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If everyone was limited to, say 360 Wh batteries, for example, the powerful motors would have to dial it back then or they'd get mugged at the end. They have fuel capacity limits (used to be 120Litres, now it's 100Litres) in endurance racing for the same reason. "yes you can have 600hp if you...

Why would it favour certain motors? They'll all be very similar in terms of efficiency, so the ones being used to give more output would have empty batteries before the finish. It will become an energy management race then, just like any endurance event, be that running, cycling or Le-Mans. As...

If EWS-E races were limited to a maximum battery capacity and of a duration long enough to deplete said battery when using high power modes then it would become more competitive across motors/batteries/makes.

The Pikes Peak Suzuki EV had a speaker playing the noise of the previous year's petrol powered car. The V6 turbo car was something else for a production based engine.

I did check how they were packed to see if it could have done some sadomasochistic act on the way here.

I'm in the car trade, of sorts, unfortunately I have to work on various unpleasant things. Sometimes it has its bonuses though. :) Anyway, back to bikes. Studded tyres fitted yesterday and it's snowing heavily now here. ?

Beat me to it

Except that's a mixture of methanol and nitromethane. ?

I thought, "5.0 V10 TDi, this is going to go a bit". I could not believe how slow and clumsy they are.

I've just fitted a pair of these to the wife's bike (I know, after the ice has melted but they took ages to arrive, no thanks to DHL returning to sender first time around....) Did anyone have any issues with the sidewalls being porous? On her front tyre I've got lots of specs of juice coming...

Pretty certain they are motorised, they buzz as they open and close. Really awful, awful car though. A super efficient way of turning money into pollution is how best I can describe it.

My neighbour has one and he's had quite a few problems but, to Specialized's credit, they have sorted everything super quick and fuss free. Like, next day quick. In contrast, Giant took two months to send a battery out for the wife's bike.

VW Phaeton. Driving one is like getting a donkey ride off a Sumo wrestler. Nearly three tonnes of lard.

Just out of interest, it's very likely that cars will be going to 48v for starting and ancillary systems to reduce the weight of cabling and the size of motors. IMHO they should tax cars based on how many electric motors they contain so they don't fit so much pointless bullshit crap that they...

You big sissy! There, happy now? ?

Auto mode is more annoying when the bike powers up in that mode every time too. I assume that the new bike is the same?

Headline grabbing 'the lightest'... I might still buy an SL yet, but the decision won't be taken on a baseless argument.

I pass every day. I go in there almost every day. ?

There are downsides with running higher voltage in situations that include water, which obviously bikes do. More voltage requires better separation is required. Current handling is one of the reasons that they typically run 36v. A 12v system, for example, would require triple the current...

I'm owed a favour by my LBS, I can grab one from them and post it to you if you want? Assuming that they still have some, they had loads when I got the new battery for the wife's. I've not bothered fitting one to mine, half expecting to be fitting a fresh battery sooner or later anyway with it...