What a great idea. Beach areas in southern California have had police
on bicycles, mountain bikes, for a few years now. Yes, I know.
Nothing unique for you Brits. I was interested to see that they are
converting to electrically assisted bikes because it gives them an
edge in acceleration and speed that they feel helps them in doing
their job. Kilowatt race?
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jun 17, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> This is too far to cycle if I want
> to guarantee getting there for Met Brief at 0830, so I have bought an
> bike with an electric motor.
>
> The bike is a Scott Sportster P5 and the motor is a Currie 24v with
> 9AH Ni-MH battery. It does around 16 miles with liberal use of the
> motor (but pedalling all the while) and it is pretty fast. I did 17
> miles in 1 hr on Tuesday and I am only mildly sweaty on arrival if I
> allow a little time to cool down.
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