E-bike throttle seems to still be being iffed. At close to 200 miles. Might be an electrical or mechanical malfunction. Had throttle and battery replaced (Pedego has 5 year warranty, nice they will fix so easily), still seems to happen though. Happens intermittently like if controlled via cellular. Sometimes on hills, more often while in garage of building than outside (though happened at a stop sign as well). Happened in a rain storm yesterday, technical problems, combined with being on bike outside in rain has potential to make awareness more difficult, turned in a less than ideal way – compounded by environmental and technical problems (rain and throttle iffed).
Rain was a bit of surprise – bike handled nicely on slick roads though don’t think I would make it a habit of riding in the rain, slippery streets. Easy to forget with sprinklers, and potential oil spills in by design equates to slippery streets are in by design at times. Today I noticed a driver that I could have caught by surprise that was turning, he didn’t pull forward must have turned and saw me in time – potential for those turning onto streets not always to see bikers combined with cars behind could lead to potential accidents – not really sure how to ideally avoid that condition. Potentially could have slowed down and pulled to the curve ahead yet likely hard to gauge how much other drivers see and don’t see.
E-bike power iffed one more thing to think about. Complexity not always easy to divest from.
E-bike experience has been nice up to this point, don’t want to make things harder for Pedego – company and service has been impressive, that said with cybersecurity problems I have been having, potential for War in the Middle East, and Trade being iffed with China makes it harder to gauge level of problem. Simple electrical problems might be seen as potentially more – iffed by enemies? Easy to divest ideally from bias in the mist of cybersecurity problems?
It is nice to have a local E-bike shop – maintenance like replacing brake pads, oiling, and replacing filling up tires not always thought about during purchase (at least I didn’t really think about maintenance requirements before purchase outside of knowledge batteries potentially degrade over time and cycles). I bought a Ryobi 100 psi inflator from Home Depot though I need Eye Protection (tires might pop) and the electronic gauge on the inflator is not calibrated, thus I need to purchase a calibrated pressure gauge. If the gauge was reading 5 psi lower than normal and max pressure before pop was 2.5 psi higher, could lead to a pop (which reinforces need for eye protection).
Another thing to note, though I am not sure how much of a problem it is, E-bikes are using higher voltage (at least from what I have seen) 48V+ and from my understanding on Electrical Safety over 24V has potential for Electrocution. I realize these E-bikes and E-scooters are many times likely sealed yet might be worth turning up knowledge of Electrical Safety for users. Metal frames, riding in the rain, and potential for high voltages equates to higher grade products might be higher value than all fully appreciate.
Another part of E-bike experience is most stores do not have bicycle racks, and the E-bike feels a bit light for a parking space, specifically without full wheel locks and disables. I have added a Samsung Tag (like an Air Tag) that should give GPS coordinates of it, though would still be nice to have an easier way to lock down the E-bike when I go into a store. Less capacity to easily go into stores factors into ability to go to restroom, potentially not always pondered. Further I purchased a Workout bike conversion kit that I have yet to get from Amazon that might be nice to turn the E-bike into a workout system as well – easier to get a workout in on rainy days. Though with E-bike I am not sure I would claim most of my outings have been a real workout – throttle is nice.
I like E-biking, I like green tech and technology that has the potential to make the environment better. That said less potential for World War likely factors into actual gains. Peace invested in, in advance highly valuable.
I rode south, towards Duncanville on Saturday. I used the Dart train for part of the ride. There is a big hill on Westmoreland I think, get going closer to 30 mph (my E-bike is capped at 20 mph default, I might have been only going 24 mph or so but felt quite a bit faster) and is a bit scary with potential for cracks and potholes, didn’t have a problem does not equal problems potentially impossible. Checking brakes early in the ride and knowledge of slickness of road might equate to desire to stop or put more room between you and the car in front, going faster like downhill (which doesn’t happen all that often here) equals greater need for room as well.
On that note, throttle when first starting to ride E-bike takes getting used to, angled away from car in front sometimes helpful (don’t go into the next lane, but if having issues angled a little bit helped me when jump started to close to the car in front of me – veered off to side a bit and missed trunk). I am by no means an expert, I have about 190 miles on the bike so far (rounded earlier yet more precision after stating knowledge might be useful). 193.3 miles to be exact on the odometer.
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