I’m a person living in a rural area and have to either go by train, the nearest station being 15 mins away by car and the trains having a schedule that keeps fluctuating.

Or have to go by car where it takes 60 mins to get where I need to go. I wouldn’t want to get a late pickup or anything outrageous just something to get me places.

I’m not a car enthusiast or anything like that.

  • Cinnamon@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s amazing, although in the EU rules are more strict on ebikes. Especially with ones over a certain limit. They can only really go max 25/h and if they go over they become by law a vehicle and need a license plate and a driving license to drive.

    • Starya68@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      25km is so frigging slow. My wife has a normal bike and she has to slow down for me (on ebike) to catch up. I don’t understand why they didn’t make it 30km/h, plenty of people cycle that fast.

    • arctic pie (he/him)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah that’s a bummer. I’d say an ebike might still be a good idea. Even at 25km/hour you can still get places pretty fast, and if you are in a rural area where you have a lot of ground to cover its way more sustainable long term as a day to DAT option than regular cycling. Some days its just hard to go for a 20km bike ride just to get some veggies and bread, you know? Ebikes make that trip much more pleasant and less tiring.