Post #2400854
2026-04-29 00:24 UTC
The industry just isn't focused on high quality, light weight, steel transportation #bicycles designed for strength, stability under load, and sustainability.
#ebikes, unfortunately, allow companies to get away with practices that aren't feasible in conventional pedal bicycles, because motor power can overcome their bloated weight. Aluminium sucks for frames.
Most conventional bicycle designs do not have the strength or stiffness needed to accommodate conversion with a motor kit.
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@gcvsa@mstdn.plus 2026-04-29 00:36
I refuse to believe that it isn't possible to design a reasonably affordable steel transportation bicycle (meaning, it can carry everyday cargo and luggage for a typical office worker who carries a portable computer briefcase and a personal handbag and goes grocery shopping, but is not a "cargo bike", and is designed for all-weather, on-road comfort and stability) with sufficient strength and stiffness to accommodate an electric motor conversion, while still being light enough not to need one.