Chapotraphouse

E-bikes are great.

I think the way the average non-cyclist engages with them is problematic, though. First question I always get asked by "normies" (non-cyclists) is "how fast does it go?". The second question is always "how far can it go on a single charge?" These two questions indicate how utterly missing the point of ebikes most people are. Which, I think, is why you see so many of those e-motos around with 1000W motors and huge double batteries. I think those things are annoying and unsafe.

But I have to bite my tongue about it, because:

1. They're still better than cars for everyone involved, and the people riding them would almost certainly otherwise be driving.
2. Boomer state legislatures are frothing at the mouth to ban e-motos without understanding anything about ebikes and almost always inadvertently nuking regular ebikes (or enacting significant barriers to them) with collateral damage