Wife's new bike

[stickman]

My wife had been talking about ordering a new bike, well it arrived today, so I handled some minor assembly. It has 7 speeds and is much bigger than I expected, push the button and this thing takes off at a good clip. I'm not sure how much the pedals will get used!

 

[toadie]

Wow that looks good!

 

[sour_grapes]

I'm not sure how much the peddles will get used!

All the way back home, I would imagine!

 

[stickman]

@sour_grapes thanks I just saw that.

 

[ibglowin]

Those are fat tires!

My wife had been talking about ordering a new bike, well it arrived today, so I handled some minor assembly. It has 7 speeds and is much bigger than I expected, push the button and this thing takes off at a good clip. I'm not sure how much the pedals will get used!

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[balatonwine]

Looks like an electric, power assist bike.

Quite frankly, anything that gets people more onto bikes I am an advocate for it.

Major cyclist myself for over 35 years. Do most thing on my collection of bikes.

Story: I was coming back from shopping recently, with my trailer with 20+ kg of cargo, and a guy passed me on a hill on a electric power assist bike, with a slow peddle cadence and apparently with ease and no effort. While I was certainly needing some effort myself on the hill on my me only powered bike.

And I but could think was, "Good for him for riding a bike of any type, and not a new fat car!!".

 

[Darrell Hawley]

And if you don't want to get hit by a car, head out to the ice.

 

[wood1954]

My wife and I bought the same bike last fall, they are great! The pedal assist works really well, going up hills is a breeze. They are heavy, makes it a bit difficult to lift up onto the bike rack.

 

[RickD]

That is something! Does it qualify as a "motor vehicle" (e.g., license, registration, insurance) ?

 

[Boatboy24]

And if you don't want to get hit by a car, head out to the ice.
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Until you meet these guys:

 

[wood1954]

That is something! Does it qualify as a "motor vehicle" (e.g., license, registration, insurance) ?

Not in Wisconsin, it only goes 25 mph

 

[Old Corker]

https://news.yahoo.com/bicyclist-falls-death-trying-beat-115205702.htmlAnd then there's this story.

 

[wood1954]

Darwin Award candidate

 

[Rocky]

Until you meet these guys:

Wow, and the guy survived! Maybe Darwin was wrong.

 

[wood1954]

Why would anyone do that