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eBikes would be best vehicle during apocalypse, right?
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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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As you said: range, speed, capacity.
Your disadvantages are not issues when your range is 150mi+. When an ebike range is 30mi you will be pedaling back from the next town with your gear and goods on a dead battery. That's why the weight matters.
An emoto should slow-charge in ~5 hours. That's ~double the time for ~5x the range.
You need nice roads the same as a bicycle does (as in: you don't).
I'm assuming you dont ride motorcycles because they're much more capable than you're giving them credit for.
I would like to know more about this "carrying dead weight" your referring to. i don't usually carry my motorcycles around. lol
I suppose it really depends on needs. I don't know whether people would really be needing to ride 150 miles in a single charge. You're correct about myself not riding motorcycles, which is why I asked. by carrying dead weight I meant having to deal with the bulkiness and lack of flexibility with motorcycles. You don't usually carry around a motorcycle nor an ebike, but being able to take it into buildings with you to hide it would be some nice flexibility. Ebikes aren't lightweight either, but compared to a emoto they are.
If you ride 50 miles to another town and 50 miles back you will need that capacity.
If you don't need that capacity you could get a smaller motorcycle that is hardly bigger than a bicycle.
Certainly heavier, obviously.
I store my motorcycles indoors in a spare room in the winter so i have space for my car in my garage. You can take motorcycles indoors.
There are motorcycles as small as bicycles and some as large as... Well a large motorcycle. lol Motorcycles are very flexible. More flexible than bicycles, imo. You can find one to fit whatever your needs are.
Some electric motorcycles:
