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Electric Bikes: A Less-Polluting Option For Commutes & Errands In The “New Normal” (cleantechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Place near me sells electric bikes for like $2200 CAD so about $1600-$1800 US

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can get an e bike for less than $500 now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's less than a regular bike costs. Is it any good at all?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

They are ok. Heavier, not super nice. But comfortable enough for 30 min or so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

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.