61
Need advice from actual ebike users (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

TL;DR: help me, Micromobility, you're my only hope

Long story short, I am fed up with the state of public transit in my city and feeling envious of the e-riders whooshing past. However, while trying to pick an actual model, I've ran into being unable to find a model that fits my needs:

  • being able to drive 30+ km, with ~100 meter elevation difference between start and finish
  • being able to handle 100+ kg of load (I am, unfortunately, fat)
  • being able to handle rain and possibly light snow
  • being foldable or otherwise transportable, because I'll have to keep it in the apartment

The Ebike store I've been to suggested picrelated, Yokamura Apache, which seems to fit the requirements, but is expensive enough to give me pause. Are there better options? Am I dreaming the impossible? Please help!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, this is always a concern. Bike thieves unfortunately have the edge at this point, since they can make quick work of most U-locks with an angle grinder. Following my historic rule of thumb that I will spend around 10% of the cost of the bike on a lock, I settled on a LiteLok X1 for my current ebike, which purports to have some resistance to grinders?

Most of the time though, I'm riding to and from work, and have indoor storage at either end. When running errands, I have different levels of paranoia that trigger different behaviours. If I'm just hopping into a fast food joint and sitting where I can see the bike, I might only self-lock it with a chain lock I kept around from my older bike. Max theft deterrence would entail both locks + remove battery + remove seat. But I've never left my bike parked out overnight anywhere. That's just asking for it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I forgot to mention you can sometimes find next generation bike racks that can lock your bike very securely using a phone app. They're often in downtown areas or around public transit transfer points. And if you're really lucky, you might even find a valet parking service for bikes. Where I live, they often have that whenever the city has organized a large public event.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent