Ebike Tales of Triumph and Disaster January 3rd - Dogs & Bikes, Ebikes are a lifeline

[@Toby10]

🤣🤣 what to say very simple Martin. I understood the boy's name correctly.... The dog's greatest nature is to reach its prey. When you stop and suddenly freeze, the dog does not sink its blow to those who are already helpless and in difficulty. Unless it is an aggressive dog with character problems due to the violence of its owner. This story was beautiful, it took me 30 minutes to translate but it was worth😀❤️ it, If I understood correctly, he also had respect for you🐕😁, I remember the sentence it seems to me: (too easy)😂.. This is a good disaster, a good story. On the other hand, it reminded me of a part of my life where I used to ride my bike to work and I had the same difficulty as him: he didn't have a car. In those days it was even more difficult, I didn't even have an e-bike, I just had a normal bike. Today it's called a muscle bike. I understand very well what this person said... Great sacrifices to then make up for an old four-wheeled wreck. Which I hold up today, still standing. with needle and thread 😅😂😂 Heartfelt best wishes to this person, who can improve his position and his life. ❤️💯🤞

[@HighVoltageKits]

Great that you got it translated ok. It's a good point regarding a dog's training as well. Cheers Marco.

[@ianbourne4084]

Love what you're doing here, hearing the ugly, bad and transformative. My heart goes out to your last story. I work in a large ish institution and there's a cheery ex-army dude who used to always ride analog but then moved into the hills near me and quickly came to my realization... Sure he can ride analog but with 5 to 600 meters of climbing, e-bikes are more fun. Now that he has an e-bike I mentioned an e-bike event I had created to show more people what a game changer e-bikes are. His response surprised me, ... 'wow, great idea, lots of ex army hate being confined in vehicles due to PTSD and feeling like a sitting duck. They'd love an event like that.' Bikes and e-bikes allow their senses to scan for danger and they feel so much safer. A real eye opener for this greeny motivated ebiker.

[@HighVoltageKits]

Fantastic. Glad that he found ebikes. That's a good point with ex forces. Great for rehab from injury as well. Great comment.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Or, they hate being in crowded (public transport) vehicles because of a long history of being attacked for no apparent reason - due to being disabled. I *have* been told I have PTSD. Thanks for an explanation as to why I feel so uncomfortable in crowds.

[@colincampbell4261]

The more people who discover DIY ebikes the better, imo.

[@HighVoltageKits]

100%

[@colincampbell4261]

Great stories.

[@HighVoltageKits]

Thanks Colin

[@billweaver3867]

Great stories and follow up comments. A real pleasure to hear of people responding to the needs of others rather than being a "jobsworth". Thanks.

[@HighVoltageKits]

Appreciate it. Thanks 👌 😊

[@seanchadwick6182]

Keep.up the good work mate

[@HighVoltageKits]

Thanks Sean, appreciated

[@ericthedesigner]

My daily riding plans have to include the thought of my bike being stolen. Where I go depends on how many cameras are in the store parking lots, time of day and what day of the week. I am super lucky that I know the door guy at Walmart and he lets me put my bike inside the first set of doors where he can see it. I give him a 5 spot like a true door man deserves.

[@HighVoltageKits]

What a star!

[@JohnDoe-yoyoyo]

Three or four years ago, on a nice sunny summer day at my local off leash dog park which is technically a mixed use park that is frequented by hundreds of dogs weekly I witnessed a man riding his mountain bike through the park and the pack of dogs who collectively decided they weren't having any of his shenanigans. At the peak of excited activity the cyclist dismounted in an attempt to put his bike between himself and the dogs but he was severely outnumbered by approximately 12 - 15 dogs and his only defense was to spin in place, swinging his bike around in a circle to fend off the pack until the many owners came to leash and collect their dogs. Nobody was injured, it was humorous to see as a bystander but I can only imagine how terrifying it must have been for the cyclist.

[@HighVoltageKits]

This gave me a chuckle. I'll have to read this one for sure.

[@dennisyoung4631]

I couldn’t buy what I needed, so I had to build what I needed. Besides, no one sells *electric mules* - not fast, but able to climb almost any hill, and can tow trailers - 12 - 17 miles an hour, and hours of riding on a charge… (big battery).

[@HighVoltageKits]

Good job. The OEM market always disappoints for things like that. The restrictions limiting variety I think. Cheers

[@kuri5771]

Try being chased by two Pitbulls, got passed them hot on my pedals lol they almost got cleaned up at a T junction when I took a hard right and they went straight into traffic 🤣 lucky for them they never got hit lol

[@HighVoltageKits]

That's insane. Happy to hear that you escaped being lunch.

[@flyingtime5501]

That's my worst fear biking too far from home base. People never keep their dogs on their property. I'm still ready for a cross country trip tho!

[@goranfilov359]

❤🫶🫶🫶❤🇲🇰👋🇲🇰👋🇲🇰

[@HighVoltageKits]

Cheers Goran!