micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"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.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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"low-price"
"$1500"
What?!? This dude should hit Amazon. You can find the models, without the issues, for half that. You can also buy cargo trikes with a 750w motor for $1599, if you need the capacity.
Or you could spend a bit more and get something decent, like an urban arrow. Especially if you’re getting one instead of a second car.
That's the "can get a good used car" comparison the author makes right off.
Those electric Urban arrows are a dream, but run around 6-7k in every bike shop I've seen them in.
Sure, but if you’re going to use it as a car replacement it doesn’t really make sense to get some cheap piece of shit from AliExpress. The car it would be replacing wasn’t going to a be a cheap Chinese PoS either, right?
Cars are way more convenient in America. It's not a good thing, but it's true. Youre going to have a very hard time convincing people that would be willing to use a cargo bike but who are are on the fence that they should buy a cars worth of cargo bike at the outset.
Adoption of cargo bikes are much likelier in the $1500 range than the $7000 range. You're already asking people to step away from their comfort zones and the norm in American society. Asking them to "spend a used car" to do it just makes it way, way less likely.
The author also acknowledge the operating cost would be significantly different right at the get go though. Used car tend to break down pretty soon since its, well, used. Some part will soon need to be changed, adding fuel cost, fluid change, tyre change, brake pad, it will very likely cost you 50% more than the asking price in 2 years or so, and more in the subsequent year.
Look at the lectric Xpedition
A cargo e-bike -- not a regular bike, a long-tail cargo one -- on Amazon for $750? Link it because I call bullshit.
Please, people, don't buy cheap ebikes from Amazon's, AliExpress, etc. Buy from a reputable brand and dealer.
Why? I am genuinely curious. I have owned about eight such bikes (unfortunate basement flood killed the original set) and other than the weird "brake is on the opposite side" thing, I have never had a problem with ebike makers I find in Amazon.
Do you mean counterfeits?
Because the batteries and charging equipment in them explode into flames far more often than stuff regulated in north America or Europe.
Far too many people have died due to cheap Chinese electric bikes starting fires in their homes.
You can get a trek marlin 5, a bbshd, and a mid-grade battery for like $1500/1600 and build yourself a quality bike for that price.
But that wouldn't be a cargo bike.
You're right youd need to spend another $150 on a front basket, and back rack.