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Location: Imported from Detroit
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So the Sachs MadAss wasn't small enough?
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Victim of Blazer Rapage
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Awesome!
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ottawa
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Now that look sweet!
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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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combined with a charge from a house?
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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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Join Date: Nov 2008
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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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Ultimately if the statement Avatard has quoted means the effort is amplified without the addition of power from another source this guy has figured out a way to defy the law of conservation of energy and should be a multi-billionaire. If it is done with battery power it is another overpriced electric bike. |
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Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon
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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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