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One thing I forgot to add was you need to consider the size/type you purchase. Many of the nicer ones are not actually allowed on bike paths. It is because they can go WAY too fast for everyone's safety. Laws and if they actually enforce them vary greatly by location.
Our market is the 20in fat tire. We only plan to cycle/ride at parks where they are allowed, and we have one right across the street. We don't live near a big city, just a town with lovely parks and riverwalks.
I don't have e-bike but I often ride one courtesy of the many local programs promoting the use of public transportation and also promoting healthy living/exercises.
E-bikes & e-scooters are everywhere to rent here, and many people ride their own. Never heard about any battery explosions or fires - such event surely would be a local news.
Suggestion: Store your ebike a safe distance from all buildings you don't want to watch burn down.
Most electric battery-related incidents stem from inappropriate usage/handling, factors like overcharging or short circuits while using incompatible charging docks that lead to overheating and, in some cases, explosions.
Generally, this happens very seldom, though.
EV batteries, in fact, are far less likely to catch fire than an internal combustion engine vehicle.
Globally, EV FireSafe found about 0.0012% of electric passenger vehicles caught fire from 2010 to 2023 compared with a 0.1% chance for internal combustion engine fires.
In other words - there's a 1 in 38,000 chance of EV battery fire vs 1 in 1,300 chance of gas- and diesel-powered passenger vehicles fire.
I charge my car in my garage every night for over a decade now, not concerned about fires or explosion.
Our market is the 20in fat tire. We only plan to cycle/ride at parks where they are allowed, and we have one right across the street. We don't live near a big city, just a town with lovely parks and riverwalks.
The bike I linked to in my earlier post has 20 tires that are 3 inches wide because I wanted something that could go on pavement and dirt.
Plus, the Velotric brand is UL listed, which is hard to find.
When riding the ebike for the first time, the one thing I had to be careful about was the pedal assist kicking in when I wasn't ready for it. But if you remember to cut it down to level 1 or 2 when you slow down, you won't get as much of a surge of power when it kicks in.
I routinely ride my actual bicycle with 32 mm tires on gravelly and sandy paths. 3" tires are just silly. The rolling resistance will wear you out.
I always rode my bikes on trails, in the woods, and on the street, starting when I was able to balance and pedal a bicycle. I did lots of jungle cruising, as we called it then, on my 10-speeeds and other skinny-tired bikes. Just do it.
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