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snowyskiesau
3rd September 2009, 02:55 PM
Not a cyclist but I saw this posted on a machinist forum so thought I'd pass it on.
Warning: it start with a flash video
Yike bike (http://www.yikebike.com/site/home).
wheelinround
3rd September 2009, 03:02 PM
Neat bit of kit
Do you think it would be elegable for the Penny Farthing Race in Evondale Tasmania:roll:
Carry Pine
3rd September 2009, 05:51 PM
It looks like the Kiwis have beaten us again.
CP
wheelinround
3rd September 2009, 06:13 PM
Then there is this guy's
http://www.flixxy.com/enicycle-electric-vehicle.htm
kiwigeo
23rd December 2009, 04:32 PM
Not a cyclist but I saw this posted on a machinist forum so thought I'd pass it on.
Warning: it start with a flash video
Yike bike (http://www.yikebike.com/site/home).
My brother in law is working on this project......on weekends he often brings one of the Yike bikes home and rides it up and down his street. Just about everybody is at their front gates wondering what the hell just went past.
bsrlee
26th December 2009, 08:49 PM
In NSW at least, it is illegally overpowered - roughly 200 watt maximum for electric drive bikes or it must be registered as a motorcycle. I think there is a speed limit in some states too that is pretty low, well under 20kph.
Otherwise a neat way to spend $6000 or so.
kiwigeo
26th December 2009, 09:26 PM
The current model being developed in NZ is speed limited....40km/hr I think.
I foresee problems with legality of the machine in different countries and within different parts of the same country. At the moment a majority of pre-run orders have come from Europe.
The price is not cheap but alot of R and D has gone into the Yike Bike and it's a small scale operation at this stage. That said I know quite a few cyclists who happily spend $6000 plus on push bikes.