Better for the environment, better use of urban spaces, cheaper to maintain the infrastructure, lowered healthcare costs, far fewer people being killed going to work, less dependency on oil, more affordable for families…
Wouldn’t it just be cheaper overall for the governments of the world to gift every household an e-bike? Surely, it would be more sustainable than having more and more and more large vehicles with one occupant doing less than <10km of driving all day long, no?
The biggest hurdle is the lack of bike infrastructure (manly bike paths and parking)
There’s tons of bike infrastructure everywhere. We’ve just collectively decided that it should exclusively belong to cars.
Hell, even a regular moped…I had a gas powered genuine buddy 50 in college. That thing had a ~1.5 gallon tank, which I only had to fill up once a week. I got 80-100 mpg depending on how much I had to do. It was insane.
50-100mpg?
My 125cc sportbike gets 125-150mpg. I’m saving the planet! 😊
I hate electric bikes as they pass me on a hill as I sweat my butt off going up it, but I love this headline. More people on electric and more people on bikes please.
If you’re sweating that much, why not just downshift? It’s slower, but it’s also easier!
I go uphill to go downhill. Enduro is my jam. The hills I go up are in the lowest gear already, they’re just steep.
Just get robot legs
I know just the man for the job.
“‘Zone 2?’ More like danger zone!”
As a youngin, I used to bike to school often. For some reason I made it a point of pride to never downshift from the highest gears front and back. Took some getting used to when you had to push it when going around tight corners very slowly. Ended up with melon cracking thighs
“You’re nuts junior!”
This is an interesting observation: emotorcycles, escooters, etc. can lead the way to low carbon transport.
My issue is that for months every year it is colder than I like for two wheeled transportation. I have a motorcycle but don’t want to use it below 50 F and will not use it on snow/ice. I’ve seen some better ways to handle this (enclosures, etc.) but they’re not common. I hope good cold weather solutions for 2 wheel transport DO become more common along with being more electrified.
I’ll still commute to -30°C, but I’m not likely to use a bike for any other trips under -10°C.
That was interesting. Thanks.
I still commute when it’s cold, but past a certain point I stop using my ebike and switch to my hybrid because battery. A waterproof/breathable shell with appropriate levels of insulation really helps a lot in terms of comfort.
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