What I want ... not an E-bike, but an E-version of the BMW C1
Critical features:
1. moderate weather protection
2. vastly improved crash protection
3. top speed above 50mph
4. luggage capacity of a small flatbed trailer
I acknowledge the utility of e-bikes for many; for me, I prefer my non-e bike when I want to ride my bike, but would love an e-motorycle as an alternative to 80% of my car trips.
oh, those concept shots are hysterical. the one with the pink bike and the woman with 3 dogs kills, but the dj setup is where I said "too far" and closed the tab
The weather protection is great for positive temperatures - you can protect yourself from sun and rain. Unfortunately, for those in cold weather, two wheeled vehicles make little sense.
A previous video "How is a bike tunnel this freak'n great" is about urbanism and cycling in Bergen, Norway and has repeated digs at people who say you can't have good cycling infrastructure unless it's sunny and tropical.
He used to work in tech, I think in ATI chip design consulting, and spent time lived in Sunnyville, California, where it was always room temperature and sunny outside - the best weather anyone could ask for - and everyone still drove everywhere all the time. He travelled short and long stay consulting visits all over the world for years, in Toronto, Sunnyville, Oxford, London, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Taiwan, China, and it's those experiences which gave rise to his opinions about cities and that YouTube channel
So, while I broadly share most of NotJustBike's views on the world, this particular context is different.
I was asking for an electric motorcycle with a top speed of at least 50mph, intended to be used over the sort of distances that people would not use an e-bike or a bicycle for (in my case, like the 25mile/40km journey from my home into the nearest city).
I do actually ride my bike to/from the city sometimes, and probably the coldest I've ever been cycling (and I ride a lot) was on a winter morning doing this, when I underestimated the depth of the cold without direct sunshine.
Moving at powered speed, with little to zero effort, is extremely chilling (potentially even life-threatening).
So yes ... yes to better cycling infrastructure even inside cities with challenging winter conditions, but also yes to recognizing that not all two-wheeled transport fits that particular description.
Critical features: 1. moderate weather protection 2. vastly improved crash protection 3. top speed above 50mph 4. luggage capacity of a small flatbed trailer
I acknowledge the utility of e-bikes for many; for me, I prefer my non-e bike when I want to ride my bike, but would love an e-motorycle as an alternative to 80% of my car trips.
https://www.theautopian.com/bmws-first-scooter-had-a-ridicul...