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Re:The E-bike Is a Monstrosity by googlryas on Saturday September 03, 2022 @04:13PM (#32705630)
Ok, I thought you were talking about the kind of scooters where you stand on them. If you google "electric scooter", you'll see what I mean.

I don't think there is really much difference between an electric sit-down scooter and an e-bike except for ergonomics, except where you might get some weird looks - riding an ebike on a 35+mph road, vs riding a scooter on a dirt trail.

But still, google "radwagon 4" as an example of an e-cargo bike(this is what I have). It has way more capacity than a sit-down scooter. I put two (small) kids on it, and about 50 lbs of groceries, which I don't think one could do with a sit-down scooter.

Re:The E-bike Is a Monstrosity by pjmlp on Saturday September 03, 2022 @05:09PM (#32706098)
Nope, I was talking about classical scooters,

https://www.piaggio.com/en_EN/piaggio-world/news-piaggio/pia...

From my point of view cargo bikes are the two wheel version of trucks/bus, and only suitable for transport inside of city traffic, whereas with the other ones they are as usable as any motorbike.

Re:The E-bike Is a Monstrosity by googlryas on Saturday September 03, 2022 @06:56PM (#32707150)
Why? I ride it even when I have no cargo needs. It is just like a regular bike really. I guess it's harder to drag it up 5 flights of stairs.
Re:The E-bike Is a Monstrosity by pjmlp on Sunday September 04, 2022 @12:52AM (#32709961)
Harder to drag, doesn't do motorway, takes lot of parking space (in some German towns now we have specific cargo bike slots because of it)…..