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Compare that Ciao to another classic moped design, updated as electric... the eSolex: Similar? Electrics can't compete with gas (yet) if ya want high speed and long distance non-stop travel... But this aside they offer numerous advantages? They run on almost any power source, not just...

Sure, but how does the fact the vehicle is using a motor to effect bicycle speeds make it any less safe than pedal-only? I'm starting to see reports from ebike riders who have lots of pedal bike experience that their scooter-style ebikes may actually be safer than their pedal bikes. Partly this...

So watt is it that concerns you about motors Admiral? Ya know the ebikes consume less power than most hair dryers? Many ppl on pedal bikes can pedal to faster speeds than 32km/h? tks loCk

Then why not pedal bikes/trikes also?

From that link: There is a huge difference between 32kmh and 50kmh in terms of risk and the level of injury in accidents. Risk in this context is a function of high school physics (kinetic energy of bodies in motion) and human reaction times, usually degraded by lack of sleep, drugs...

This does not follow. Motorcycles are designed for much greater power and speeds. eBikes are intended to mimic the slow speeds and low power of the pedal bicycle. If the objective is to flood our streets with slow speed, light weight and energy efficient vehicles like the pedal bicycle, where...

In other words, all bicycles should be licensed. The City has tried this several times before: Toronto Bicycle Licensing History Tks L0Ck

Folks Thank you for all your replies. Some seem very knowledgable about aircraft and these have been particularly interesting. I honestly can't think of anything I can add to this subject now. I hope this thread can just stay here as "message in a bottle" and that if anyone has experienced...

Hello ShonTron I am sorry I missed the part about no new threads. I looked at the other threads and didn't see where I might post that would not be off topic... believe me I would have been thrilled to see an existing thread about odd bits of ice showing up in Toronto! :) I have already...

hehe... sorry for the rant... Just for the record I have no axe to grind. I don't belong to any activist organization. I regret that I mentioned the "P" word (Porter.) I only expose myself in this public forum out of desperation? I know how these online spaces can be infested with...

My point is only that I have two personal experiences with this... phenomena? That I have witnesses? That I have two first hand reports from area residents who report similar odd events in the past year or so? That Transport Canada did confirm that planes were overhead and headed for the Island...

2007 emails with the Transport Canada fellow that never bothered to show up ("FOD" btw is Transport Canada term for "Foreign Object Damage"): RE: Suspect FOD Monday, December 10, 2007 7:29 AM From: "Ragnauth, Steve" <RAGNAUS@tc.gc.ca>To: "Lock Hughes" <lockhughes@yahoo.com> After lunch...

HA! Unless they actually FLATTEN the puppy in which case there will be hell to pay (see "stray electric currents")! tks lOCk

`Course they can Prometheus... But it's as with everything else these daze... Better if you can shove the real costs onto someone else? tks Lock

HA! ...hehe thanks khristopher... But I am reminded of Henry Bliss who in 1899 in NYC suffered North Americas first death by auto... Pretty sure Henry didn't care that he was crushed by an "environmentally-sensitive" vehicle (battery-electric taxi) tks Lock

Try googling "ice falling from airplanes"

Sorry, misread your question! YES. This is something that happens at least with SOME aircraft designs. This is what the investigator explained to me!

In 2007 the investigator confirmed there were no flights over the area at the time EXCEPT heading to land on the Island (it took a few minutes then to discover the ice, the pictures were time stamped, so I had a pretty accurate estimate of the exact time of impact.) I just ran outside and...

Hello Prometheus You know how warm and wet the weather has been these last 24hrs! There is NO snow or ice on the roof anywhere! The neighbour a block away has zero tall buildings anywhere within hundreds of feet? I have the emails from Transport Canada from 2007. At that time the...

Here is a Flickr set of images taken in the Annex (St.Geo and Bloor): www.flickr.com/photos/lockhughes/sets/72157613697826036/ These images were taken in November 2007 and this morning, What they show are chunks of ice that fall from airplanes circling to land at the City Center Airport...