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  • corm@sopuli.xyzOP
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    1 year ago

    You don’t have to ride at the top speed. My car tops out over 160mph but I drive the speed limit.

    Having more motor power just means less chance of a nosedive at any speed.

    Why not just ride it at jogging speed?

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      1 year ago

      My question stands I suppose - is this meant for the street? I usually see these on sidewalks zipping through crowds, so I’m just imagining that if you gave someone one that could do 22, they’d be doing that instead of the 10 or whatever most do.

      Side note, is there a practical limit on acceleration given how fast you can change the position of your body? The ground speed is just a product of trying to keep the center of mass above the center of the tire’s contact patch, right? If you just lean forward and push it to go faster until it hits it’s limit, wouldn’t you go over from the Δa?