I don't mean to be *that* guy, but I hav serious concerns regarding this specific issue of hyper-electric-bikes getting close to motorcycles, or mopeds being "deconstructed" to look like beefed-up electric bikes. Long the story short, I think that, with the hype in full swing, we may get a "SUVification" of e-bikes and, to be honest, that's good news for nobody. We're still trying to normalize biking or e-biking on cities and regulators are falling far behind reality on the streets. Blurring the lines between e-bicycles, mopeds and, e-bikes might do more harm than good for the ecosystem of urban micromobility.
That, or I'm just becoming a grumpy old man, which is likely as well.
I don't mean to be *that* guy, but I hav serious concerns regarding this specific issue of hyper-electric-bikes getting close to motorcycles, or mopeds being "deconstructed" to look like beefed-up electric bikes. Long the story short, I think that, with the hype in full swing, we may get a "SUVification" of e-bikes and, to be honest, that's good news for nobody. We're still trying to normalize biking or e-biking on cities and regulators are falling far behind reality on the streets. Blurring the lines between e-bicycles, mopeds and, e-bikes might do more harm than good for the ecosystem of urban micromobility.
That, or I'm just becoming a grumpy old man, which is likely as well.
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Thanks for the comment Luis. Something are talking about more and more, it will be a topic on our latest Ride On! episode that will be out tomorrow.