Re:Rivian's Also E-bike is like nothing you've ever seen
by mc32 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @07:40PM
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Mopeds but with crappier seats. Mopeds at least had decently comfortable seats and could seat a passenger —if we’re considering normal BMI folks.
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Re:Rivian's Also E-bike is like nothing you've ever seen
by nntwozz on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @08:37PM
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Moped seats are for sitting, bike seats are for pedaling.
They're not worse, they're different because they need to be.
Re:Rivian's Also E-bike is like nothing you've ever seen
by mc32 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:23PM
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Are people going to pedal on these things? Mopeds could also be pedalled if stalled -unlike scooters. I mean, sure, I know their form factor is that of a bike --but its locomotion is more similar to that of a e-moped. Unfortunately with very lousy seats. At moped and these ebike speeds you want better seating.
Re:Rivian's Also E-bike is like nothing you've ever seen
by ygjb on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:48PM
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Yes. There are e-bikes that look like motorcycles or mopeds that can be pedaled, but are uncomfortable, and there are e-bikes that look vespa style scooters that have pedals but it's completely impractical to pedal them - the pedal operation is there to qualify under specific requirements to be classified as an e-bike.