electric bikes?

[TSM]

Originally Posted by agy

i'm guessing the electric bikes are priced similarly

erm no...

[Sid Squid]

We had a chat about this a while back, see here: Click me!

sorry i meant similarly as in a lot more than a comparable vehicle i.e. a ford ka is about 2k, a g wiz is £7k so an sv electric would be, i don't know - £10k

[TSM]

Originally Posted by agy

sorry i meant similarly as in a lot more than a comparable vehicle i.e. a ford ka is about 2k, a g wiz is £7k so an sv electric would be, i don't know - £10k

various factors, range/speed/styling affect cost, thoes sietta bikes were between 10-13k i think depending on model but things could have changed

thanks squid. i will read with interest

[joshwalker094]

yuck, dont like those sietta bikes. but good man for making a good step into the future

Originally Posted by agy

changes will have to come one way or another... resources are finite

Everything is finite, but there's no reason we couldn't make petrol with solar/wind/tidal power for,transport, it's all the other things that use oil that cause the issue,

I rode a Zero bike last week, it was good fun but only really practical if you have a mid-distance commute or want to ride in town. Ride at 60mph maximum and the battery will last up to 114 miles, ride flat out at 90mph and it's only good for about 40. I think we may be stocking them at my shop soon.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

I rode a Zero bike last week, it was good fun but only really practical if you have a mid-distance commute or want to ride in town. Ride at 60mph maximum and the battery will last up to 114 miles, ride flat out at 90mph and it's only good for about 40. I think we may be stocking them at my shop soon.

They're dirt bikes look brilliant, one of the few electric bikes I like.

The problem with hybrids (that Josh mentioned) is the weight and storage.

[Bibio]

if you think really hard then you will discover that they are not eco friendly. ok so the bike/car does not spit out pollutants but think about how the electricity is made in the first place plus the more electric powered vehicles that are around the higher load on the power stations which in turn will mean more power stations using what ever means to generate the power. with such a high demand for power these would more than likely be nuclear power stations so if every vehicle were electrically powered then each town would need a power station to supply the demand.

what we need is a passive catalyst that cracks h2o into oxygen and hydrogen then re-combines them back together using a fuel cell and by doing so creates heat and electricity. but the best bit is once the oxygen and hydrogen have been combined again its turned back to h2o so the whole process is contained (why burn the hydrogen when you don't need to). the big problem with this is finding the catalyst and what ever it is would end up being a commodity just like oil.