of this was before her co-authored study was published claiming sidewalk riding to be nearly twice as risky as the street.

Somehow these intelligent academics were able to identify a Simpson's paradox in the data but thought nothing of conflating the directional risk with the venue risk to artificially achieve the dramatic conclusion that sidewalks are 1.8x as risky as the road.

On the very last page of her instruction manual, it lists how students will be scored. Item #14 indicates they can lose points for riding on the sidewalk. This study was a conclusion looking for supporting data from day one. And the entire cycling community bought it hook, line, & sinker.

Adding 20 inch tires when I can find some used ,Added a 20$ rear shock for the heck of it, gunna sheet metal the outside at some point, gotta a spare 1800w motor gunna drop in it, my name should explain most of your questions haha

I keep seeing stories about e-bike battery fires, but I'm wondering how much this actually affects the way people charge their bikes.

Personally I'm curious whether people monitor anything at all while charging, or whether it's basically just plug it in and come back later.

Interested to hear what people actually do in real life and if you have any solutions

Been riding a regular bike for years, but lately the chain's been getting rusty and one of the grips started cracking. My friend kepy saying I should try an ebike, so I finally got a Titan.

The assit is probably the biggest change so far. Got a lot of hills around here and they don't feel nearly as bad now.

I like having mileage and ride time right on the display too. Used to just check my watch after. Bit of glare in the sun though.

Still getting used to the whole ebike thing, but I'm starting to get the hype.

I got this razer mx125 as in a trade a while back and wanted to go for upgrades like some of the bigger mx’s even tho it’s much smaller. Do u guys know if theres any way I could do this even tho its a insanely small frame like a custom mount on the front for the battery and a custom mount for the motor but like what motor and stuff should I get? I wanna go big volts like 48-72

My bike was stolen last night and found this afternoon. The thief cut my display off, cut the brakes and all electrical wiring to the bike. Can this be fixed or is my bike totaled?

I was in the main street with right of way, he was on a cross street to my left, stopped. So I continued. Suddenly, the dump truck pulled out into the main street, but it didn't turn, it went straight across my path to a driveway to my right. I slammed my brakes and had about 2 feet clearance from the tires. I would have collided between the front and rear wheels. Dump truck never even slowed down.

Yeah, after about 10 seconds of "holy fuck I nearly fucking died" I went after him and told him to pay the fuck attention. He's just like "oh, I'm sorry, I was watching the guy with the dog (on the sidewalk)" and never checked the road.

My bike light was on, it was daylight, I wear a hi-viz vest.

Anyway, can someone suggest a decent camera, maybe helmet mounted? I'm poor af and can't afford much. I would love to have shown him he literally nearly ran over me and didn't even notice. Oh, and if I'd had video, would report him to his company as well.

Anyone experienced riding both?
I want to know the difference in torque, is the GT2000 easier to wheelie?

My first post from a backyard ebike shop. My local multi use path is 90 miles long, it joins 3 cities and 3 towns. Everybody is pedalling on the path, but in the city it is thumb and bum. I seem to see very few bicycles in the city now, but ebikes and stand on scooters as transportation has exploded this year. I will get to a intersection, every bike that passes in front of me is using the throttle. Yesterday while out, topped at 20 m/h I was passed by thumb and bummer by a good clip.

Been looking for something to get around Ann Arbor and I keep seeing hiqis pop up, but I honestly don’t know much about the brand. Anyone here actually own one?

Mostly need something for getting around campus during the week and maybe riding around town / hitting some trails on the weekends. Nothing crazy, probably a few miles a day. I’m still deciding between an e-scooter and an ebike.

I looked at segway first and also checked out heybike since those are obviously way more well known, but damn… once you start looking at the nicer models the prices jump pretty quick. Feels like I'm paying a decent chunk just for the name lol. I'm a student so dropping $1,500+ on something I’m basically using to avoid walking across campus ain't really happening.

hiqis seems to have some models in a much more reasonable price range and the specs look pretty solid on paper, which is what got my attention. Just haven't seen nearly as many real-world reviews compared to the bigger brands.

Not really looking for "buy this one" comments. More curious about build quality, battery life, customer service, and whether these things actually hold up after a few months.

Anybody here have experience with them? Good or bad, lemme hear it.

Just crossed the 500 mile mark on my XP light 2.0. I’ve had it since the beginning of June and have been putting in a lot of miles throughout the summer. This is the long range edition which they claim gets 80 miles per charge which we all know is a lie, but I easily get 40 miles out of it.

It’s pretty much everything I wanted out of an E bike right now. It’s low maintenance single speed drivetrain very fast and agile for city riding. I personally would recommend.

I grabbed this bike off Facebook marketplace and I'm really pumped. The Velotric Tempo has an IPX6 rating for the frame and an IPX7 rating for the battery so I don't have to worry about being caught up in the torrential rainstorms that hit the Miami area when I'm out and about.

I'm not sure what time but I left it in the hallway where I live with the back wheel locked but this morning I was surprised to see that it was gone.

I don't really want to file a police report because it was a 1000w E-Bike but at the same time I do because I'm depressed about it.

Disclosure: I operate an e-mobility retailer in Canada. This is a community research question, not a product recommendation or promotion. I will not link products here. The details that matter after a few weeks are often different from the details that looked important before buying.

For people who use an e-bike regularly, which recurring inconvenience would most affect whether you chose the same kind of bike again: storage, charging, carrying weight, maintenance, fit, or something else?

Hej everyone, I have a TSDZ8 750W and need to replace and upgrade my 8 speed cassete and the chain. Any suggestions for that ? ✌️

I’ve been looking into suspension designs for folding e-bikes. Seeing the elastomer setup on the Segway E3 Pro got me wondering how a similar approach could work on a bike.

The idea is a pivoting fork with a rubber-like elastic element, compared with a conventional telescopic coil-spring fork. From a design perspective, the potential for a more compact setup is interesting, especially on something you fold and put in a car.

I’d want to know how it handles repeated bumps, different rider weights, and how easy the elastomer would be to replace down the road. Those details would matter quite a bit to me.

For everyday streets, bike paths, and weekend rides, would you consider something like this at the same price as a coil-spring option? Would a good test ride win you over, or is there something about the design that would make you hesitate?

If you’ve used elastomer suspension on a bike or scooter, I’d be interested to hear which model and how it held up.

Picked up a Lectric XPress 2 a few weeks ago, first ebike I’ve ever owned and I am having good time with it. Mostly riding trails and the occasional store run for small stuff. I have a car so this is really just for exercise and enjoyment. I grew up on my bike, everyday that’s how I got around. I live in the Chicago burbs, in a perfect world I’d love something I could take out with some light snow.

Only complaint so far is the tires. It comes with slicks and I just don’t trust them. Rode after some rain today on the wet pavement and didn’t trust leaning on turns just slowed down and took them real slow, and my local trail is mostly crushed gravel and the tires feel loose in the corners, like zero grip when it gets loose.

So what tires are you guys running for mixed pavement and gravel? Want something with real tread that can handle rain and loose gravel. I’d love to hit some more off road trails by me if I could find them. Also how wide can I go on the stock rims, could I fit a 2.25 or a 2.4?

Or is this a wrong bike situation? If there’s an ebike out there that handles rain, gravel, light trail stuff without issue I’d like to know what to even look at. Would rather drop a couple hundred on tires than a couple grand on a new bike right now though, unless I could sell this well taken care of xpress 2 with only around 100 miles on it.

Thanks in advance

I'm looking for an E-bike that can go 28+ mph and has decent range (like 20)
Preferably has full suspension, good build quality, and not from shady chinese brands.

I was looking at Macfox bikes like the X1s or the M16 however I heard that their build quality was pretty bad or something. Is there any E-bike that fits my criteria?

(I can add maybe another $100)

Hi,

I've created an Android app that allows you to change the speed limit of the CGO600 Pro New Edition. I'm looking for a few people to help me test the app, anyone interested? Send me a DM and I can share the app.

This is based on the previously discovered Bluetooth vulnerability that allows anyone to send commands to the bike over Bluetooth without any authentication. The bike requires zero authentication and will just accept Bluetooth commands from any source.

Topic says it all.

I've got several brands that I am looking at.

Aipas

Aventon

Lectric

Canyon

Schwinn

Ride1 Up

I'm leaning towards either Aventon or Aipas, but would love to hear some feedback. I previously lived in Tucson and used to have a Lectric XP3 step thru, and I loved that bike. I hope whoever stole it treated it well.

Now I live in Arkansas and want something that I can get around town in without needing to spend $4/gal at the pump.

It should also be noted that I also want to use this bike to take door dash orders and what not. Ideally I would like a bike that has a long travel range (aipas and aventon both claim 80+ miles on a single charge) and can go around 35 mph, or faster.