Comments on: Can’t afford a Tesla? Convert your bike to electric for $360

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:49:23 +0000

Wow, that Ampedbike sounds pretty amazing. I’d love to find a way to get to work while saving lots of money and not having to pedal AND lose 30 lbs. in the process! Maybe for the latter point to happen, you have to run out of batteries frequently. ;)

Seriously, though, this looks very impressive, but I agree that I’d like to see a video or two that is a little more comprehensive on the performance, e.g. hills, stopping, starting, charging.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:10:45 +0000

Hi, I also ride an ampedbike.

I use it to commute to and from work a couple times a week. (some days im grumpy lol)

I have yet to calculate the savings. But I lost 30 lbs lol

By: jediwan

jediwan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:18:32 +0000

Great stuff. Basically a commuter bicycle. I have one of their old models I still ride it to work about 3-4 days a week.

It gets me outside, I smell the trees etc and I save between $4k and $5k a year on gas.

By: john smith

john smith — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:57:06 +0000

rim, front or rear, incl.

By: john smith

john smith — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:55:53 +0000

The lithium Ion battery will easily double your expense but the brushless motors can run underwater for 6 days (36v 500w).

By: Tdburn

Tdburn — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:53:16 +0000

Yeah hills are what I wanted to see too. All in all that video left a lot to be desired and didn’t inspire me to even try this, ever!

By: hawk88

hawk88 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:12:16 +0000

I didn’t see two key selling points. Stopping and hills.