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Electric bikes #1070096 17th Jun 2019 8:05pm 17th Jun 2019 8:05pm
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey Dilly OP Wiki Veteran
Dilly OP Wiki Veteran Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey	I have been pondering on the idea of buying an electric bike and just wondered if anyone on here has any experience of them. Tia .

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Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070128 18th Jun 2019 9:04am 18th Jun 2019 9:04am
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,117 Oxton Gibbo Forum Addict
Gibbo Forum Addict Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,117 Oxton	There's a new electric bike shop opened in Southport near Morrisons. They also hire them, so it could be worth popping in to test before you buy. https://powerstation-electric-bikes.business.site/

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070147 18th Jun 2019 4:33pm 18th Jun 2019 4:33pm
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey Dilly OP Wiki Veteran
Dilly OP Wiki Veteran Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey	Cheers Gibbo, I got one today from Birkenhead cycles which I had forgotten was even there. Very helpful guy in there . A little bit strange if you haven't ridden one before

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070226 19th Jun 2019 1:32pm 19th Jun 2019 1:32pm
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venice Forum Guardian V Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 3,621 Wirral	Wow Dilly , you don't let the grass grow under your feet when you decide to get something , do you !

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070228 19th Jun 2019 1:41pm 19th Jun 2019 1:41pm
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 16,503 Wirral granny Wiki Master
granny Wiki Master Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 16,503 Wirral	What do you do ? Plug it in and sit on it. ? Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070239 19th Jun 2019 5:48pm 19th Jun 2019 5:48pm
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Dilly OP Wiki Veteran Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey	Wow Dilly , you don't let the grass grow under your feet when you decide to get something , do you ! thumbsup Yes Venice ,I can be a bit impulsive

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070240 19th Jun 2019 5:49pm 19th Jun 2019 5:49pm
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey Dilly OP Wiki Veteran
Dilly OP Wiki Veteran Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey	What do you do ? Plug it in and sit on it. ? Yes Granny, a bit like your electric broom

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070282 19th Jun 2019 10:16pm 19th Jun 2019 10:16pm
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 16,503 Wirral granny Wiki Master
granny Wiki Master Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 16,503 Wirral	Oh right. I go places on my broom and it's not electric, it's powered by wind. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle

Re: Electric bikes [Re: granny] #1070287 20th Jun 2019 9:07am 20th Jun 2019 9:07am
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casper Forum Addict C Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,854 wallasey	Originally Posted by granny Oh right. I go places on my broom and it's not electric, it's powered by wind. Fuelled by beans?

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070307 20th Jun 2019 11:39am 20th Jun 2019 11:39am
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,117 Oxton Gibbo Forum Addict
Gibbo Forum Addict Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,117 Oxton	I always thought a small windmill on a bike would be a good idea. A quick pedal to get moving then the sails are turning Convert that into electric to power the wheel and you're sorted!

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070310 20th Jun 2019 3:05pm 20th Jun 2019 3:05pm
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 12,772 Birkenhead diggingdeeper Wiki Master
diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 12,772 Birkenhead	Two windmills work better, one to catch the high wind and one to catch the low wind, it’s called the B & F system. In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell We should judge our economy by the absence of poverty, not the number of billionaires - Jeremy Corbyn

Re: Electric bikes [Re: Dilly] #1070314 20th Jun 2019 3:42pm 20th Jun 2019 3:42pm
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey Dilly OP Wiki Veteran
Dilly OP Wiki Veteran Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 8,840 wallasey	Wondering if you could rig up a solar panel on my head DD to charge my battery