I have a Bionx powered Bleriot. Severe osteo arthritis in the knee led to
it, the only way I can ride much now in hilly Seattle. I got over any
notion of shame.
David
On Friday, January 10, 2014, Ray Shine wrote:
> I have very seriously considered it -- several times. I am an old guy
> (65+) but in relatively good health. I don't need an ebike, but there are
> plenty of times where I would welcome the ability to use power assist on my
> pedaling. If I only cycled for health reasons, then I would see no point
> in a conversion. But I cycle mainly for transportation purposes, and
> because there is very little free/cheap parking in San Francisco. I carry
> cargo on my bike, and I have several hills in between my home and my
> office. I can and do make the commute each day without an ebike, but I
> would have no qualms at all using an ebike on the commute. Price has been
> a factor, as well. But, the technology is evolving very rapidly, and there
> are very reasonable ebikes on the market. I would be more inclined to go
> for a factory build now rather than a conversion. I see often some very
> impressive factory ebikes on the streets of SF.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Cecily Walker <cecily.wal...@gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'cecily.wal...@gmail.com');>>
> *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com');>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 10, 2014 2:01 PM
> *Subject:* [RBW] Riv e-bike conversion?
>
> I know the very idea is anathema, but has anyone had any experience with
> converting a Rivendell bike of any model to an e-bike?
>
> Thanks,
> Cecily
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');>.
> To post to this group, send email to
> rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com');>
> .
> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');>.
> To post to this group, send email to
> rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com');>
> .
> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
--
David
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW
Owners Bunch" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
