pedacycle?

[Pedro-bot]

Looks like a good commuting alternative.

[corey]

it's just a bike, right?

[Pedro-bot]

It's an electric bike that can be ridden fully powered by batteries, manually or in a hybrid mode.
Basic model:
35 miles electric
45 miles assisted
30 mph top speed

[Vishwacorp]

If I was a practical individual even in the least bit, I'd ride that, in all black!

[Pedro-bot]

I think they're really cool looking and practical.

Too bad they're pricey. The base model goes for $6k.

http://picycle.com/

[Grampa]

For 6k buy a drz and do wheelies to impress the lost chick.

[Grampa]

Women judge a man on the size of his carbon footprint.

[pennyrobber]

Women judge a man on the size of his carbon footprint.

+1

Mine is up to 80 Hectares.

[Drjones]

Not for $6k.

 - 30 mph = get yo ass run over on the street
 - 45 mile = 15 mile effective range using rule of 1/3rds. 1/3 out, 1/3 back, 1/3 emergency/batteries crap out/not on flat ground

Go buy a regular bike for $400 and use the saved $5600 for Ducati mods.

[booger]

I had a hybrid bicycle/moped back in the early '80s and it was a horrible bicycle and a shitty moped all rolled into one. Not to mention it was a boat anchor.

Nothing wrong with pedaling a real bicycle, hillclimbing is 90% of the fun.

Pointless mental masturbation, but if they will buy a Segway they will likely buy this thing.

More marketable and credible would be to design something that could be quickly retrofitted to any existing bicycle to provide locomotive assistance for the motivationally challenged(read: lazy) among us, and make it cheap.

The motivationally challenged among us would take that $6k and buy a used SUV with it. The motivationally gifted among us will buy a real bicycle and neither ilk would suffer looking like a phucken tool riding that stupid thing around.

[BookEmDanO]

that might be the ugliest contraption i've ever seen!

[sofadriver]

More marketable and credible would be to design something that could be quickly retrofitted to any existing bicycle to provide locomotive assistance for the motivationally challenged(read: lazy) among us, and make it cheap.

Some guys tried that over in Italy after WW II.
Don't know what became of it all.

[Fergus]

Get one of these http://www.ridleymotorcycle.com/motorbike/1903.htm

[Pedro-bot]

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Nothing wrong with pedaling a real bicycle, hillclimbing is 90% of the fun.

Totally wrong if you're pedaling to work and work in a professional environment. Saves the people around you from BO.

Pointless mental masturbation, but if they will buy a Segway they will likely buy this thing.

mmmKay.....

More marketable and credible would be to design something that could be quickly retrofitted to any existing bicycle to provide locomotive assistance for the motivationally challenged(read: lazy) among us, and make it cheap.

Yep, there are lithium powered motor kits available from different manufacturers that can be retrofitted to just about any bicycle. This is the first bike that doesn't look like a bike with a retrofitted battery pack. That's whay I find appealing.

For the "motovationally challenged", again, everything has a time and a place. When commuting to work, some just don't want to arrive smelling like they just walked out from the gym.

The motivationally challenged among us would take that $6k and buy a used SUV with it. The motivationally gifted among us will buy a real bicycle and neither ilk would suffer looking like a phucken tool riding that stupid thing around.

The point is to have a commuting vehicle that's easy to maintain
(read zero maintenance other than plug to charge and keep tires filled with air). I ride anywhere between 60-100 miles a week on my road bike, depending on weather and time constraints. From the people that I know that ride on a consistent basis, just about every single one of them would bike to wrork if they could avoid smelling like a "phucken tool that's motivationally gifted."

Meh, but what do I know. I just like riding 2 wheels, regardless of what people think.

Get one of these http://www.ridleymotorcycle.com/motorbike/1903.htm

That's pretty cool looking. There's a local bike shop that installs these motors on your ride for $400. Not sure how reliable those little motors are though.