(Pie ... in the sky??? OMG, who's showed you those old Wonder Wart-Hog strips?) [reminisces] on the High-Park-to-Beeton-and-back century ride we used to stop at the Pine Valley pie shop in midafternoon for a small slice of apple pie with Balderson cheddar. And tea. Lots of tea. [/reminisces]
A friend of mine rides one, but he's not on LJ. A fellow bass in Common Thread, Larry Crakower, QC.
They are the subject of a legal experiment up here, provisionally given the status of regular bicycles, no rider's license required. The definition is loose enough that some resemble electrically-powered Vespas with absurdly wide-spaced pedals for legality, though. Larry's is a real bicycle-looking bike. Try these websites: http://www.daymak.com/bikes-toronto/eb/mainsect.html http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2006/10/04/e-bike-ontario.html http://www.electric-bikes.com/
The legal situation will vary from one jurisdiction to the next, of course.
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Date: 2008-06-21 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-22 04:02 am (UTC)[reminisces] on the High-Park-to-Beeton-and-back century ride we used to stop at the Pine Valley pie shop in midafternoon for a small slice of apple pie with Balderson cheddar. And tea. Lots of tea. [/reminisces]
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Date: 2008-06-26 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-26 11:14 pm (UTC)They are the subject of a legal experiment up here, provisionally given the status of regular bicycles, no rider's license required. The definition is loose enough that some resemble electrically-powered Vespas with absurdly wide-spaced pedals for legality, though. Larry's is a real bicycle-looking bike. Try these websites:
http://www.daymak.com/bikes-toronto/eb/mainsect.html
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2006/10/04/e-bike-ontario.html
http://www.electric-bikes.com/
The legal situation will vary from one jurisdiction to the next, of course.
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Date: 2008-06-21 09:34 pm (UTC)