New Bike Time

[GaryInVA]

Congrats on the new bike! New bike day is always fun
Ride that thing everywhere. My brother is putting in 100 mile weekends on his ebike now.

[Thunktank]

My wife bought an e bike too.

Never bought insurance for bicycles before!

Reprogrammed it to better match my riding style. It’s a bit less aggressive at level one and two for low speed situations, at higher levels of 5-7 I can get a bit more top end speed or torque for straight aways and steep hills.

[coco]

When I was in Okinawa, it was fairly easy for me to live car-free. The grocery store and everything else you might need were close by. America, by contrast, is car-centric, with a great deal of distance between the places you need to go to regularly. An e-bike seems like a good choice if you want to cut down on car usage, which you might want to do if gas went to $15/gal. You know, next month. It extends range and makes you fast enough that trip time wouldn't be such a problem.

[Thunktank]

When I was in Okinawa, it was fairly easy for me to live car-free. The grocery store and everything else you might need were close by. America, by contrast, is car-centric, with a great deal of distance between the places you need to go to regularly. An e-bike seems like a good choice if you want to cut down on car usage, which you might want to do if gas went to $15/gal. You know, next month. It extends range and makes you fast enough that trip time wouldn't be such a problem.

That’s a big part of why my wife and I are doing this too. Last month we spent hundreds on gas. 80 percent of that fuel usage was within eight miles of home. We also live in a very bike friendly area. Wide streets, lots of bike lanes, mostly flat, good weather year round. Drivers are used to sharing the road with bikes.

The e-bike negates many of the inconveniences non e-bikes have. The hills, sweating and headwinds are hugely negated on e-bikes. But still, the urge to be lazy, to sit in an air conditioned car with premium sound is hard to let go. Even though I personally prefer a good ride most days. Heck, it doesn’t even get hot and humid here along the So Cal coast. There’s really no good reason not ride an e-bike more than a car. It’s a good way to stay moving, happy and healthy.

[GaryInVA]

[Edited out really good reasons] There’s really no good reason not ride an e-bike more than a car. It’s a good way to stay moving, happy and healthy.

And, the best reason, it's a BICYCLE. Just sayin...

[Biff]

Couple of old coots (70 yr old) decided to ride across Canada to check one off their bucket list. They didn't get off the island. Tried to cross a merge-on-to-the-freeway lane and got smoked. Why, oh why, are cyclists so F$%$^&ing stupid. I used to commute on a bicycle. I was EXTREMELY wary of vehicular traffic. I saw the accident before EMS & Police arrived. They air-lifted said coot to the biggest hospital on the island. AFAIK, he's still alive but with 'serious' injuries. I hate cyclist attitudes. Get off the H#$%^ road if you can't respect cars & trucks. [\rant]



Just sayin'




p.s. Where's Jocose?

[Thunktank]

[Edited out really good reasons] There’s really no good reason not ride an e-bike more than a car. It’s a good way to stay moving, happy and healthy.

And, the best reason, it's a BICYCLE. Just sayin...

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[GaryInVA]

[Edited out really good reasons] There’s really no good reason not ride an e-bike more than a car. It’s a good way to stay moving, happy and healthy.

And, the best reason, it's a BICYCLE. Just sayin...

+1.23456

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