designed underpants toomumbojumbo wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 9:27pm Some humans are lazy ,but most things ,of real value ,are acquired through sacrifice ,and honest endeavour is more rewarding than a free ride .I am a fan of Calvin, who in addition to advocating a protestant work ethic went on to work as a scientist, inventing temperature and running a circus in Glasgow .He was a proper polymoth..
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Will electric bicycles kill off non-electric bicycles?
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and a talking tigermig wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 9:54pmdesigned underpants toomumbojumbo wrote: ↑29 Mar 2023, 9:27pm Some humans are lazy ,but most things ,of real value ,are acquired through sacrifice ,and honest endeavour is more rewarding than a free ride .I am a fan of Calvin, who in addition to advocating a protestant work ethic went on to work as a scientist, inventing temperature and running a circus in Glasgow .He was a proper polymoth..
https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE01252
Re: Will electric bicycles kill off non-electric bicycles?
I think you mean 'defining' temperature
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Re: Will electric bicycles kill off non-electric bicycles?
No they're not. The legislation for bikes & e-bikes is very different to that of mopeds and e-mopeds. There's further legislation for the middle ground of s-pedelecs although legally they are classed as mopeds.
The operation / riding experience is very different too as is the matter of where you can ride them - mopeds can't (legally) be ridden on cycle paths for example.
I don't know if you're coming at it from the sort of "its not real cycling" or "it's cheating" angle but it's not accurate to say "they're basically mopeds". They're not at all.
Threat?! Threat to what?
Some sort of Golden Age of Pure Cycling? Threat that e-bikes might completely replace regular bikes?
e-bikes are fantastic enablers for people who might not be super fit to use bikes for short journeys they would otherwise do in a car, they're great for allowing mixed age/ability groups to ride together and in shared use environments (eg Lime / Dott dockless e-bikes), they're brilliant for opening up new transport options - that 1.5 mile walk to the station is just far enough to be annoying on foot but it's 5 minutes on a dockless bike or scooter.
Re: Will electric bicycles kill off non-electric bicycles?
E bikes and normal bikes 'are' different animals, both have their place both can be rewarding. They are not going threaten each others existence but they might change the mass markets.
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