• nutsack@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    these are feasible in cities that you wouldn’t want to drive a car in anyways. probably not so good for commuting around Boise Idaho

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      10 months ago

      Because Boise, ID is not interested in building the necessary infrastructure for ideological reasons.

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        10 months ago

        I’m going to wager this comment was posted and upvoted by people who have never been to Boise. Because that place has a good amount of people biking around. Especially around Boise state and for recreation.

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          10 months ago

          Been to Boise many time. Take a trip to Europe and then come back and tell me what you think of Boise’s bike infrastructure.

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      10 months ago

      I’d bet an electric bike would work well in most cities, especially ones that you can reference and people recognize.

      I think the market that it misses most is the people who live outside of cities/towns, and have to travel that initial 10+ miles just to get into the city. Still feasible, but less so

      And winters.

      I live in one of these out west cities. I’d take an electric bike over my car in a heartbeat for most of the spring/summer/fall. To bad a decent electric bike is extremely expensive.