Five@slrpnk.net to utility cycling@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoA partial car substitute? Trek’s new cargo bike, reviewedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down14
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minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhy the fuck would you get a electric bike then? You can get a good 2nd hand commuter and probably a acoustic cargo bike for less than that. Recommending ebikes as “budget option” is like suggesting heroin for weight loss. Insanely stupid, even if it just works in paper
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPeople get them because the modestly higher speeds make it possible to pull off the trips they’re trying to do within their time budget. That electric assist roughly doubles the number of people for whom a bike is an option.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSure, that’s a valid reasons to get ebikes. Just that trying to cut on budget is really not one.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt may save money. In general, any advice to budgeting questions that start with “buy this” is stupid or malicious.
Why the fuck would you get a electric bike then? You can get a good 2nd hand commuter and probably a acoustic cargo bike for less than that.
Recommending ebikes as “budget option” is like suggesting heroin for weight loss. Insanely stupid, even if it just works in paper
People get them because the modestly higher speeds make it possible to pull off the trips they’re trying to do within their time budget. That electric assist roughly doubles the number of people for whom a bike is an option.
Sure, that’s a valid reasons to get ebikes. Just that trying to cut on budget is really not one.
Thing is, it saves money too.
It may save money.
In general, any advice to budgeting questions that start with “buy this” is stupid or malicious.