e-bike
English
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edit- (informal) A bicycle powered by an electric motor
- 1993 January 31, Ridley McIntyre, “STORY: GHOSTDANCER (2)”, in rec.games.frp.misc[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2019-03-19, message-ID <0!w3=jd@rpi.edu>:
- The e-bikes glide past slow, one of the kids turning his bike around. He's tall, with his black hair slicked back with grease, shining in the glow of the other bikes' lights. In the sockets of his eyes she can see only mirrors. Artificial Sonys. The kid's ironed.
- 1993 November 13, John Ciccarelli, “Motorcycles, bicycles, "e-bikes"”, in rec.bicycles.soc[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2019-03-19, message-ID <2c1n2d$j6o@agate.berkeley.edu>:
- ELECTRIC BIKES ("E-BIKES") Because e-bike speeds and power are more similar to human-powered bicycles than to motorcycles, I believe their users will need bicycle-style traffic-skills education (Effective Electric Cycling?). I also believe e-bikes, with strict power or acceleration limits, should be allowed to use bike lanes -- think about it.
- 1993 November 13, Charlie Sullivan, “Re: Motorcycles, bicycles, "e-bikes"”, in rec.bicycles.soc[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2019-03-19, message-ID <2c1n2d$j6o@agate.berkeley.edu>:
- There seems to be a lot of interest emerging about "E-Bikes." I'm not sure of the appropriate place to discuss them. I've seen things on the EV mailing list, and on several .bicycles. groups. Perhaps there is some interest on the hpv mailing list as well--I have't subscribed for a while. Is it worth starting a mailing list or newsgroup for them?
- 1994 September 1, Cycle0path, “Re: Electric Bicycle (again)”, in rec.bicycles.misc[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2019-03-19, message-ID <343obu$l3t@search01.news.aol.com>:
- I've been working on Ebike for 2 years. Read about several attempts around world and US. First patent in 1895. Mine weighs 85 lbs and does help uphill. Working on testing. I decided to build only because I wanted a "poor person's" ZEV. Weight will go down with technology over time. No hurry. Lots of stuff to do, learn. No EV is commercially viable in US except trike in Florida. Happy to talk with those interested.
- 2010, David L. Kurtz, Contemporary Marketing 2011, page 377:
- Another important difference: e-bikes can legally travel in the bike lane; scooters and mopeds cannot.
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edit- bike, motorbike, motorcycle (differentiated by societal convention more than by qualitative differences; legally differentiated by maximum speed and power rating in many jurisdictions)
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editbicycle powered by an electric motor
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edite-bike m (plural e-bikes)
- An e-bike.
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