Lightweight e-bikes, capabilities and transport

[Rolfe]

Yes, I couldn't help pointing out to a couple of friends at the weekend that my EV had just had its first MOT and miraculously it still had the same brakes, tyres and battery, it hadn't fallen through any multi-storey floor or caught fire. They were fans of Mac-the-****!

I watched a recent MacMaster video, and although the comments are the same knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing drek as always, the actual video was verging on pro-EV. It's thinly disguised EVangelism now. He even did a King Gama one.

 

[GaryMG4]

I watched a recent MacMaster video, and although the comments are the same knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing drek as always, the actual video was verging on pro-EV. It's thinly disguised EVangelism now. He even did a King Gama one.

I blocked him some time ago so I don't see his dross any more.

 

[Rolfe]

I occasionally take a look to see what he's up to.

 

[T1 Terry]

I watched a recent MacMaster video, and although the comments are the same knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing drek as always, the actual video was verging on pro-EV. It's thinly disguised EVangelism now. He even did a King Gama one.

Love the description, I can picture a number of locals that fit into the description category, generally seen outside the old pub sitting around the tall tables on barstools looking like derros ..... just another attraction for the tourists to gork at I guess

T1 Terry

 

[Rolfe]

@Rolfe here's some bedtime reading for you.

EAPC standards and legal requirements

www.gov.uk

Yeah, it has the 250-watt limit in there, which is what I'm being told is no longer practically applicable.

 

[Rolfe]

I have the latest and greatest eye tests every 12 weeks, then they stick needles in them The eye sight is 20/20 now both the cataracts have been done, but because the left eye has the reading lens, I need glasses for driving a heavy vehicle and reading glasses for my right eye if I'm going to do a lot of reading, or the eyes are tired or there is very low light.
The knees aren't real flash, so riding without battery assistance is a thing of the past now, I'd fall over once I stopped

T1 Terry

I had both eyes set for distance vision so if I don't need to read or see anything close up in detail I don't need glasses. In practice I wear varifocals most of the time so I don't need to keep taking reading glasses off and on.

 

[T1 Terry]

I had both eyes set for distance vision so if I don't need to read or see anything close up in detail I don't need glasses. In practice I wear varifocals most of the time so I don't need to keep taking reading glasses off and on.

That was the reason for one of each, I'd forever be walking back to pick up my reading glasses when in the workshop or taking my distance glasses off to read the dash and cameras when driving.
Now I have one of each, I can take the polarised glasses off and still see the road and signs clearly as well as the gauges on the dash and cameras and mirrors.....

T1 Terry

 

[Rolfe]

I watched a recent MacMaster video, and although the comments are the same knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing drek as always, the actual video was verging on pro-EV. It's thinly disguised EVangelism now. He even did a King Gama one.

It occurs to me that not everyone will get the King Gama reference. He is a character in the G&S opera Princess Ida, in fact Ida's father. His principal delight is complaining, and the joke is that his captors have given him absolutely everything he wants so he's miserable because he has nothing to complain about. His big patter-song has the line, "Isn't my life exceedingly flat, with nothing whatever to grumble at!" His suffering is such that Ida surrenders.

The MacMaster actually did a video with a clickbait title about how much he regrets buying the new Taycan, and it's just that. The car is so perfect that he doesn't have the content for his moaning videos any more. (He's also started doing sensible things like using ultra-rapid chargers and not charging to 100%.)

 

[Rolfe]

That was the reason for one of each, I'd forever be walking back to pick up my reading glasses when in the workshop or taking my distance glasses off to read the dash and cameras when driving.
Now I have one of each, I can take the polarised glasses off and still see the road and signs clearly as well as the gauges on the dash and cameras and mirrors.....

T1 Terry

Everyone has different reasons for their choices. Some people find that they don't need glasses at all with the eyes set at different focal lengths. But I wanted perfect distance vision and I'm quite happy to wear the varifocals. I really only take them off in the theatre or cinema, or when descending a rough track or uneven stairs (to see clearly where I'm putting my feet). I can drive without them but the dashboard readouts are slightly out of focus.

I actually keep them on outside most of the time because I find I want to look at my phone, and their being photochromic means I don't have to worry about sunglasses unless it's very bright, and actually if I'm cycling or riding they protect my eyes quite significantly.

 

[T1 Terry]

That is the great thing about these lenses for cataract surgery, you can pick and choose as required.
I had to do a few days with reading prescription contact lenses to make sure my brain would switch between which eye could see the best automatically ..... I absolutely hated them, no idea how people can put up with contact lenses, I was glad to be rid of them as soon as the proof on function test was over .....
Even now, I have to close one eye or the other to determine which one is doing the looking, if I close my left eye. the screen is unreadable, but it isn't as clear with the right eye closed and only looking through the left eye, now it will take half an hr for it to get the balance right again
I don't need glasses to read or to drive to see, I only need the glasses for driving a heavy vehicle for legal reasons .....

T1 Terry

 

[Rolfe]

That's how it's meant to work. I just didn't fancy it. I'd got used to wearing glasses over the previous 28 years, despite not wearing them before then.