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Re:Long Range E-Bike by utopiah on Sunday March 01, 2026 @03:28PM (#47210334)
... put your (e)bike on a train, that's where the range come from.

Very cool experimentation but in term of making the practice sustainable best to rely on the infrastructure. It's a bit like in sports having to use the big muscles, e.g. you climb with your legs, not with your fingers no matter what super strength grip you have.

Re:Long Range E-Bike by cortesoft on Sunday March 01, 2026 @03:40PM (#47210440)
Where exactly is this train that I should put my e-bike on?
Re:Long Range E-Bike by utopiah on Monday March 02, 2026 @07:57AM (#47217414)
Typically by the train station.
Re:Long Range E-Bike by hirsto on Sunday March 01, 2026 @03:33PM (#47210371)
Not everyone lives near mass transit nor in a city
Re:Long Range E-Bike by utopiah on Monday March 02, 2026 @08:00AM (#47217442)
Not everyone, no, but the majority of people do, since mid 20th century, cf rural flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_flight .

That being said, IMHO sadly, most cities do not invest enough on mass transit infrastructure. That's what politics is for though.

Re:Long Range E-Bike by twocommits on Sunday March 01, 2026 @04:33PM (#47210901)
Fucking people pushing their ebikes into already crowded trains! You wanted to cycle, go cycle then; don't pester us regulars with your 30kg dirtmachine.
Re:Long Range E-Bike by Gigachad on Sunday March 01, 2026 @05:04PM (#47211188)
99% of the time it's food delivery workers who have to live in the outer edges of the city while all the orders are in the inner city.

The solution to this problem is to run enough trains that they aren't so crowded a bike wouldn't fit. These people are paying for tickets so their usage should be funding the running of more services.