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12-09-2009, 01:25 AM | #1 |
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12-09-2009, 06:12 AM | #2 |
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Awesome!
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12-09-2009, 08:09 AM | #3 |
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Now that look sweet!
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12-09-2009, 08:19 PM | #4 |
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I'm skeptical. You can't get more power out of a system than you put in to it. If he has actually developed a way to do this he should fuck selling bikes for $40k, he should be selling the technology to hydroelectric and nuclear power generation facilities for billions.
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12-10-2009, 11:48 AM | #5 | |
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The "throttle" is the movement of the pedals rather than twisting the bar. I'm not sure the pedaling has any direct effect on the actual work being done.
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12-10-2009, 12:43 PM | #6 | |
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...But this phrase gives me doubt on that rather easy dismissal: "Stefan Gulas has developed a system that amplifies the effort you put in by a factor of 50, meaning you can accelerate quickly and maintain high speeds with very little effort."
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12-09-2009, 11:23 PM | #7 |
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combined with a charge from a house?
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12-10-2009, 10:54 AM | #8 |
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12-10-2009, 02:42 PM | #9 |
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OK, let's say the wording is conveniently misleading...thus the power input at the pedals is supplanted (not "amplified") with battery power in a 50:1 ratio...and THIS is what I think is really going on.
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12-10-2009, 02:50 PM | #10 |
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That is really the only possible explaination. If that is the case though the pedals are only adding around 2% of the power and are pretty much there for novelty. Ditch them and the equipment required for them to add power, give me a traditional throttle, and drop the price by 95% and I would start getting interested.
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