I’m now a few days into using an electric cargo bike (a Tern GSD) as my primary form of transportation. It’s…awesome.
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@shonin That looks awesome! I wish we had more choices in that kind of range — and more infrastructure that favored them.
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@inthehands are these a thing in the US? (Mobility scooters)
All over the UK. Pavement legal. Top speed varies between 4-15mph depending on various things.
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@inthehands just seen the electric trike elsewhere in the thread and that looks way better though
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the bus lane enthusiastreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands yeah; again with the 20-50 year timeframe on that.
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there are neck "shades" for hiking. to follow on your ask/request, does anyone make one of those neck shades that can attach to a helmet?
(i'm also in the "i only use 70 SPF or higher" club)
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@inthehands photos?
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@cxj Eventually!
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@paul_ipv6
The brand I mentioned above does: https://dabrim.comCan’t find a place here to try one in person, thus the online ask.
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@catch56 Yes, they’re a thing in the US — but stigmatized, I’d say, and much more common that the e-trikes, though the latter seem more practical to me.
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@inthehands Academic question: how many miles can you drive the Civic before it exceeds the GHG involved in making/shipping the bike?
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the bus lane enthusiastreplied to the bus lane enthusiast last edited by
@inthehands okay I exaggerate; there are a few quick fixes that could be implemented next week, but the political capital to implement those quick fixes is what's missing.
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@cxj I don’t know. My casual research suggested that the sunk carbon cost of the bike is so much lower than a car that I didn’t need to get too specific.
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Paul Cantrellreplied to the bus lane enthusiast last edited by
@t54r4n1
100%. Movement on this is happening at the city level, where in some cities, some portion of the political capital •does• exist. I’d say that good bike infra is…maybe like a 55-45 issue in very progressive Mpls right now. -
@inthehands "Arcimoto FUV has a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h) and an estimated city range of 102.5 miles (165 km). Arcimoto claims it achieves an efficiency of 173.7 MPGe. Also comes with a number of creature comforts including heated seats, heated grips (did we mention it has handlebars instead of steering wheel?), Bluetooth speakers, removable half doors and lockable rear storage." My friend took me for a spin in cool weather. I thought it might be like flying in an open-cockpit biplane. ️
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Not to mention mass transit in Fort Collins seems oriented towards campus. When the put in the Mason Street bus line, I had hoped they would run lots of smaller buses east-west along major corridors and use Mason to shift north and south
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@shonin
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@ronpar
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@inthehands Da Brim works well for me, especially sitting upright.
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@jlundell Thanks! Just hearing from anyone who’s even laid hands on it IRL is super helpful.
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@inthehands I've given up my car in favour of a cargo bike. I do miss driving -- it's something I did very much enjoy -- but driving a 1500 Kg vehicle to move 70 Kg of human is not something I can ethically justify in a #ClimateEmergency, no matter what it's powered by.