Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by Tepix on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:28AM
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It's disappointing that the Sinclair X-1 (http://newatlas.com/sinclair-x1-pedal-electric/16838/) never made it to the market.
I think there's a niche for a mass produced pedelec with a shell.
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Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by awjr on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:39AM
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The problem is that these types of wide pedelec do not cope with the way many councils provide cycle infrastructure requiring users to mix with cars. At which point being in a wider pedelec stops you filtering traffic and you just become 'stuck' in traffic.
Another issue is parking, with many bicycles, you can find a lampost/sheffield stand and just lock them to it, this seems to need a parking space.
Re:Deutsche Post expands StreetScooter production
by m0nty on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:12AM
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You can get fully-functional velomobiles which are basically "pedelec with a shell" but far from being mass-produced (I'm guessing you probably know this anyway). I'd love to have one but they are expensive and (in the UK) I'm sure some drivers would be very bullying or dangerous around them (it's bad enough sometimes on a bike). In the Netherlands, a different story: