On 13.10.2017 01:57, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:43:15 +0100, Christie
wrote:

Bod wrote:

...
Height increase always seem a lot tougher than the rate of potential
energy gain suggests it should.

Could I ask if your wife chooses to wear head protection when she
uses
her electric bike? I don't see many riders on electric bikes around
here and wonder whether riders would be more likely to wear
helmets on
electric bikes than they would on normal bikes.

She doesn't.

Okay, the more people that don't, the more confident I would feel
about not doing so either.

Why do you think the type of bike would make a difference?

Just the potential speed that you could more consistently maintain on
some electric bikes, I suppose - Bod has mentioned 30 mph. Although,
of course, just because you can that doesn't mean you have to do so.

If you're using your bike, even though power assisted, at speeds you
are commonly quite used to without such assistance then I don't see
that it would make a difference. And, now I come to think of it, that
is the way I would approach things.


I normally pootle along at a steady 15 -20mph, any speed above that just
feels too fast down country lanes. We get deer running across the roads
quite a lot so it would be insane to go any faster

Okay, thanks for that. I think I'm getting this electric bicycle thing
together now - there is, of course, far more to life than just
increasing its speed.

Speed is a lot of fun and everyone should use it.

I object to the fatal word "everyone".
You think speed is fun.
Some people do not have that opinion.