Surfing the Web to find out if the General Wesley Clark for President rumors are true? Who cares? What I want to know more about are the WaveCrest electric bikes that Clark is promoting. In the past I've ridiculed a certain other electric bike because (a) it is designed to look like a dinky moped (b) it goes slower than my road bike (~22mph in the flats) (c) it is designed to look like a dinky moped.
WaveCrest's bike, on the other hand, (a) is designed on a mountain bike frame (b) gets up to 30mph (c) can be taken off road, possibly even mountain biking (one of its intended applications is military use). Also, the bike has pedals - though none of the videos actually show the pedals being used so I'm not clear as to how functional they are (though they are mounted on a triple chainring).
What else makes the WaveCrest special? Their key technology is advertised as an adaptive electric propulsion system that can reconfigure the torque/efficiency of the motor thousands of times per second. Their first application is a bike, as that is the easiest, but in the future they are eyeing the automotive industry. - Election Race? First, Check Out This Bike - Another press release with video links in the sidebar
