[geeks] Electric bike?

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From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
> Tue, 18 Jul 2006 @ 15:46 -0400, James Fogg said:
> 
> > A friend gutted a smaller street-type motorcycle and converted it to
> > electric many years ago. The Cambridge Massachusetts Police asked him to
> > stop using it because it was too quiet and pedestrians might walk out in
> > front of him.
> 
> I can see it now: in the future when electric vehicles are common, we'll
> end up with laws requiring the cars to have noise makers built in.

Time to get a clothespin and put a playing card in the spokes.....

Bob