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veen  ·  3131 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bye Bye Bike of the Future

As a matter of fact, electrical bikes are increasingly popular here in the Netherlands already. If I google 'e-bike' there's loads of choice. It became popular with older people first, but now it's trickling down to regular city bikes.

My parents got two of 'em for their 5 mile commute and for weekend bike rides. I quite like them too, it is really easy to speed to your destination without breaking a sweat. Downside: the system is from Bosch so I'll keep the fire extinguisher nearby.





kleinbl00  ·  3131 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sure - and they're an easy retrofit, too. This whole "whoa we reinvented the bicycle" thing is my problem, not ebikes in general.

veen  ·  3131 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes that is what I was trying to say - there is no need to reinvent and they're not special flowers because we've already been there, done that and decided that regular e-bikes and retrofits are better anyway.

steve  ·  3131 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Downside: the system is from Bosch so I'll keep the fire extinguisher nearby.

Thanks for the deep belly laugh!