Hi all I wanted to share a short story from a cityslick that's been riding different 2 wheelers for all my life. What you probably experienced in your life as well once you turn 18 is the social peer pressure of getting a car. Like at every birthday party: "So when are you going for your car licence?" and I always kind of shrugged that off as something later as I was enjoying street cycling and mtb's. Then personal life and work kept me occupied and time went by fast and came to the conclusion having to haul a car around in the dense urban metro districts is kind of stupid. In rush hour every road is clogged with dusty fossil engines in stationary. And the drivers all look bummed out.
Anyway enjoy your favourite microtransport the future has just begun. E-bikes ftw!
P.S. who needs a 200mph engine when city limits are heavily enforced? No shame in a speed limiter.
Really interesting, thanks for sharing.
I tried an ebike but went with a poor bike conversion and one that was legal in my country (uk, 250w, max speed 15.5mph). It was under powered for my needs of covering 16 miles of countryside each way to work. Naturally that's my fault but didn't want to venture into illegal even thou I suspect it would have been fine.
I got rid of my car 3yrs back in place of an electric moped-shaped object and have really enjoyed it. 50 mile range, 50mph top speed and it's perfect.
I'll go back to an bike once/if the laws are relaxed
Clearly no exercise at all mind you. I do use an adult push scooter for last mile stuff which works well
Have you tried a mid-drive? A good 250w mid drive can be pretty capable.
No, I hadn't considered that one drive would be more efficient than another. It was a rear drive BTW.
I think the issue is more that I need it to be helping at 20mph and that's not legally allowed at the mo
Mid drive can make a big difference, but yeah, that 15mph limit is rough. For what it's worth, that's usually roughly what I ride at unless I'm in a big hurry. That's still about an hour commute for you though.