Is there a calculator to let people calculate actual cost per mile to drive a given car, accounting for actual purchase price, insurance, gas prices, parking costs, and length of time one has owned car? Trying to see just how much I’m saving with an ebike. #bike#cycling#biketooter#ebike#seabikes#cars@TheWarOnCars@seabikeblog
My general stamina is far better than that of my wrists when I cycle. Any tips or postures you use to help with wrist strain while biking? I could go a lot further if I could reduce wrist strain.
“One year after purchase, users continued to be satisfied with their e-bikes, integrating them into their routines for three to four days a week. They reduced weekly car travel by an average of 48 kilometres per week, a reduction of 30-40 per cent.”
For anyone who wonders if e-biking is beneficial to your health, this is a graph of my VO2max. Guess when I bought my e-bike and started riding it to work. #BikeTooter#ebike#cycling#30daysofbiking
Did the Paradise Loop in Marin yesterday for the first time in a few years. Discovered there is now an honor shack for snacks and water at 2900 Paradise. Well stocked.
Best thing was a note inside on the board from Soren, who did his first Paradise loop. 6 years old. “Dont give up.”
It’s a good thing he wrote that note because the wind got a lot stronger and colder from that point on and I didn’t like it one bit. But he told me not to give up. So I didn’t.
Just back from a 47.2km bike ride with @donburnside. Quite an adventure that included looking for (and finding) my lost phone that bounced out of it's holder when we were way off course and river-rock hopping.
It may also have included a couple of beer stops. Gotta stay hydrated!
Rode the Cetma across town a couple of times this morning with the trailer, a bike, and a bunch of random stuff. Not fun on the hills without the motor! #CargoBike#Cetma#ebike#BikeTooter
Electric vehicles are making an increasingly bigger dent in oil use, both globally and in Australia. In 2022, they displaced the use of 1.5m barrels of oil a day. Daily global oil demand is around 97m barrels, so there's a long way to go.
But it is not electric cars doing most of the work. It is e-bikes and mopeds. These #micromobility devices are ten times as common as electric cars globally (led by widespread adoption in #China), and twice as popular as e-cars in Australia. In 2022, electric micromobility devices globally displaced more than four times as much oil as electric cars.
If you've never tried one, consider giving it a go. Most bike shops will give you a free test ride. Personally, getting an #ebike has been one of the best decisions I've made in the last few years and has been one important way of maintaining our household record of never having owned a car.
It will be great to be able to check and make sure the e-bike you're about to purchase is legal and certified in your country. Of course, a question looms. "Do potential buyers care?"
I'm somcak, a #librarian currently in #Ohio. I have 2 mini #dachshunds and 2 #cats. I enjoy all sorts of music, yes, even death metal on occasion!
I've been on Mastodon since October 2022, and this is my 5th server.
I use content warnings for all sorts of stuff, just trying to be considerate! I always make sure there's #AltText and #CamelCase for my own posts as well as those I boost. #Accessibility matters.
I enjoy learning about #history and #archeology, particularly the #neolithic. I'm also interested in #UrbanPlanning and how we can make communities greener. I have an #ebike and care about #CompleteStreets.
Got an Abus Granit Extreme 2500 U-lock today. Can confirm the mechanism quality is outstanding. This is a new generation of u-lock that is reinforced against battery-fed grinder attacks. They still can be defeated, but the time to cut is extended to multiple cuts over minutes instead of seconds.
Wow! I didn't realize, here in the States at least, that the #Surly Big Easy and the #Bakfiets electric #CargoBike are both the same price, around $5,500.
That makes it exceedingly difficult to choose between the two and I could easily see myself using either one in different situations.
Hmmmm...
Does anyone have any advice or experience with either #Ebike to persuade me in direction or another?
I think I finally convinced my husband that we should get ebikes!! I'm excited. I really wanted an electric car for as long as I can remember, but this feels like the best step for us at this point. We barely drive as it is anymore, so I can't see the need for us to spend $$$ on a newer/replacement car in the near future. Already dreaming of the trips we can take on them vs what we can manage on our regular bikes. #bicycling#ebike