Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down
by wolverine876 on Monday November 08, 2021 @09:29PM
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That has not been my observation, except for kids and people delivering food.
Consider there may be a dignity issue: If you are a lycra-clad yuppy, you're cycling because you want to. If you're poor, it looks like you can't afford a car.
Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down
by aqme28 on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @04:57AM
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It's not helpful to respond to data with an anecdote.
Here's another study showing the same https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Relationship-between-inc...
Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down
by watwut on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @01:44AM
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Given that breakthrough is significantly more expensive e-bike, owners being too rich was unlikely to be the real issue. If more expensive tool fixes social problem, the people were more likely to be offputted by poor.
Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down
by sudosysgen on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @01:38PM
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You can now buy an ebike for 1000$ new, and prices are dropping every year.
Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down
by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:22AM
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It was interesting to see some cycling groups in the UK lobbying against the introduction of e-bikes when the EU was legislating for them.
This has never been true, of course. As you would expect for something that costs a hundredth as much as a car, bicycling to work has always been more common among the poor: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/08/low-income-americans-...