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"...Does anyone know if it recharges the battery as you peddle? That would make sense."

Actually, no it wouldn't. They used to make bikes that you could power a head lamp by peddling, but when you flicked it on, it would be like peddling uphill, through mud, with your 300 lb wife on the back.

Better to just do the brake power up, like the other bike listed]]>Sep 29th 2007 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 29th 2007 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
Actually, you may not find one that will do 200mph, if you want to be technical about it. But there are pleanty at that price that will do about 180mph]]>Sep 29th 2007 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
for that much you could get a decent cruising bike and go upwards of 70m/h and still get damn close to 100m/g. I'd rather go with the hog than this piece... don't get me wrong, i'm all about saving the enviroment and all that crap, but not if i have to look like an idiot and pay out the ass, checking account comes before mother nature... sorry.]]>Sep 28th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/]]>Sep 28th 2007 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
i bought a 49cc engine for a lowrider bicycle. it looked really sweet. unfortunately there wasn't room for the carb in the frame, so i scrapped the idea and put it on a beach cruiser instead.

really. if it runs on so small an engine, do you need it to be hybrid. i'd pollute a tiny bit more just to not have to be seen on that thing.]]>Sep 28th 2007 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
This thing looks like an ugly toy made in China out of leftover swingset parts.]]>Sep 28th 2007 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 28th 2007 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-hy-throttle26sep26.pg,0,1792852.photogallery

:)]]>Sep 28th 2007 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 29th 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.revopower.com/
http://www.freeenergystore.com/evhubmotors.html]]>Sep 28th 2007 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Just draw over a sketch of rider pedalling this.
You will realize how uncomfortable, if not impossible to ride.
Its mean, if anyone actually test this, never buy. So, the guy who designed this might be attempting to sell the prototype for 7500 in order to recover the cost.
Somewhere in the world, there must be an idiot or two, who would buy anything
only for a sake of the collection ( of human ingenuity !!!)
]]>Sep 29th 2007 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
A lot of landscape folks wear full on headphone style hearing protectors when using weed whips and leaf blowers with engines that look a lot like that.

Not only might it not be good for your hearing but there's a not impossible chance that the thing may violate vehicle noise ordinances.

Noise output should be in the engine specs though.]]>Sep 29th 2007 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
my post was about to be,
"is that a honda attached to your bike or are you just happy to see me"]]>Sep 29th 2007 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 29th 2007 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/It's as if decades of evolution in bike design to achieve comfortable, ergonomic, efficient, good handling designs simply never happened.]]>Sep 29th 2007 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 29th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Sep 29th 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
just to be clear, is she "doin' it" with the motorcycle, with the helmet or with you?]]>Sep 29th 2007 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
A chain and sprocket drive train is about as efficient as you'll find, and the dérailleur concept maintains that efficiency wonderfully. Converting it to electricity and then driving a motor will only make for a draggy, unpleasant experience.

The headtube seems way to slack of an angle, and the rider position... not so good.

So it's less than an electric motorscooter, and less than a bicycle. But more expensive than either. Nice!]]>Sep 29th 2007 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/Oct 1st 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
electric bicycles and scooters]]>Oct 19th 2007 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/electrobike-pi-the-pricey-hybrid-electric-bicycle/
electric bicycles and scooters]]>Oct 19th 2007 11:36PM