Timeline for Why aren't electric bikes mainstream?
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| Jun 23, 2023 at 15:11 | answer | added | Rеnаud | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 23, 2023 at 8:10 | answer | added | gerrit | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 18, 2022 at 7:05 | answer | added | nightrider | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 18, 2022 at 4:47 | answer | added | WGroleau | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 5, 2018 at 21:37 | comment | added | Pere | My experience commuting in Barcelona by bicycle is that pedal assisted e-bikes are very common. However, I'd say that electric skateboards, electric kick scooters other kinds of small electric vehicles are at least as common in Barcelona cycle lanes. | |
| May 5, 2018 at 17:43 | comment | added | JavaLatte | The problem with electric bikes is that, if you live in a flat country like Holland, they work OK but you don't really need the electric bit. If you live in a hilly country, they can't really cope with the hills. | |
| May 5, 2018 at 12:57 | comment | added | JoaoBotelho | Thanks for so many answers and comments! To give a bit more context I would always keep my regular bike, but i wouldn’t bike to work in hilly cities like Sydney, Porto or Lisbon, and I could imagine a eletric bike as a good hybrid to get to work without sweating, but possibly sweating while pedaling back home. In ‘Europe’, I’ve lived in Austria, Portugal and Italy, and would very rarely see ebikes, both on the streets or in shops, which of course can be just my perception! | |
| May 4, 2018 at 21:49 | comment | added | ford prefect | @user128216 Apparently ebikes are outlawed but pedal assisted bikes are ok... These guys just ride pedal assisted e-bikes but never pedal | |
| May 4, 2018 at 19:50 | comment | added | user37615 | @fordprefect: Despite being illegal on NYC streets. Didn't your mayor say just recently that the police were going to start a crackdown? | |
| May 4, 2018 at 18:45 | history | protected | RoboKaren | ||
| May 4, 2018 at 10:38 | comment | added | awjlogan | @Michael I disagree they are unnecesssary. My commute is 25 km each way; cycling's the fastest way for sure, but I'm a young, fit, confident cyclist. 250 km a week is tiring for me even, so it's great to see others who wouldn't have the fitness to handle that distance regularly using the paths. More the merrier, I say! | |
| May 4, 2018 at 9:41 | comment | added | SQB | Very mainstream in The Netherlands as well, leading to discussions about where on the road they belong (due to their speed) and about safety (since they're used by elderly a lot, who may not always have the reflexes to go with the increased speed. | |
| May 4, 2018 at 9:15 | comment | added | hlovdal | They are very mainstream in Norway as well. | |
| May 4, 2018 at 0:20 | comment | added | copper.hat | I think a combination of cost and a perspective that using an electric bicycle is tantamount to being lazy. | |
| May 3, 2018 at 23:08 | comment | added | shoover | How many ordinary people have even heard of ebikes? I hadn't until I ventured onto BSE, and I used to race, back when the earth was cooling and dinosaurs roamed the surface. | |
| May 3, 2018 at 22:20 | answer | added | Criggie♦ | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 3, 2018 at 21:58 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @Damon At some point, it goes from being an "assist" to the motor, to being a "replacement" Then its an electric motorbike. | |
| May 3, 2018 at 17:27 | comment | added | cbeleites | @Damon: For Germany, I don't think they are useless, but the group of users where they help is not the typicall bike.sx user. I see lots of older people using them, who otherwise wouldn't use a bike any more. The point where they help is not (by legislation) meant to be for fast biking, but I see (in theory, in practice I use a normal bike) their point in hilly country and in cities where you have many stopy, so much of the total energy spent on a bike is for accelarating to travel speed. | |
| May 3, 2018 at 16:36 | comment | added | Damon | At least in Germany, they're kinda useless by legislation in addition to being super expensive. You are allowed 250W, limited to 25km/h maximum, in form of a pedelec. Everything above 25km/h, you need a) an operating license b) a driver's license c) insurance / number plate and are d) required to wear a stupid looking helm. e) may not use bicycle paths. Which kinda makes the whole thing pointless. | |
| May 3, 2018 at 15:36 | comment | added | juhist | @Criggie I disagree. Liquid fuels are an optimal power source for long distance journeys. You should have said "Same reason we still have non-hybrid liquid fuel cars being sold now". | |
| May 3, 2018 at 15:32 | answer | added | juhist | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 3, 2018 at 15:10 | vote | accept | JoaoBotelho | ||
| May 3, 2018 at 10:58 | answer | added | Sobrique | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 3, 2018 at 9:59 | comment | added | gerrit | Related: bicycles.stackexchange.com/q/10883/2916 | |
| May 3, 2018 at 6:59 | comment | added | sleske | At least in Germany, they are mainstream. I regularly see them in the city, and about 15-20% of bicycles sold are electric bicycles. | |
| May 3, 2018 at 1:21 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/991850234828525574 | ||
| May 2, 2018 at 21:08 | answer | added | miltonb | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 18:20 | answer | added | Zoe | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 17:19 | comment | added | Nobody | They are certainly becoming mainstream faster and faster. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 16:18 | comment | added | Michael | At least for Austria: They are mainstream. I’ve been riding along the Danube and Inn this weekend and at least half the bicycles had an electric motor. Which is quite surprising considering the price, charging dependency and unnecessaryness. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 14:56 | comment | added | Pieter B | At least for the Netherlands: they're mainstream. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 14:49 | comment | added | ford prefect | Also check out NYC... They are very popular here for delivery men in particular. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 14:14 | answer | added | Charles847 | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 14:03 | answer | added | AnoE | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 13:46 | answer | added | user33837 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 12:58 | answer | added | Paul B | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 12:34 | answer | added | Ghost | timeline score: 18 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 11:57 | answer | added | user3445853 | timeline score: 20 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 11:47 | answer | added | brett | timeline score: 51 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 11:18 | answer | added | Ralph | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 9:59 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Short answer - Money. Same reason we still have liquid fuel cars being sold now. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 8:54 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 16 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 8:14 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 2, 2018 at 8:12 | history | asked | JoaoBotelho | CC BY-SA 4.0 |