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Holland is flat and the winters are mild. Try getting a cargo bike up a 200 climb in minus temperatures. It is not something I do every day.
by dbdjfjrjvebd 8y ago
Holland is flat and the winters are mild. Try getting a cargo bike up a 200 climb in minus temperatures. It is not something I do every day.
- pi-rat 8y agoElectric bikes are getting more and more popular here in Norway (and we got hills and cold weather). Studded tires and an electric motor doing most of the work helps.
- dbdjfjrjvebd 8y agoI know no one commuting on an electric bike...
- mvanbaak 8y agoa LOT of people in eg. Amsterdam use them daily. And I see more and more of those every morning and afternoon when I cycle to/from work.
- dorian-graph 8y agoI know a couple who do in Oslo, and I’ve seen others.
- ndnxhs 8y agoI commute to work on an ebike when its too hot to use a regular bike. They are truely amazing. Riding an ebike was what got me started on riding to work.
- api_or_ipa 8y agoe-bikes are massively solving the "last hill" problem with bikes.
- kaybe 8y agoHolland has a lot of wind though, that can be very annoying as well. (And somehow it will change direction during the day so it will always be against you..)