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I got an electric cargo bike 3 years ago and it has fundamentally changed the way I move around my little suburban town. I can do pretty much every errand I'd n

I got an electric cargo bike 3 years ago and it has fundamentally changed the way I move around my little suburban town. I can do pretty much every errand I'd normally do with a car. If it weren't for the heavy snowfall we get I would be able to get rid of one car; for now it just sits unused for 1/3rd of the year.

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djtango 2y ago
What do you do in the rain?
- philips 2y ago
  I have rain pants and a jacket and my two kids sit in a tent on the back. They love it. I love it. Together we have put over 2000 miles on the bike in two years. Patagonia makes great rain jackets that have hoods that can adjust to fit over a helmet. https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/accessories/473/storm-shield https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/accessories/473/storm-shield
  - Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
    What about safety? I have an ebike too similar to yours, I bring both my kids (it requires some serious efforts on steep hills with both kids though), but I fell down once in the rain that gave me a decent scare, especially since my wrist is taking so long to recover and I could have hurt my daughter (lucky, nothing happened)
    - philips 2y ago
      I took a spill with my kids over a bridge that had black ice. Luckily everyone was ok. We all wear helmets, we almost exclusively use bike/walk infrastructure, and we take it slow. The biggest risk in my mind is interacting in any way with cars. And so I avoid cars on our routes as much as possible. And I regularly “break the law” by riding on sidewalks because paint on the road is not bike infrastructure and my life is more valuable to me than some ticket for a ridiculous law.
ErigmolCt 2y ago
Still car is a good way to transfer other people I think
- philips 2y ago
  I regularly use a Tern GSD with a “storm box” with my young kids in the back. For bigger kids and adults there is this. https://youtu.be/nbby5sb7uow?si=rhqpyvCes_sPGgw1 https://youtu.be/nbby5sb7uow?si=rhqpyvCes_sPGgw1
- mikemac 2y ago
  Nah, I move my kids around great with it. Just picked them up from school - skip the car line and I'm in and out faster than driving. The main use has surprisingly been family related - we take it to playgrounds, on hikes, school etc.

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djtango 2y ago

What do you do in the rain?

philips 2y ago
I have rain pants and a jacket and my two kids sit in a tent on the back. They love it. I love it. Together we have put over 2000 miles on the bike in two years. Patagonia makes great rain jackets that have hoods that can adjust to fit over a helmet. https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/accessories/473/storm-shield https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/accessories/473/storm-shield
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
  What about safety? I have an ebike too similar to yours, I bring both my kids (it requires some serious efforts on steep hills with both kids though), but I fell down once in the rain that gave me a decent scare, especially since my wrist is taking so long to recover and I could have hurt my daughter (lucky, nothing happened)
  - philips 2y ago
    I took a spill with my kids over a bridge that had black ice. Luckily everyone was ok. We all wear helmets, we almost exclusively use bike/walk infrastructure, and we take it slow. The biggest risk in my mind is interacting in any way with cars. And so I avoid cars on our routes as much as possible. And I regularly “break the law” by riding on sidewalks because paint on the road is not bike infrastructure and my life is more valuable to me than some ticket for a ridiculous law.

ErigmolCt 2y ago

Still car is a good way to transfer other people I think

philips 2y ago
I regularly use a Tern GSD with a “storm box” with my young kids in the back. For bigger kids and adults there is this. https://youtu.be/nbby5sb7uow?si=rhqpyvCes_sPGgw1 https://youtu.be/nbby5sb7uow?si=rhqpyvCes_sPGgw1
mikemac 2y ago
Nah, I move my kids around great with it. Just picked them up from school - skip the car line and I'm in and out faster than driving. The main use has surprisingly been family related - we take it to playgrounds, on hikes, school etc.