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At this point they're talking about an e-motorcycle that sort of incidentally has an emergency backup pedal drivetrain. Which is fine—most of the energy effici
by frankus 5y ago
At this point they're talking about an e-motorcycle that sort of incidentally has an emergency backup pedal drivetrain.
Which is fine—most of the energy efficiency advantages of a bike come from being light and (relatively) slow, not from being human-powered, and their small size helps with lane and parking space.
But at that point you need real safety gear, and definitely shouldn't be sharing infrastructure (at least at those kinds of speeds) with human-powered bikes.
(edit: this is more in reply to the comment the preceding comment replied to. I regret the error)
- closeparen 5y agoThat sort of begs the question of the purpose of cycling infrastructure. If it is to support the sport and hobby of cycling, then presumably it should be exclusive to human powered bikes. If it is to help people conduct their lives without relying (so much) on cars, then in the face of such an exclusivity requirement, reserving it for ebikes only would make more sense.