I-RadRovers 5 ye-Rad Power yi-Hummer yamabhayisikili kagesi

Isimo sezulu seRadRover 5 + Oregon = Isimo esihle (uma sincane). Ngabe sasihlose odakeni? Empeleni … [+] senzile.

Izithombe zikaRoberson

Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, amabhayisikili afakwe ugesi, noma "ama-ebikes," abekhula ngokushesha. {Imishini kagesi} iya ngokwengeziwe yakhelwe ngaphakathi, izinsimbi ziyehla, ukusebenza kahle kuyakhuphuka, futhi nezindleko ziyehla. Zonke izingqinamba ezinhle, ukwenza ezithile. Empeleni, kubhekelwa inhloso manje indawo okunzima ukuyitshela ukuthi ngabe ibhayisikili liyi-ebike nhlobo, ukuhlangana kuphenduka kungabi namakhanda kangako.

Bese kuba khona iRadRover 5 yiRad Energy Bikes, eshiya umbuzo omncane ngokuthi iyini.

Ngaphambilini ngaphambi kokuba i-coronavirus ne-COVID-19 insanance yehlele kithi sonke, bengivame ukusungula ukuhlolwa kwe-ebike ngethemba lokuthola izimfashini eziningi ngaphambi kwesikhathi sehlobo. Ngizama ukubhukha amabhayisikili asebenza ngobuchwepheshe obusha, umklamo ojwayelekile, noma omunye umsebenzi wokuma. Ama-Rad Power Bikes abe ngawokuqala ekuphenduleni isicelo sami, futhi angithumelele i-Class II RadRover 5 yabo, ekhathele ediniwe, enomzimba omkhulu, engenazaba nge-bulldozer yebhayisikili kagesi equkethe i-750-watt peak motor yangemuva yokukhipha, futhi Amathayi abanzi anamasentimitha ama-4 asebenza ngamasondo amakhulu kakhulu abukeka sengathi awubuwula. Cishe. Ingabe ikhombisa ukwakheka okusha okusha? Isayensi entsha esetshenzisiwe? Akunakwenzeka, cha. Kodwa-ke amathani wombono? Lokho, kunenqwaba. IRadRover 5 ingumshini owodwa omkhulu othokozisayo okufuna ukuthi ubuze ukuthi ibhayisikili likagesi lingaba yini, nokuthi lingenzani.

I-Tech kanye ne-Design

Lisikhumbuzani leli bhayisikili? Hmmm…

Izithombe zikaRoberson

IRadRover 5 yibhayisikili elikhulu, elisindayo njengoba kufanele umsebenzi wayo: Ukuze ube idrayivu yemvelo lapho kugitshiwe. Umzimba we-hardtail webhayisikili ongamakhilogremu angama-69, owakhiwe nge-aluminium engu-6061, ngamunye uqinile futhi uyathandeka, futhi uqukethe imfoloko yokumiswa kwe-RST enokulayishwa kwangaphambili futhi, ngokufanelekile, ukukhiya ukuhamba. Amathayi amakhulu angama-intshi angu-4 intshi angamaKenda Juggernauts afanelekile, futhi aqukethe amalitha amelana nokubhoboza kanye nomugqa okhanyayo ezindongeni, osiza ngokubonakala ebusuku ngoba ibhayisikili limnyama matte. I-26mm mechanical disc brakes yokungena nezingqinamba ezingemuva ezingezansi futhi zinamandla amahle, kepha ukusetha ngokuqapha kubalulekile.

I-Shimano shifter kulula ukuyisebenzisa futhi ungabona i-twistgrip yangaphakathi yemoto ukuze ilingane. … [+]

Izithombe zikaRoberson

Indlu yamasheya engemuva ene-7-speed Shimano SL-TX50-7R enezimoto ezingama-750-watt Bafang ngaphakathi kwehabhu langemuva, futhi iphaneli eyinhloko nokho ewusizo ye-LCD phezulu emabhaleni ikhombisa izingcezu zolwazi kanye nolwazi lwe-velocity, i-tripmeter, ukuma kwebhethri kanye ukukhishwa kwemoto kuma-watts. Kunezinhlobo ezi-5 zosizo nokukhetha okungasizi (i-degree zero) egcina uhlelo lwe-ebike ku-inthanethi nokuqapha ibanga lapho uxazulula ukuthi udinga ukuvivinya umzimba okubucayi ngokusebenzisa amandla we-pedal kuphela. Futhi njengenye ye-throttle yesithupha, i-RadRover 5 ine-twistgrip ngaphakathi kwesibambo esifanelekayo, njengesithuthuthu. Ukubambelela kuyaqhubeka (futhi, njengempimpi yesithuthuthu), ngakho-ke uzokwazi ukwengeza impela noma imaphi amandla emotweni ngaphezu kwalezi zinga losizo esethiwe lifaka phakathi ukunyathela kwakho i-energy degree 4 nangaphansi. Isigaba 5 ("Amandla" ngaphakathi kombukiso we-LCD) yiwo wonke amandla, phela.

Umbukiso weLCD kungenzeka ube lula kepha lokho kuyisici esihle kakhulu. Izici zolwazi zinkulu futhi ziyafundeka. Amandla … [+] ukukhishwa kombukiso kuyasiza.

Izithombe zikaRoberson

I-pod yokuphatha encane yokuvula ikhono, ukulungisa amabanga osizo nokushintsha izinketho zombukiso iku-bar yangakwesobunxele, njengensimbi yesithuthuthu. Kukhona ilambu elikhanyayo le-LED, kanye ne-taillight yangemuva ye-LED enebhuleki emnene efaka futhi endaweni yokubeka engemuva ekhethiwe efike lapha nebhayisikili lami. Isibani sangaphambili kufanele sikhanye futhi isampula yokukhanya kwelanga iyisikwele, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi ukucabanga kabusha kuyadingeka lapho. Uma kuvulwa ibhayisikili, amabhuleki angemuva anyakazayo, umsebenzi webhayisikili ngalinye okufanele ube nawo ngokubona kwami. Kuzobuye kubhekwe ukucwayiza kodwa noma kunjalo kuyaqina noma kunini lapho ushaya amabhuleki. Ibhethri le-7.7-pound 48V, 14 Ah (672 Wh) elinamaseli we-Samsung 35E anika amandla i-motor kanye ne-electrics, futhi uRad uthi ilungele imijikelezo yokushaja engu-800 futhi phakathi kwamamayela angama-25 kuya kwangu-45-ish ahlukahluka ngokusetshenziswa. Ibhethri lihlelekile futhi ligibela insiza lapho kuhlala khona ibhodlela lamanzi, futhi lingakhiya ngokushesha noma livulwe ngokhiye ongashintshwa. Amabhethri angeziwe okwengeza uhambo lwakho abiza u- $ 545.

Ubuchwepheshe Bokushayela

Kunemizila eminingi namapaki amahlathi aseduze nendawo engihlala kuyo, kanti iRadRover 5 ihambehamba … [+] canine kujabulise kakhulu.

Izithombe zikaRoberson

IRad Rover 5 ayisona nje isimangaliso sesisindo esincane. Kuma-kilos angama-69, inkulu, inzima, futhi yakhiwe njengoMike Tyson ebusheni bakhe. Ifike ihlanganiswe kancane kwathi ngemuva kwesigamu sehora nginezinsimbi ezimbalwa ezijwayelekile, ngangivule isondo lokungena, ama-fenders endaweni, i-rack yangemuva ixhunyiwe, amalambu axhunyiwe, isihlalo silungisiwe nebhethri laqina. Ngise-Oregon, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi ekuqaleni kukaMashi, kwaqala ukuna ngenkathi ngifaka izinkinobho zokulungisa ibhayisikili esilinganisweni sami. Futhi ngiyindoda enkulu ethanda kakhulu i-taco-and-burger ngo-6 foot 1, 225 kilos, ngakho-ke ngithokozele iphrofayli enkulu kakhulu yeRadRover 5: Ingifanisa ngokuphelele.

OKWENGEZIWE KUSUKELA EBUWENII-Smart, i-Funky, Iyabiza Futhi I-Hoot Yokugibela, Ibhayisikili Likagesi lika-GoCycle's G3 Ligcwele Imibono EmihleBy UBill Roberson

Kodwa-ke ngokweqiniso, ngaso sonke isikhathi benginokugconwa okuncane ngalokho engikubheka njengalezi zinto eziyibhidlika ezikhathala ezinamafutha kakhulu-izinto ezibonakala zengeziwe njengezitatimende zesitayela sebhayisikili ezigingqikayo kunezokuthutha okunengqondo. Ukushayela ibhayisikili lamafutha lomngane omuhle (elingenawo amandla) eminyakeni embalwa edlule kwaqinisekisa ukusola kwami: kwakuvilapha, kusinda, kungabukeki, futhi kuyakhathaza ukukhubeka. Kodwa-ke nika uhambo lwe-phat ucabange ukuma okwengeziwe okufana nokuhamba ngebhayisikili futhi ungeze kumoto kagesi, ikakhulukazi isitshalo se-stout 750-watt, nakho konke ukulungiswa kwezingcezu.

Ohambweni oluya eduzane neBMX / ipaki yokuhamba ngebhayisikili, intombazane yami engesabi yafaka iRadRover 5 ngendlela yayo … [+] izinyathelo, kufakwe i-airtime.

Izithombe zikaRoberson

I-RadRover 5's Bafang 750-watt hub motor icishe ithule, ikhipha i-whirrrr encane ngoba ikusheshisa kanye ne-torque engu-80Nm. Kuhlanganiswe ne-7-speed Shimano derailleur engemuva eqhutshwa yi-push-button shifter ku-barbar efanelekayo, ukushaya amamayela angama-20 ngehora ngaphakathi kwefulethi akuyona into embi, kanye nokukhuphuka intaba engabizi kakhulu. Izitshalo ezingamashumi amabili esithuthuthu lesi silinganiso nala mafutha, amathayi abanzi azizwa a okuningi Ngaphambi kuka-20mph ngebhayisikili lansuku zonke, umuzwa oqiniswa ngomsindo wamathayi njengoba umshini omkhulu ugudla phansi umgwaqo.

Imfoloko yokungena iqukethe ukukhiya kohambo oluqine ngokwengeziwe emigwaqweni yedolobha elikhulu. Amathayi angathatha kakhulu … [+] kwamaqhubu ngokwawo.

Izithombe zikaRoberson

Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba ngingumuntu wesithuthuthu ngokwengeziwe, ngakwazisa ukuqina eyayinakho ngenkathi ngisebenzisa. Sifana kakhulu nesithuthuthu sami semidlalo emibili sakwaSuzuki DR650, ngaphandle kokusebenza kahle futhi sibe lula ngama-350 kilos. Kepha ngokuqinisekile bekukhona ukuthi "Ngingaya noma yikuphi futhi ngikhuphukele / phansi / phansi / ngaphezu kwanoma yini" ngombono onjengeZookie yami enkulu. Akukho okusele ukukwenza ngaphandle kokukubheka. Indodana yami eyeve eshumini nambili yakhomba i-Large 5 (njengoba sifike lapha ukuyibiza ngegama) ohlotsheni ngalunye lwe-alt-surface esingayithola: imigwaqo yobhuqu egcwele izigaxa zodaka (ezijabulisayo kakhulu), izinkambu zotshani obujulile, isilawuli seBMX, esinodaka imizila yehlathi, amatshe amatshe amatshe, ngisho neqhwa elincane (ekuqaleni sathola ibhayisikili ngoFebhuwari). Umphumela wokugcina ubufana ngaso sonke isikhathi: I-RadRover 5 imane inikwa amandla yindlela yokungena, imfoloko yokungena, ama-fenders abanzi ahoxisa i-detritus elahlwe ngamathayi, imoto eqinile efaka amagquma noma imigwaqo emincane yebhayisikili. Le briser enkulu ibingenakuphepheka, ibinganqandeki futhi ibe yi-hoot yangempela yokukhubeka.

Uzizwa u-phat? Amathayi eRadRover 5's Juggernaut ahlahlela amathayi webhayisekili lezintaba ngalinye (efanele) kanye nomnyango … [+] isondo lesithuthuthu sami semoto emibili sakwaSuzuki (kwesobunxele).

Izithombe zikaRoberson

Ngibuye ngaya emsebenzini ngiyosebenza kwiRadRover 5 ngaphambi kokuthi umsebenzi wami uvalwe ngenxa yobhadane. Njengoba ngishilo ekuhlolweni okuhlukile, imizila yamabhayisikili nayo ingagandaywa, noma kunjalo iyasuswa emigwaqeni ephephile yezokuphepha, ngoba zonke izinhlayiya zokuphahlazeka kwezimoto, udoti nezithiyo zedolobha ezahlukahlukene zigcina ziphelele lapho kunasemgwaqeni . Kwakungenandaba: Ngamasondo asakazwa kakhulu njengama-20psi amaningi okucindezeleka (yebo, yilokho kuphela), ukumelana okugoqayo kwehlile futhi ngemfoloko yokungena ikhiyiwe, ama-5 athatha umbono owengeziwe wedolobha we-cruiser, nodoli Kwaqala kwangena uHummer. Ekuqaleni, ngangivame ukuqondisa izingqinamba ezingaphakathi kulayini webhayisikili njengokujwayelekile. Ekugcineni, ngivele ngaqala ukulungisa izingqinamba. Kwakwenelisa ikakhulukazi ukuchoboza amathini, izinkomishi nezinto ezigoqekayo ngesiqeshana esigcwele. Enye enye inzuzo emangazayo yamathayi abanzi: so inabile futhi abenzi bokuvikela basebenza kahle kakhulu, ukuthi ukuqhuma ngendlela yamachibi ajulile kulima umzila omkhulu wemvume kuma-pedals, ukuze i-ft yakho igcine (ikakhulukazi) yomile. Kuhle kakhulu.

Isiphetho

Amathaya ahlala njengokukhomba kwawo esithuthuthini okuyi-phat esijabulisayo ukukhubeka.

Izithombe zikaRoberson

IRadRover 5 ingumshini ojatshulelwa kakhulu. Ukuyishayela kwafaka ukumamatheka emgomeni wami ngoba kuqhume ngendlela yesimo sezulu sentwasahlobo sase-Oregon. Ama-Rad Energy Bikes afaka i-rack yangemuva kanye nesikhwama sebhayisikili se-swank Fremont nayo futhi okusize ukwenza ama-5 abe umgijimi ophumelelayo nabagijimi. Asikaze nakancane sibe necala elilodwa neRadRover 5 ngaphandle kokubheka izinselelo ezithile ezibucayi kuyo, kanye nokuyeka izithiyo, ukubhuqa ngodaka ngisho nesikhathi esithile somoya endaweni esebenzisa ipaki eligcwele ukweqa nokudonsa. Impela, yadlula lapho kuzuba ikhetha ukuthi yakhiwe ngomthofu, kepha lokho kwakulindelekile futhi kwakumnandi nokho ukuzama ukuthola umoya omncane ngaphansi kwamasondo amakhulu namathayi.

OKWENGEZIWE KUSUKELA EBUWENIIbhayisikili Elisha likaVanMoof's S3 Electric Bike: Ukuthuthuka, Ukwehla Kwamanani Amakhulu Kwenze Isivumelwano EsitayeleniBy UBill Roberson

Ngaphandle emgwaqweni - empeleni iyiphi uhlobo lomgwaqo - iRadRover 5 imane nje ayiyeki. Kuqondile ukusebenza nokubona, futhi ngiyithanda kakhulu i-twistgrip throttle ethululela ikhono nganoma yisiphi isikhathi lapho ifunwa. Futhi noma ngabe liyibhayisikili elikhulu kakhulu, isihlalo nemigoqo yeRadRover 5 iyakwazi ukuguquguquka futhi indodana yami nomlingani wami, ngamunye ongaba ngamamitha ama-5 ubude ubude, ubengenankinga yokuyisebenzisa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaRad Energy Bikes aveza imishini embalwa yokuyihlela ngendlela oyifunayo, noma ngabe iyahamba noma cha futhi inikezela nomsebenzi. Benginokungabaza kwami ​​ngokuthi ibhayisikili lamafutha lizosebenza kanjani, kepha ngifaka umbala wokuguqula. IRadRover 3 kungenzeka ingenye yamabhayisikili ajabulisa kakhulu engiwagibele eminyakeni edlule.

I-Rad Power Bikes RadRover 5: MSRP $ 1,499 Njengoba Kuhlolwe: $ 1,669

Izinketho ezingeziwe: Irack Rack yangemuva ($ 79), isikhwama seFremont pannier ($ 89)

Iradi:

• Idizayini yesondo lamafutha lokuya noma ikuphi empeleni iya cishe kunoma iyiphi indawo

• Imoto esebenza kahle kakhulu, ibhethri elihloniphekayo liyahlukahluka

• Yakhelwe ukubhuleka ngobumnene

• Kuvusa ukuzethemba ngenkathi usebenzisa

• I-Apocalypse ilungisiwe

Akunjalo Rad:

• I-headlight kungenzeka ibe phezulu kakhulu futhi ikhanye ngokwengeziwe

• Okukhulu nokusindayo, kepha ubulindeleni?

• Ukuvivinya umzimba kwangempela lapho unyathela ibhethri, noma kunjalo kuyenzeka

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