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Every time I see a kid in an urban arrow bakfiets, I want to steal it and put it in a time machine to give to my parents instead. My childhood would have been a lot nicer if they had a quality ebike instead of unreliable cars. All the additional stress from driving only resulted in completely passive travel and disconnecting me from 80% of the year's weather. Ebike babies are commuting through parks in January, having positive experiences with wildlife daily, and doing something fun with their parents instead of adding to that driving stress. All of their interactions with strangers on that commute are pleasant instead of someone having road rage at 5x the speed. Under communism it will be part of the new parent ration.
There is no greater joy I get in life than scooting my toddler around in this
I'm so tempted to get one instead of a Tern GSD. I want an ultra-reliable cargo bike and it seems like my dog would enjoy a bakfiets a lot more than his trailer.
It's awesome. I don't trust it in the snow but otherwise it's an all weather car replacement.
One thing I do like about the trailers is that, at low speeds at least, icy conditions are really just a hazard for the one stuck pedalling the bike. I can do 80% of my trips on paths separated from cars so it's usually about as much risk as crossing the road.