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e-bike's?
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Electric bikes could replace cars for most trips 10 miles or less, but then we would all need to have more time, so what would get cut out?
Ebike would change my 15 min commute to 1 hour.
Considering my shifts go 12.5-13 hours that would suck donkey balls.
Have thought of doing it for my commute. but even when I lived a mile from work I eventually started driving instead of biking so I figure it will be the same as the past.
if pre-COVID traffic returns it will be entertained. At the moment the commute is no biggie.
if pre-COVID traffic returns it will be entertained. At the moment the commute is no biggie.
I could, the question is to what degree of complexity (time) will it add to my commute?
I based the above 1 hour estimate on the way the trolley is looking right now with the current 55 mph max operating speed of the other trolleys.
I'm doubtful but hopeful.
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With what those things cost and California's laws on filtering and lane splitting, sign me up for a used 250 dual sport.
You'll win every bighorn sheep mating rut vs any e-bike, you'll be hilariously faster than them, and if you want to **** off the mtb crew, look no further.
You'll win every bighorn sheep mating rut vs any e-bike, you'll be hilariously faster than them, and if you want to **** off the mtb crew, look no further.
You drive a mile to work?
When I was living with housemates in Mission, and before I got a bike, I'd walk to work when it wasn't raining. With all the city traffic, then walking to and waiting at the bus stop, it was maybe 10-15 minutes longer to walk those two miles than take the bus.
Walking also meant i didn't have to deal with bus people.
If you rode a bike, you could get some exercise and wear spandex.
after looking at that lemond prolog, I just went down a hidden motor rabbit hole. crazy shvt that the competitive cycling world produces.
used to. big hill and busy street. biked at first in the summer but dark and cold put me back in the car.You drive a mile to work?
When I was living with housemates in Mission, and before I got a bike, I'd walk to work when it wasn't raining. With all the city traffic, then walking to and waiting at the bus stop, it was maybe 10-15 minutes longer to walk those two miles than take the bus.
Walking also meant i didn't have to deal with bus people.
If you rode a bike, you could get some exercise and wear spandex.
lived in that place less than a year. coincidentally sold my car right after I moved and was biking from further away for a stint.
Our new Business Office VP has one. I see him on Soquel Blvd in the mornings. One swerve.... When it's raining, if there's a big puddle on the roadway......
Just about everyone it appears. Besides Specialized, no bike shops can keep them in stock.
I was against them until I understood their purpose. In dad-mode, time is limited. I can now double-lap some local downhill loops in the same or less amount of time it took me to do it on a regular mtb. So, if the wife gives me 2 hours, I get twice the amount of downhill...twice the fun. I still ride my other bikes just as much or more, but the e-mtb servers its purpose; they are not just for lazy, overweight dentists.
Watch what you say about dentists, when all this passes you will need your teeth cleaned and probably more than that.
Local logistics allowing, If you can afford the time and adopt the temperament to ride anything other than a car to commute, you will be a stronger person, but if it stresses you and screws up the rest of your life, that's not good.
Efficiency is in the eye of the beholder, as was Jerry Lee Lewis's 13 year old cousin. I don't know why that came up but it's a fun fact here 65 years later? Kids and their parents even are like "who?".
Local logistics allowing, If you can afford the time and adopt the temperament to ride anything other than a car to commute, you will be a stronger person, but if it stresses you and screws up the rest of your life, that's not good.
Efficiency is in the eye of the beholder, as was Jerry Lee Lewis's 13 year old cousin. I don't know why that came up but it's a fun fact here 65 years later? Kids and their parents even are like "who?".
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