herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Acoustic?Please stop calling them analog bikes! They are mountain bikes! Ebikes are ebikes and mountain bikes are mountain bikes!![]()
Acoustic?Please stop calling them analog bikes! They are mountain bikes! Ebikes are ebikes and mountain bikes are mountain bikes!![]()
Acoustic?
No!Acoustic?
I’ve been reading about the explosion in turnstile-jumping on NYC subways. Casual lawlessness is corrosive.My friend was at SO this weekend; it was really crowded since many other parks were still closed (and because it's become very popular). He said that ebikes proliferated to the extent that they're going to be difficult to restrict. Meanwhile I took one on a nice 20 mile road ride yesterday, all legal and fun since I was alone and chilling from a more arduous weekend.
Kinda misses 50% of the population, no?I call them MAN-POWERED BIKES.
NOPE!!!Kinda misses 50% of the population, no?
FFS, just call them bikes.I call them MAN-POWERED BIKES.
Like my MANual transmissionI call them MAN-POWERED BIKES.
I rode past a middle school yesterday when the kids were leaving for the day and many were riding away on their ebikes using throttle only. It seems as though some may keep gravitating to them and never realize the fun that a bike can provide. I agree with you though that bikes will never go away (probably not "e's" either); to me, the bicycle is the greatest invention ever. Also, I have no problem calling a bike a bike and an ebike an ebike.Real bikes will never die.
For one, battery powered bikes are expensive. Just like how the Trek Marlin is still popular, so to will nicer bikes. Maybe fewer, but not so few that they are hard to get.
Two: plenty of people do, and will, want to ride human powered only. Just like plenty of people still run for recreation. Running will never go away, neither will real bikes.
Eventually that market will saturate. Not any time soon, sadly, but it will. We will continue seeing more commuter eBikes (which I welcome) for a much longer time.
Anyway, specialized I believe is having a year end clearance of bikes right now. I'll wait to see if they go lower, I'd love to buy a carbon Stumpy Evo for my GF.
I've been guilty of this a couple of times on the metro. Sometimes you forget your card or, forget to reload the card. I got popped for it pretty well too, once. $60 ticket from a transit cop. Lesson learned. What kind of a grown man jumps a turnstile to avoid paying $2?I’ve been reading about the explosion in turnstile-jumping on NYC subways. Casual lawlessness is corrosive.
Not sure if you're goofing or not. It's LAs version of the subway.What's the metro?
The masses always seem to gravitate to what is easier. So its not surprising that kids who have never biked before will choose the motorized option.Throttle eBikes are cheaper than cars. Cheaper to buy a middle schooler an eBike for $1000 than it is to save up for a car a few years later that they don't want anyway.
"Kids these days" don't want cars anyway. My GF's teenagers are putting between 0 and 5% effort into driving. The oldest of the two is 17, talks like he is interested in cars, but has put zero effort into getting his license. The younger is 15 and is taking his written test this morning and had at least been saving money, but also studied zero for the test (he admitted last night).
So, commuter eBikes will just become more common. Less cars on the road is fine with me. Teenagers in the bike lane are better than soccer moms cell phone piloting their giant SUVs to take their teenagers places.
I couldn't figure out a bus schedule to save my life. I've ridden the bus one time in LA and it took 2.5 hrs. to get from WeHo to Echo Park.Using public transit in Beijing China was magnitudes easier than using it in LA... trekked around on it for several years while living over there. Here it is a mess.
Truth.Public transit in So Cal is practically useless. Years ago checked a couple times about taking the bus to work. Was well over two hours to go 15 miles. WTF? Can drive there in 20 min.
And in all seriousness, if you've ever taken public transit a few times you'll aviod it too.
I like my car, I enjoy driving, be it in solitude or with friends, go when and where I want. Stop for groceries or take out on the way home, and no waiting!
Ain't giving up the car, and have no intention of getting on a bus with all of the very best of humanity.
On the contrary, I thoroughly enjoy trips on the Metro Line. Weve taken it to Downtown Los Angeles. Dang thing is quick and powerful. The homeless freaks just add a little seasoning to the experience.Public transit in So Cal is practically useless. Years ago checked a couple times about taking the bus to work. Was well over two hours to go 15 miles. WTF? Can drive there in 20 min.
And in all seriousness, if you've ever taken public transit a few times you'll aviod it too.
I like my car, I enjoy driving, be it in solitude or with friends, go when and where I want. Stop for groceries or take out on the way home, and no waiting!
Ain't giving up the car, and have no intention of getting on a bus with all of the very best of humanity.
Public transit in So Cal is practically useless. Years ago checked a couple times about taking the bus to work. Was well over two hours to go 15 miles. WTF? Can drive there in 20 min.
And in all seriousness, if you've ever taken public transit a few times you'll aviod it too.
I like my car, I enjoy driving, be it in solitude or with friends, go when and where I want. Stop for groceries or take out on the way home, and no waiting!
Ain't giving up the car, and have no intention of getting on a bus with all of the very best of humanity.
Boston public transit is better than that!! I believe if you build it they will come and use it!! Car lobby has been here for sooooo longWhile I don’t, nor will I ever, have experience on public transit here. It was a good hour and often more on the T in Boston to go 5 miles from my school to my last house I lived in. So 2 hours for 15 miles isn’t as bad as it seems.
During this past winter break, we did nothing but subways and walking in London, Munich and Paris. A couple of cab rides. No problems. Very easy.Yep, just joshin.' I know what it is, but I don't go to Los Angeles (or New York) so I don't use it. Wouldn't anyway. Takes too long and the aromatic fellow travelers with their unique universes just don't do it for me.
And besides, none of that metro/bus/mass transit stuff goes anywhere near where I'm going.
I lived all around SD for many years, and used various transit a lot because I was broke (long story), also how I got into bike commuting.I've used San Diego transit a fair amount.
Buses are cheap, drivers are expensive.they could have bought 3,500 diesel buses or 2,500 electric