E-Bikes Are Real Bikes: "Real" Cycling Should Not Equate to Suffering
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From transforming daily commutes to bridging the gap for non-cyclists, e-bikes are the most significant evolution in cycling since the mountain bike—and that’s a win for all.
  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I keep thinking about getting something like this but realistically ….

    • where could you park it? It’s already a common recommendation to buy a trash bike for those times you need to park it somewhere for any extended period. Now you want an even more expensive bike to get vandalized or stolen?
    • dangerous streets is a bigger reason to not drive than my bad knees, and this has been significantly worse since everyone forgot how to drive over pandemic. Now being a pedestrian feels dangerous. On the sidewalk. (One intersection near me frequently has winter tire tracks over the sidewalk from idiots cutting the corner really badly). At every intersection (cars no longer stop before right on red, nor for pedestrian crossing signal). Even in ine way roads (twice this winter we had to pause crossing the street for a car going the wrong way and not stopping)
    • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I have an electric bike for my commute and love it so much. Hated riding a bike until this one, it’s like a dream of riding a bike.

      1. At work I park it inside the office, they are fine with that, it’s a conversation piece. At home I park it inside. At yoga or the grocery, I lock it, and if it’s not too humid I pop the battery out and take it with me, and also have theft & damage insurance, which was not expensive.

      2. Yeah, it’s dangerous. Going to work I have long mostly uninterrupted sidewalks to use, or there is a path on small roads, and I walk it across larger intersections and stop or almost stop and look at every crossroads, even if I have right of way. If there are pedestrians using the sidewalk I use the road, like a car, stopping at lights. I don’t feel less safe than when walking, and don’t think the safety issue can be fixed by not biking and walking, it can only be fixed by more of us choosing not to drive daily. But totally agree, and statistics support, it’s objectively dangerous here to ride a bike.