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I bought one a year ago specifically to take my kids to school and it’s been an absolute delight. I get a slight workout, the kids get fresh air (and they love

I bought one a year ago specifically to take my kids to school and it’s been an absolute delight. I get a slight workout, the kids get fresh air (and they love riding on it). I’m convinced everyone would be much happier if school drop offs were 70% bikes rather than 90% cars. But the ride to my kids school has isolated bike lanes for the vast majority of the trip. Most people aren’t so lucky and will (rightly) fear the idea of taking their kids on a bike. It’s such a shame.

FreshStart 3y ago
Carban in area circle for time window?
fhub 3y ago
I'm at about 90% eBike school dropoffs and pickups. Love it. Especially as I work from home. I started by doing them all at "Turbo" assist. Now down to "Tour" for the most part as my fitness improved. Love the incidental exercise, fresh air, so much easier to stop off somewhere and dropoffs are just nicer. I'm lucky that I live a few blocks from an eBike store and I could afford the impulse buy one day. Very little thought went into it.
mikepurvis 3y ago
I'm fortunate to live in a century home neighborhood (Waterloo region, Canada) where the elementary school has a tiny parking lot that is strictly for staff only. A few parents moan about having to park on nearby side streets and walk their kids in, but the net result is overwhelmingly a huge positive— almost everyone walks or bikes to school, and is safer doing so for the fact that there isn't a giant traffic jam in front of it. I often feel that it's a fragile equilibrium though— it wouldn't take much to get the sports field turned into a big parking lot and have everyone immediately defect in the face of it not "feeling safe" any more.
- jjtheblunt 3y ago
  What is a century home neighborhood?
  - mikepurvis 3y ago
    A place where most of the structures were built pre-WWI.
    - uranusjr 3y ago
      OT, I just realised now we are in year 2023 a “century” house interpreted literally can apply to something built post-WWI. I wonder how the term would work going forward.

FreshStart 3y ago

Carban in area circle for time window?

fhub 3y ago

I'm at about 90% eBike school dropoffs and pickups. Love it. Especially as I work from home. I started by doing them all at "Turbo" assist. Now down to "Tour" for the most part as my fitness improved. Love the incidental exercise, fresh air, so much easier to stop off somewhere and dropoffs are just nicer. I'm lucky that I live a few blocks from an eBike store and I could afford the impulse buy one day. Very little thought went into it.

mikepurvis 3y ago

I'm fortunate to live in a century home neighborhood (Waterloo region, Canada) where the elementary school has a tiny parking lot that is strictly for staff only. A few parents moan about having to park on nearby side streets and walk their kids in, but the net result is overwhelmingly a huge positive— almost everyone walks or bikes to school, and is safer doing so for the fact that there isn't a giant traffic jam in front of it. I often feel that it's a fragile equilibrium though— it wouldn't take much to get the sports field turned into a big parking lot and have everyone immediately defect in the face of it not "feeling safe" any more.

jjtheblunt 3y ago
What is a century home neighborhood?
- mikepurvis 3y ago
  A place where most of the structures were built pre-WWI.
  - uranusjr 3y ago
    OT, I just realised now we are in year 2023 a “century” house interpreted literally can apply to something built post-WWI. I wonder how the term would work going forward.