Yike Bike

[Pat K]

http://www.yikebike.com/site/home

[Jim Johnson]

Wow, a motorized ordinary bike.  I see dental bills... and facial reconstructive surgeries. 

[Tom Sawyer]

Wow, a motorized ordinary bike.  I see dental bills... and facial reconstructive surgeries.

There goes Jim "Mr. Buzzkill" Johnson....
Baaaa...   it'll never work.   

[Jim Johnson]

I forgot... broken wrists... there is going to be a lot of broken wrists... too.

[Pat K]

I forgot... broken wrists... there is going to be a lot of broken wrists... too.

I think there might be a little wat ya call transference there.

[MaineShark]

Uh, 1kW is about a horsepower and a third.

Sorry, but the claim that it has better power/weight ratio than many sportscars is just ludicrous.  Loaded weight with an average adult would be what?  175, 200 pounds?

130-150 pounds per horsepower is not anything close to the power/weight ratio of any sportscar.  Some vehicles that barely qualify as sportscars might have a ratio as bad as 30 pounds per horsepower, but most will be in the teens or lower.

Joe

[Pat McCotter]

But without a rider it is about 16 lb/hp!

[MaineShark]

I'd like to see it operate without a rider...

Joe

[Pat McCotter]

Guess you missed the smiley emoticon, eh Joe?

[Pat K]

We need Joe for serious, the rest rest of us do
a lot of comedy.

[MaineShark]

Guess you missed the smiley emoticon, eh Joe?

Nope.  I was just being deadpan.  Well, at least typing deadpan.  I was snickering at the idea of some company exec trying to explain that claim at a press conference...

Joe

[Pat McCotter]

Guess you missed the smiley emoticon, eh Joe?

Nope.  I was just being deadpan.  Well, at least typing deadpan.  I was snickering at the idea of some company exec trying to explain that claim at a press conference...

Joe

Ah, Okeydoke. Don't you just love how the internet takes some dimensions from our interaction?