http://www.dnevno.hr/auto-techno/auto-moto/veliki-uspjeh-rimca-policija-cape-towna-kupila-njegove-elektricne-bicikle-za-borbu-protiv-kriminala-903210

Author: Marcel Holjevac
Saturday, 12 March 2016 at 14:42

City of Cape Town will buy a fleet of electric bikes to fight the crime surge on the Table Mountain. This flat-topped mountain, after which it was named, is the hallmark of the city and it is very popular tourist destination to which leads the cable car, and in South Africa crime flourishes, it has recently become a popular destination for criminals who not only rob but also kill the tourists.

Mountain bike rider says that the Cape Town police in South Africa decided to fight against the epidemic of murders and rapes on a that mountain using Greyp G12 e-bikes, manufactured by Rimac from the Sveta Nedelja in Croatia (Europe), which powered by electric drive achieves a speed of 70km / h. Motorcycles, even those electric, on the mountain trails would be illegal to use, but as, technically a Rimac's Greyp is technically a bicycle there is no problem.

Why electric? For environmental reasons, of course: a vehicle with an internal combustion engine is otherwise generally not be used in national parks and protected areas, and there is an area where for the Rimac's product is a lot of space.

Bicycles have specifications such as those for "World Cup downhill 's RockShox Boxxer front fork, RockShox Vivid suspension and Shimano Saint brakes, which are used for converting the regeneration, or recharge the battery, thereby extending the range. "We hope that the wheels Rimac own production can withstand shock at such high speeds," write the MBR, the specialized magazine that deals with mountain biking. Box Rimčevog bike is steel, and the outer panels are made of carbon fiber. Charging time is short 80 minutes, a fairly considerable reach 120 kilometers. Batteries are very light and high capacity, making it Greyp currently the market leader. Each bike is fairly considerable 8,440 euros, without transportation and giving. The exact number of bikes that they intend to buy has not been published, but it is definitely good news.

Police Cape Town currently uses a fleet of off-road motorcycles and other off-road vehicles to patrol with this space, but these vehicles, they say, do not have the versatility and universality and can not reach all the hiding places in the mountains, which stretches over a vast area. Robbie Roberts, the chief of police of the city of Cape Town, told local media "Cape Talk": "You can switch to electricity and him to visit the entire mountain. What is also very good that unlocks the fingerprint, it only can bring. "In Cape Town police are hoping that the use of these bikes also because of environmental and practical reasons, extend the beach and other parts of the city, and believe that the time and save substantially compared to the usual patrol vehicles, due to low maintenance costs and usage. "Bicycles officially Greyp are imported, and the combination of a normal motorcycle and bicycle," said Robberts. Too bad that none of the media has carried a report that the city's daily newspaper "Cape Talk," as well as the police chief, did not say where they are imported ...

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