• Odelay42@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I want to ride a bike really bad, but cars have killed more cyclists in my city year over year my entire life.

      It’s just simply terrifying out there when a douche in an Escalade is in a hurry.

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        11 months ago

        You could just get a small EV like a Citroën Ami but having more than two wheels on a vehicle does make you an eco-terrorist according to Lemmy.

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          11 months ago

          We hardly have any small EVs in the US. I’m keen on the mini that’s coming out next year, but 40k is a big ask for a short commute.

          I guess it’s busloads of tweakers for me for a while.

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      11 months ago

      I stopped riding my motorcycle because of idiots in cars. No way in hell am I taking an electric bicycle to get groceries

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      11 months ago

      If electric bikes were the only thing allowed on back roads, it would work great.

      Edit: yeah, it would involve extreme changes to bike design so that they could carry more things, and there is always a need for a tractor, a semi hauling things, and moving vans.

      I suppose for rural cycling to work safely, it would need a network of separate paths, plus some bike lanes attached to the roads in strategic places.

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        11 months ago

        If electric bikes were the only thing allowed on back roads, you’d never be able to make enough grocery/dump/Tractor Supply runs to have time for anything else in your life.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t think you understand what rural means. There were people who had to travel 1 hr+ by car to get to the local grocery store where I came from. An ebike isn’t appropriate for places where you may need to travel 60+ miles, and/or in snow or bad conditions that might persist for weeks, and/or in ungodly hot / humid conditions that also persist for weeks. All three of those are true for decent swaths of the year in my area.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted. Electric bikes are a great solution for those that don’t need to haul much or go far. Weather permitting of course. I sold my ICE sedan about a year ago and don’t miss it.

      • calypsopub@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Personally I have the grace of Jar Jar Binks. My last few forays on a bike, when I was younger and less frail, were disastrous. Proponents of E-bikes must be very young and fit, I guess? Because all of us older, disabled, or just plain clutzy people need four wheels and walls of metal between us and the world.

        Having said that, I wouldn’t mind having a glorified golf cart to run around town. Seal me in from the weather and give me AC and Bluetooth, that’s all I ask.