http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/ The discussion of power assistance for p Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:09:12 GMT EVsolutions http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86307 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86307 Only memories I have of Tennessee involved waking up face down in ditches and waking up in the fetal position sucking my thumb on back dirt roads. It was back Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:22:14 GMT Joe Average http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86306 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86306 Here in TN what killed the moped were the large vehicles the mopeds shared the roads with in the 1990s - big trucks and SUVs. People got scared of getting run Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:54:18 GMT EVsolutions http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86305 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86305 Keep forgetting Power-Assist is not setup like e-motor-assist. On e-motor-assist when you Quote someone like I did below you add asterisks at the end of the Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:36:49 GMT EVsolutions http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86304 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86304 JA Wrote: The "mopeds" of the past were junk and that turned off everybody who used them. A well built, highly efficient ice powered assist bike could change Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:17:17 GMT andrsnj1 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86303 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86303 The major point is that batteries are not going to cut it for transportation until they get 10x better than they are right now. Yes, assist bikes could be an Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:06:45 GMT EVsolutions http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86302 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86302 This is what I have been saying for ages re: 40 to 50 miles is doable on batteries and if you need to travel beyond that distance then it is okay to use a Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:39:50 GMT Lee http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86301 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86301 Evidently they do make the one way bearings with inner and outer key slots. I finally found some. Mostly in China but one company over here in the US. (less Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:35:45 GMT Joe Average http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86300 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86300 I TOTALLY agree!!! Of course then there is the common consumer that makes excuses for driving a 300 HP heavy weight vehicle for commuter duty ('cause they need Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:25:44 GMT Joe Average http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86299 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86299 Dunno about Canada but here in TN the taxes we pay on fuel go to pay for the maintenance of the roads. Enough tax free EVers (thousands?) and our state would Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:11:18 GMT robbiehatfield http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86298 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86298 I find anyone who thinks they have to have 100 mile range on an ebike a bit of an oddity if you want to know the truth.. 50 mile range with as little or as Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:07:35 GMT robbiehatfield http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86297 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86297 Yup. Too bad the bailout money in the U.S. is being used to fund Chinese manufactured clean energy plants! Like China needs more jobs.. This country is Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:05:38 GMT robbiehatfield http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86296 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86296 I wonder how many miles you'll need to go on your ice assist bike to fund a suicide belt? More than a car for sure, but every little bit helps! Going the old Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:55:32 GMT drwhatts http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86295 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86295 If I could 350 watts a day worth of gas a day with my solar panels I might agree. But as it stands using 350 watts a day to fill 5 lbs of lithium batteries for Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:42:01 GMT EVsolutions http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86294 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86294 I know a few people who are doing that. One guy has been doing it for 25 years with a converted VW Beetle. He's so far off the Grid he may as well be on Mars Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:05:13 GMT Josh Kerson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86293 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-assist/message/86293 Look, Dyno Fuel ain't cheap. It's less cost, up front because it's the lifeblood of the war machine. And like the Dino's, Gas's days are numbered. As fuel