Unfortunately the bike took a lot of abuse in the past week. I took it to the San Jose EAA meeting on March 8th where it received a good deal of attention. I left the bike at work because this week I moved into a house in San Mateo and began setting up the garage. We rode the bike around at the office until a high speed run into a speed bump broke the handlebars off. A subsequent fall damaged the battery box on one side and bent the crank assembly at the end of the extention tube. Rather than fix the bike, I decided to build another bike with a full suspension and some meters so I can finally make good quantitative measurements.
Max speed achieved: 21mph
Max speed achieved in one “short” block: 19mph
Average speed: 13-15mph