▲ 177 ▼ E-Bikes Are Real Bikes—and They’re Great for Everyone (www.bicycling.com) submitted 1 year ago by undead_falco@programming.dev to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (3 children) What’s the point arguing what’s “real” cycling. Are people out and about on a bike? Are they having fun? Are they avoiding driving heavy vehicles? Then who cares. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] underscore_@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* I used to be a gate keeping manual bike snob, but within a matter of weeks of getting an electric cargo bike I was converted to an eBike evangelist. They are just great sub-type of bike making cycling more accessible and easier to replace a car (at least in Northern Europe). Big fan… but of course I do still love getting silly on an all carbon racer! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago Depends on the context. There are scenarios that exist outside of just fun. permalink fedilink source parent [+] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Are they failing to yield? Yes. Are they traveling too fast on pedestrian trails? Yes. Are they unable to properly control their electric motorcycles? Yes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago And all those apply to regular bikes also. So what's your point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] underscore_@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* I used to be a gate keeping manual bike snob, but within a matter of weeks of getting an electric cargo bike I was converted to an eBike evangelist. They are just great sub-type of bike making cycling more accessible and easier to replace a car (at least in Northern Europe). Big fan… but of course I do still love getting silly on an all carbon racer! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago Depends on the context. There are scenarios that exist outside of just fun. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Are they failing to yield? Yes. Are they traveling too fast on pedestrian trails? Yes. Are they unable to properly control their electric motorcycles? Yes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago And all those apply to regular bikes also. So what's your point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago And all those apply to regular bikes also. So what's your point. permalink fedilink source parent