<story><title>Show HN: Long Range E-Bike</title><url>https://jacquesmattheij.com/long-range-ebike/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>twodave</author><text>Awesome project Jacques! I saw a comment of yours on an article a day or two ago and was hoping to see this pop up soon.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve found the most difficult thing about riding an e-bike is the other motorists have no idea how to react to you. You&amp;#x27;re not really a regular bicycle anymore due to your speed, but you&amp;#x27;re also not a motorcycle that deserves its own lane. I have at least one car turn in front of me almost every trip out just because they&amp;#x27;re misjudging my speed. I get honked and yelled at when on the road because folks get frustrated when I&amp;#x27;m using the left-hand side of the right-turn lane as a bike path.&lt;p&gt;Sidewalks&amp;#x2F;bike paths tend to be a lot less safe in residential areas as well, since cars coming out of their driveways really don&amp;#x27;t expect an e-bike to come rolling through. I&amp;#x27;ve learned to dramatically reduce speed in areas like this.&lt;p&gt;Aside from those things, I love it! I ride the e-bike whenever I&amp;#x27;m going somewhere in range (I live in Florida so things tend to be spread out) and the weather permits. My bike gets about 80km which is more than enough for anyplace I want to go on a bicycle anyway.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>salmonellaeater</author><text>&amp;gt; but you&amp;#x27;re also not a motorcycle that deserves its own lane. I have at least one car turn in front of me almost every trip out just because they&amp;#x27;re misjudging my speed. I get honked and yelled at when on the road because folks get frustrated when I&amp;#x27;m using the left-hand side of the right-turn lane as a bike path.&lt;p&gt;Cycling is my primary mode of transportation, and I&amp;#x27;ve found a couple things help with this:&lt;p&gt;1. Take the lane any time there&amp;#x27;s a chance of conflict such as a right hook, and when there is not enough space for a car to safely pass [1][2]&lt;p&gt;2. Use a headlight all the time, even during the day. This is what motorcyclists do, and when I made this change I noted a major drop in the number of drivers that turn without noticing me.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Vehicular_cycling#Lane_control&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Vehicular_cycling#Lane_control&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] This page has descriptions of several types of collision, with example videos and how to choose a lane position that avoids them: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;iamtraffic.org&amp;#x2F;engineering&amp;#x2F;behaviors-and-risk&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;iamtraffic.org&amp;#x2F;engineering&amp;#x2F;behaviors-and-risk&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: Long Range E-Bike</title><url>https://jacquesmattheij.com/long-range-ebike/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>twodave</author><text>Awesome project Jacques! I saw a comment of yours on an article a day or two ago and was hoping to see this pop up soon.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve found the most difficult thing about riding an e-bike is the other motorists have no idea how to react to you. You&amp;#x27;re not really a regular bicycle anymore due to your speed, but you&amp;#x27;re also not a motorcycle that deserves its own lane. I have at least one car turn in front of me almost every trip out just because they&amp;#x27;re misjudging my speed. I get honked and yelled at when on the road because folks get frustrated when I&amp;#x27;m using the left-hand side of the right-turn lane as a bike path.&lt;p&gt;Sidewalks&amp;#x2F;bike paths tend to be a lot less safe in residential areas as well, since cars coming out of their driveways really don&amp;#x27;t expect an e-bike to come rolling through. I&amp;#x27;ve learned to dramatically reduce speed in areas like this.&lt;p&gt;Aside from those things, I love it! I ride the e-bike whenever I&amp;#x27;m going somewhere in range (I live in Florida so things tend to be spread out) and the weather permits. My bike gets about 80km which is more than enough for anyplace I want to go on a bicycle anyway.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stef25</author><text>Whatever you do in traffic, be very careful. I&amp;#x27;m still driving a car and inner city traffic is basically slaloming between cyclists. If something goes wrong, only one of us will end up in hospital.&lt;p&gt;I do also ride my bike on weekends have have been riding a 650cc motorbike for 15+ years, so not at all against 2 wheels. It&amp;#x27;s just that most people on two wheels seem to have started very recently and they don&amp;#x27;t know how to behave.</text></comment>