Thread: Ebikes take off
View Single Post
Old 12-06-21, 10:46 PM
  #4  
cat0020
Ride more, eat less
 
cat0020's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Philla PA, Hoboken NJ, Brooklyn NY
Posts: 2,069

Bikes: Too many but never enough.

Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 713 Post(s)
Liked 728 Times in 448 Posts
Here in NYC metro, ebikes are seen just about every intersection, multiples of them passing by in the streets.
They operate 24/7, all weather, 30-60 miles per day, most of them are Grubhub, Doordash and other deliveries. They are ridden mostly with throttle operation only, very little pedaling, some carry spare battery on the bike for extended range, but most just charge the battery when return to their "home base" of operation.
I would say that 90% of them are cheap, Chinese, hub-driven ebikes that cost under $1500 with large battery capacity, like the Arrow 10 ebikes.
https://www.roadbikerider.com/nyc-arrow-e-bike-brand/
I know some couriers can make up to $200-$250 per day doing deliveries, usually on poor weather conditions when people don't want to be out shopping for themselves.

​​
​​

Last edited by cat0020; 12-07-21 at 07:51 AM.
cat0020 is offline