Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Vehicles Date: 24 Oct 2025 18:40:58 GMT Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <10crldd$lkb4$1@dont-email.me> <10ctb13$12oei$2@dont-email.me> <10ctrdc$16st9$1@dont-email.me> <10d24n9$2bb83$2@dont-email.me> <10d2dos$2dnk0$3@dont-email.me> <0g8hslxmvj.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Rnfbs+xGJy9kGaLiG4aWrwX1UlmjsyoW9KkL1b/I1fzov1PnoZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:5rWULbfcoiaDDcZOzoQ3RaS7gKE= sha256:7N17WqqtczlfWBt9J7sOdxY8Zd5jBx1emI6FHHX7rUU= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76631 On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:09:14 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-10-23 22:01, rbowman wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:06:27 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >>> I would like to buy an small electrically assisted pedal bicycle. One >>> that I can pack inside my car. It is not laziness, but that I don't >>> have that force in me any longer. >>> >>> That way I could visit places that do not allow cars, perhaps. >> >> One thing to remember is they are quite a bit heavier than road bikes. > > bicycles, I hope you mean, not motorbikes. Yeah, given this thread I should have been explicit. Many of the ones I've seen around town have fat tires. 26 x 4" I think. For reference the front tire on my DR650 is 21 x 3.25. There is quite a range depending on the batteries but the fat tire types go around 35 kg. That could be hard to wrestle into a car. https://www.montaguebikes.com/product/paratrooper/ Not an e-bike but it's around 15 kg. It fits into the hatchback but it's a big awkward since the CG is out in front of you when you're lifting it. I didn't want to use a bike carrier so went with the folder. Lifting 35 kg on a rear carrier would be possible but I wouldn't want to try a clean and jerk with something as awkward as a bike to get it onto a rooftop carrier. > I heard that most, probably all, electrically assisted bicycles do not > have regenerative braking. https://www.engadget.com/transportation/the-first-e-bike-from-rivian- spinoff-also-has-a-virtual-drivetrain-173000250.html That's the full write up. It will have regenerative braking.