• spidermanchild
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    6 months ago

    The holy grail is the mid drive assist with integrated sealed transmission, coupled with belt drive. There’s one company doing this now and hopefully it takes off. Throttle people can fight me (but also no reason that couldn’t be integrated since the chainring is now decoupled from the cranks).

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        6 months ago

        Not OP, but the cero one is one I found that seems to check the boxes. It’s a cargo bike that was inspired by japanese mamachari bikes - very utilitarian bikes that are analogs to the dutch commuter bikes.

        I just purchased a used, older version that still uses a chain instead of a belt, but it handles nicely. Built in frame lock is incredibly convenient!