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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you give me an example? I built my own ebike so I'm familiar with the componentry, going something like 40mph (ripping past 30mph) requires a serious battery and a very expensive motor. You can't just modify a normal legal ebike to go that fast, the motor will overheat and the battery won't last 20 minutes on a charge or long in general.

Also, nothing that can go past 28mph is considered an ebike in the US. The moment it goes any faster it's an unplated scooter/motorcycle

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

50km/h for a short amount of time is far from unusual for most cyclists. The fastest cyclists can do 90km/h in a burst which requires ~5x more effort than going 50km/h.

Most people with a little training can do ~1200W which is enough to get to those speeds with a good position on a well adjusted bike.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Those are already legally considered motorcycles and since they look exactly like motorcycles the law often ends up getting enforced (cops don't like unplated motorcycles). In fact I just saw one of them get impounded yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (11 children)

They're not comparable. Average ebikes can't really go any faster than a fit rider on a good road bike.

I can easily go 50km/h on flat ground for a short amount of time in a mountain bike if I want to and I'm almost obese - an ebike that can go appreciably faster than that for more than 10 minutes is very expensive and very much looks like a motorcycle.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (17 children)

That's already exactly how it works. The guy is just mad that people can have light electric motor vehicles for little money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I guess it also depends on where, places that get less applicants are probably much more likely to answer back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's good because you can use it to cut through the corporate bullshit, it's bad because the people most active in it are prestige and money obsessed freaks. If you make a post without stating how much money you make 90% of your replies will be about that.

On the other hand it's saved me from multiple very very bad decisions, so it's good in that sense. It would be cool if it was more generalized and wasn't just for programmers/salespeople/project managers/quants.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not true, I've gotten a dozen or so.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I wonder why he isn't. It's not like he can evade trial for it where he is now.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well we haven't learned after have a dozen unprovoked wars in the Middle East and North Africa so why would one more help?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Headscarves are not banned in public buildings. Headscarves are banned for public workers in public facing positions that have been hired after the passing of Law 21.

Unlike France also, all left-wing parties oppose thus.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Québec Solidaire voted almost unanimously against Loi 21, so they don't support bans on religious symbols. As for immigration, they want to prioritize francophone immigration but not reduce it or anything.

Québec Nationalism is now mostly coopted by the right, except among younger people where nationalism is overwhelmingly left-wing.

All in all, bbased QS.

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