Case for NOT motorizing your bike
09-22-20, 08:47 AM
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Why are so many people so worried about people that ride e-bikes??? You have absolutely no idea what their reasons are.
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09-22-20, 03:58 PM
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It's the same thing at UH (maybe not this year). Parking is insane there.
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09-23-20, 01:11 PM
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Several years ago I had cancer, and after that I couldn't ride.
I got an e-bike last year, and I've done several hundred miles so far this year. Got the wife an e-bike, too, she needed one to keep up.
It's changed my life for the better.
But it's not just me, half of all bike sales in Germany are ebikes now. They are selling like hotcakes across much of Europe. They are a thing now.
Mine is a class one, meaning it's limited to 20mph. I never use trails, I'd like the ability to cruise in the low 20s.
We are in a new era. There are going to be more people riding, and many of them will be on ebikes. Which means we need to get our idiot politicians to upgrade the streets for bike riding, and regulations to keep people safe.
I got an e-bike last year, and I've done several hundred miles so far this year. Got the wife an e-bike, too, she needed one to keep up.
It's changed my life for the better.
But it's not just me, half of all bike sales in Germany are ebikes now. They are selling like hotcakes across much of Europe. They are a thing now.
Mine is a class one, meaning it's limited to 20mph. I never use trails, I'd like the ability to cruise in the low 20s.
We are in a new era. There are going to be more people riding, and many of them will be on ebikes. Which means we need to get our idiot politicians to upgrade the streets for bike riding, and regulations to keep people safe.
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09-29-20, 06:34 PM
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All good points, but e-bikes are here. A more fruitful discussion would be how to use/co-opt/capitalize on/whatever, that fact to improve infrastructure for regular bicycles
