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davidw 3 hours ago

High quality eBikes are pretty amazing: I have nearly 4000 miles on one of ours, and nearly all of those are replacing car trips around town, including most of our grocery shopping.

While not revolutionary - they're kind of an incremental improvement - I'm pretty impressed by all the things a cheap Chromebook can do.

Zambyte 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Last year I purchased an e-scooter (Hiboy X300)to compliment my car. I used it so much, I accidentally let my car rot into disrepair. The e-scooter is great, but it is quite limited in what you can carry (only what you can put in a backpack). Instead of getting another car for the things that I can't really use the scooter for, I got an acoustic, belt driven bike :) (the Priority 600). I went acoustic and belt driven specifically to compliment the shortcomings of the e-scooter (other than the carrying capacity, which any bike is an improvement on), in that I don't have to worry about it failing in any weather that I throw at it, rain, snow or shine. There is no battery to get too cold and no electrical system to get too wet.

Had I known I were going to be getting rid of my car, an e-bike would have definitely been a better value. I feel lucky that things worked out the way that they did though - having both an e-scooter and an acoustic bike has been great!

redthorn 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We went from hipsters with tattoos on fixies to this guy

dosisking 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

eBikes may be pretty amazing in isolation, but as a pedestrian, I absolutely hate people who ride eBikes.

swiftcoder 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you hate e-bikes, or do you hate city planning that treats e-bikes as second-class citizens, and forces them into direct competition with cars and pedestrians?

dosisking 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I hate the people who ride e-bikes on the sidewalk and act as if they have the right of way. They always ride their e-bikes too recklessly and push their way through. More often than not, they have terrible hand-eye coordination, and they may even be trying to use their phone at the same time.

To those people I wish a slow and painful death.