Post #4213076

2026-07-29 17:52 UTC

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @MLE_online@social.afront.org @plutarch@gotosocial.plutar.ch @morgan@sfba.social I keep looking at ebikes from narrow niche. I have chronic pain issues and asthma like breathing issues, ideally I'd prefer manual bike, but with my health issue would be easy to get myself in position where just need AC or such and ebike reserve option would mean it was self manageable issue vs needing assistance.

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@cmgrowell@m.ai6yr.org 2026-07-29 18:30

@CliffsEsport@mastodon.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @MLE_online@social.afront.org @plutarch@gotosocial.plutar.ch @morgan@sfba.social You can get class 3 commuter e-bikes with a throttle that are reasonable, although you still need to be careful with them. We had a friend break their elbow on a class 1 ebike that lurched forward a little more than expected when she started pedaling. I've managed to pop up the front tire on my class 1 emtb such that the bike came up over on top of me, but that was on a steep switchback. Definitely a learning curve with that sort of thing, especially since I switch back and forth with a regular bike, where you normally need lots of pedaling power to get up those types of switchbacks. These e-motos are a different story. They are made for racing up steep dirt hills, etc. That kind of torque is crazy on regular roads in inexperienced hands.

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