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I am seeing a lot of electric bicycles around, and I am not in a big city.
e-bikes make riding 10-30 miles accessible to even couch potatoes. For local travel, in mild weather they are great, and if they ride with with a mix of pedal power and battery power, the rider will be healthier too.
A lot of Europeans ride motorcycles through Canada and Alaska. But the motorcycles they ride look like they are around 250cc or smaller. I saw several of them riding through Fairbanks this afternoon. I often see RVers from Europe driving in Alaska and Canada, but I have no idea about which ports in Canada they disembark from. Electric bikes should be fine for short trips within the city, I imagine, but they are uncommon over here.
If coming from Europe, they typically disembark in Halifax but Vancouver is also an option.
A lot of Europeans ride motorcycles through Canada and Alaska. But the motorcycles they ride look like they are around 250cc or smaller. I saw several of them riding through Fairbanks this afternoon. I often see RVers from Europe driving in Alaska and Canada, but I have no idea about which ports in Canada they disembark from. Electric bikes should be fine for short trips within the city, I imagine, but they are uncommon over here.
europeans make do with far less cy-wise. they use graduated licenses over there...more training and TESTING to move up in displacement. I have been told by many people that by the time a european gets qualified for litre class...they can come to the states and win any motoGP in the states. 90-250cc are their bread and butter. (I just saw a couple brand new CT125s this elderly couple hauled to the campground...they set up the rv and explored the wilderness rec area at 70mpg...Id love to have a couple but the $4k base entry is, well, steep)
There are Chinese motorcycles available at a savings relative to the Hondas, but I imagine Honda gives you a better product, plus parts and service will be easy for Hondas - they are the global sales leader - maybe not so much for some small volume import.
The price of gas is so bad, that owner of this Rolls hasn't driven it since before the Pandemic. See the dust covering it? It is much thicker in person than it shows in the photo. (It's in the parking garage of my daughter's condo building).
e-bikes make riding 10-30 miles accessible to even couch potatoes. For local travel, in mild weather they are great, and if they ride with with a mix of pedal power and battery power, the rider will be healthier too.
Healthier, until you have an accident or a collision with a car. If you have a fender bender in a car, odds are very good that you won't be injured. The same minor event on an e-bike, bicycle or motorcycle? It's your human body absorbing the shock. Helmets are an absolute necessity, but they only go so far to protect your frail anatomy in a bike accident.
I wouldn't dare to ride an e-bike in suburbs where unsuspecting drivers can't even manage driving within driving lanes let alone being next to them on the road.
Healthier, until you have an accident or a collision with a car. If you have a fender bender in a car, odds are very good that you won't be injured. The same minor event on an e-bike, bicycle or motorcycle? It's your human body absorbing the shock. Helmets are an absolute necessity, but they only go so far to protect your frail anatomy in a bike accident.
Meh. I recall limping in with a cane to visit the orthopedist after a bike crash in my early 30s. At the conclusion, he gave me his take-home message: "Keep riding". Yes, there are risks from physical activities, but there are also risks from physical inactivity.
I remember back in the days of the "Energy Crisis" one of my co-workers bought a tiny Honda that got 50 mpg.
Of course, after the North Sea oil boom kicked OPEC in the pants, folks resumed buying LARGE vehicles (SUVs), despite the CAFE debacle that killed off the station wagon. Oh, right, SUVs were trucks and thus exempt from CAFE gas mileage mandates. Sigh.
e-bikes make riding 10-30 miles accessible to even couch potatoes. For local travel, in mild weather they are great, and if they ride with with a mix of pedal power and battery power, the rider will be healthier too.
I would stick with a traditional bicycle. Cheaper, easier to maintain, and slightly less risk of injury
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