Would like to own one. Or at least demo one.
I am a regular road biker. Running more lately but still bike weekly. Gotta say, I do love biking by the e-bike folks while under my own power though while they have the motor assist.
Well no one advocating for walkable, smart growth development is asking for “high rise cubicles.”
Dude thinks I’m talking about big metro areas… because it’s just gotta be some either/or. Metro or urban. Metro or suburban. Gotta be, because I’m a “leftist” and so I simply gotta be agin’ thuh rurals and thur ‘Murrica.Well no one advocating for walkable, smart growth development is asking for “high rise cubicles.”
I do a fair amount of research on this topic for my job. Here are some pics of what is being talked about:
This may look like a dystopian urban hell hole to you, but I think most reasonable people would be ok with it.
Be like me and ride a sweet fixie. I couldn't find the pic of mine from some ancient thread, but this is similar. Mine is gunmetal grey.
Be like me and ride a sweet fixie. I couldn't find the pic of mine from some ancient thread, but this is similar. Mine is gunmetal grey.
You, too, could be douchey AF.
My tires are tubed. I may switch someday, but I've yet to have reason to do so.
Also, arguably one should be a fairly skilled bicyclist before safely jumping on an e-bike. That's just my opinion, maybe.
I ride 4-5K a year though so I don’t feel that bad about it. The no pics wife on the other hand…
Fixie guys are crazy. My best buddy rides a fixie Marinoni, no matter the grade. Wants to try for the senior hour record some day.Be like me and ride a sweet fixie. I couldn't find the pic of mine from some ancient thread, but this is similar. Mine is gunmetal grey.
You, too, could be douchey AF.
Do you have a woven basket with plastic flowers on the front of your little bikey?The big green-and-black e-bike I purchased was not from one of the fanciest brands, but from Rad, a direct-to-consumer company that’s known for its affordability. While its batteries are not customized in the manner that’s caused well-publicized fires in cheaper brands, the company does use cheaper parts all over the bike as a way of keeping costs down. My experience has not been flawless. The bike’s so insanely heavy, like 65 pounds, that it’s tough to get it to the shop whenever I have a flat or some other problem. My bike shop hates Rad, because, overwhelmed by customers, the company can take weeks to respond to requests. (Recently I only got my hands on some much-needed parts by tweeting at them.) The battery stopped working entirely, leading to a long, frustrating process to get it replaced. The cheap disc brakes struggle with the heavy bike and wear down with astonishing speed—I’ve learned how to tighten them myself when they get soft, but I’ve also had them completely replaced several times. Most frighteningly, the front wheel popped off entirely during a hard braking event shortly after I purchased the bike. (I’m pretty sure that was because the authorized assembly contractor didn’t know what he was doing.) For all these reasons, I wouldn’t recommend a Rad bike to you, necessarily.
Yet even after all this hassle, I still love my bike, and I’d do it all again. The ways the bike’s made my life better far exceed the annoyances it’s caused. Eventually this bike will die, and maybe I’ll invest in something nicer, easier to get fixed—maybe even some $5,000 riding machine. But honestly: I spent about $1,500 on this semi-crappy e-bike, and I’ve already gotten more than two years of transportation and joy out of it—and that’s not to mention the money I’ve saved on gas and parking. Plus I get to be holier-than-thou to almost everyone I know! Seems worth it to me.
Recently, after a Sunday morning soccer game at a field about 2 miles from my house, I threw my bag into the crate on the back of my e-bike. It was a beautiful morning, still a little crisp, but I was sweating like crazy from an hour and a half of chasing the guys who intercepted all my passes, so I didn’t mind riding home through some cool air. I turned on the bike and pedaled along the soccer field to the nearby bike trail and turned toward home.
Riding in the other direction was a guy on a racing bike, decked out in Lycra, reflective jersey, biking gloves—the whole shebang. As he approached, he eyed me sitting up straight on my e-bike, sweaty T-shirt, orange milk crate strapped to the rack. As he passed by on a curve, I heard him mutter, the way you do when you’re disgusted, half to yourself, half to the object of your disgust: “Get a real bike.”
It took a moment for the words to sink in. What did he say about me?! I got it together to yell at his receding, well-sculpted back, “You sound like a dick!” As I rode home, stewing, I thought of plenty of other things I wished I’d said: “Get a real SHIRT!” “Your calves are overmuscular!”
What You Don’t Understand About E-Bikes Until You Ride One
Mine changed my life. One could change yours, too.slate.com
Illegal or dangerous? Can't ride them on sidewalks in Atlanta. I'm not opposed to them, however. I actually live too close for them to work going to grocery store since it's right across the street. Would take longer to get the bike out, locked up etc than just running over.
This kink?
"The former - verbal fluency - can be measured by asking volunteers to think of as many words beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet as they can in 1 minute.Hate to break it to you, but that is the science:
Swearing Is Actually a Sign of More Intelligence - Not Less - Say Scientists
The use of obscene or taboo language - or swearing, as it’s more commonly known - is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even lacks intelligence.www.sciencealert.com
Oh ƒuck off, Russ. I'll elucidate however the ƒúck I want.
Hate to break it to you, but that is the science:
Swearing Is Actually a Sign of More Intelligence - Not Less - Say Scientists
The use of obscene or taboo language - or swearing, as it’s more commonly known - is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even lacks intelligence.
Yeah, it’s not for everyone.
Hopefully they still come with a cute basket and a hello kitty helmet and streamers and shit.
