Posted on 08/02/2022 10:40:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
I have no problem e-biking to work as long as my employer counts the extra commute time as part of my 8 hours(might even stop for a coffee)
and paid days off during inclement weather
No. It’s much less powerful and even on the highest settings you have to peddle. It allows Mr. Mercat to continue to ride although he still uses his road bike.
The Delfast Top 3.0 is regarded as fastest electric bike in the world. With a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h), the Top 3.0 holds the title as the fastest production e-bike. This is the result of using a 3000 W electric motor, powered by a high-capacity battery. However, we did not include it in our list because we consider it to blurring the lines between an electric motorbike than a true e-bike,
I think the lines are beginning to blur: https://electric-biking.com/fastest-electric-bike/
ahahaha. There’s no way they’d get my husband to ride a bicycle to work—ever. Nope.
Well there are a couple hundred “free” e bikes scattered around Reno.
Unless policing and crime trends change, I'm not going to resume riding my e-bike to work.
Definitely***not*** a bike friendly area.
But.....Some urban and suburban areas are. My city is one of them.
The second picture reminded me of my dad complaining about people going slow up a hill where there was a no passing zone, and then fast down the hill when passing was allowed. Most bikers are the worst because they never think of pulling over. Most farmers did.
My wife was always at the ready while I was riding my e-bike until I texted safe arrival at work. I was allowed to ride my bike thru the plant and go up the freight elevator to my office. That was a quarter mile walk from the car parking lot. So that was nice. I actually got to my job faster on bike than by car.
“ Anyone saying the smog is terrible today never grew up in the 60s in Southern California!!”
We used to drive into Manhattan on a day like today to see a Schaefer concert in Central Park or so ($2.50 to see Mew Riders or Hot Tuna). On the LIE just coming over the Manhasset hill you could see the skyline smeared in a brown haze. It’s not like that any more. We cleaned it up. And not for the sake of leftist politicians. People have brains and they care about their surroundings
Northwest Arkansas is very bike friendly and depending on where you live, you could bike to work. Lots of the apartment complexes are on trails.
It might be quicker to commute with an e-bike Certainly, not an every day option, but if I was young I’d look into it.
When Covid has everything shut down in 2020-21-—the freeways were empty & the air was the worst since the early 60’s.
Bikes are unsafe - equivalent to motorcycles. Ten times more dangerous than driving a car.
The only people riding a bike to work in southern NH are the ones who got a DUI and lost their license.
You old enough to remember when all the L.A. city bus drivers went on strike and the visibility was incredible?
Bikers are too busy virtue-signalling to be courteous.
“because it just seems so common-sense,”
Typical airhead liberal, oblivious to terrain as in hlls/mountains, and weather, as in rain/snow/high wind.
Of course temperature is ignored. Ever rid a by cycle in the Santa Ana winds?
“Do you people really want the same transportation infrastructure as downtown Shanghai?”
Your post brought back a memory for me from when I was in grammar school in the 1960s. We’d bet these newsletters from some agency the school contracted with, current event type stuff. In the days way before all news channels and the internet, it was a neat way to read about stuff happening around the world.
The article I recall now was about how people in underdeveloped countries, maybe China or India in the story, didn’t have cars and had to ride bikes to work and around for basic transportation. The story came complete with photos of tons of adults on bikes (which in itself was weird for a preteen kid to fathom) and I felt so bad for them.
Now, here we are. Promoting this 1960s third world transportation for the USA. Unbelievable.
My most versatile "bike" is a Suzuki DR650. It's quite capable of transporting my 65 year old hide to places I shouldn't go. 55 MPG on regular 87 octane fuel. I use only ethanol free gas. The other bikes in the garage are being "rehabbed" to repair fuel system damage caused by ethanol added to the fuel.
Scooters(under 50cc engine) are popular along the Atlantic coast of NH in the summer because parking at the beach is so limited. I saw a guy on Saturday with a rack for his surf board on the side.
Motorcycles are fun. I had three of them from the age of 14 until my son was born 25 years ago. Then I decided they were too dangerous.
Motorcycles/scooters and bicycles are practical in warm weather places like Bermuda or the Caribbean. Not so much in places with snow and ice in the winter.
IF they really want to reduce energy use, they need to increase the incentives for adding insulation to residences.
I would guess that 75% of houses in the US do not have enough insulation. Even if they were built 25 years ago.
There was:
Homeowners can be eligible for a tax credit of up to $500 or 10% of qualified energy efficiency improvements, such as insulation.
It expired in 2022.
Adding insulation to a structure is probably the best ROI you can put into your house. Much better than kitchens and baths. It typically pays itself off in reduced energy costs within 5 years.
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