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Electric Bikes: A Less-Polluting Option For Commutes & Errands In The “New Normal”
(cleantechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
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How do I stop someone from stealing it? I'm for it but I live in suburbia and the stores don't have bike racks for anything other than a parking lot. It's not a "bad" area but it has people. A $500 bike is one thing but a $1500 bike is another.
I don't think there is any secure bike parking as mentioned in the article and I'm not talking daily commute to work. If anyone has any tips I'm open to ideas.
You can get a $1500 electric bike? The only ones I've seen at the bike shop all start around $5000. I can get a car for $5000.
You can get e-bikes for under 2k but they have some definite drawbacks. I wonder if the ones in the bike shop are all super high end models or mountain bikes. Even very nice e-bikes are around 3k, if they're designed for city use. Check out this list here https://bikexchange.com/best-electric-city-bikes/
I bought a cheap 500w electric mountain bike for $600, beat the shit out of it in the mountains, and it still runs fine. You definitely don't need to drop a couple grand just to commute around town.
Place near me sells electric bikes for like $2200 CAD so about $1600-$1800 US
You can get an e bike for less than $500 now.
That's less than a regular bike costs. Is it any good at all?
They are ok. Heavier, not super nice. But comfortable enough for 30 min or so.
You can get a new bike for $5000. You can't get a new car for $5000 (unless you live in China). You can get a car for $5000 of course, but it won't be a nice new car.