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What was wrong with regular bikes that American youth had to wait for electric bikes to discover cycling?
by FirmwareBurner 1y ago
What was wrong with regular bikes that American youth had to wait for electric bikes to discover cycling?
- j_w 1y agoAmerican drivers tend to be extremely aggressive towards cyclists. Long distances mean you will get tired and/or sweat. Lot of 2 lane roads without shoulders or sidewalks makes cycling on them scary. I do cycle (normal bike). These are some of the things that I told myself that kept me from getting into it when I was younger.
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago> Long distances mean you will get tired and/or sweat. Yes, that's what happens when you exercise, and judging by how fat Americans are, seems like they could use some. >Lot of 2 lane roads without shoulders or sidewalks makes cycling on them scary. How do ebikes fix this? It's still a bike, not a tank.
- j_w 1y agoBit of a necro. On fat Americans: at the time and still I'm likely a 99.9%er cardio wise, and I still had the concern about being sweaty. I wasn't exactly trying to smell bad during lectures. Ob ebikes not being tanks: Going 20 in a 25 is a lot less scary then going 8 up a hill where cars are BLASTING past you. Lower effort also means you can spend more brainpower on spacial awareness, when you are gassed you tend to notice less around you.
- hyrix 1y agoAmericans travel farther distances for many things, even within cities, and it’s not flat like the Netherlands