eBikes would be best vehicle during apocalypse, right? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/micromobility@lemmy.world

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Since gasoline because unusable after awhile, most cars will become obstacles and block up roads.

So we of course want something that can zip around the roads!

The main advantages I see are:

Peddle when out of juice
Peddling charges the batteries, so in an emergency you can turn on the battery
The batteries can reasonably be charged by solar panels that a lot of houses have.
Gets around all the blocked roads.
Generally easier to repair.
The distance travelled on a full battery is absurd

I don't expect any movies to put their heroes on an eBike, but they should!

IDK just thought you'd appreciate my dumb thought XD Any other reasons why during an apocalypse you should find an ebike?

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It also requires special frame dropouts consideration because of the back-and-forth torque. Typically a strong torque arm.

Regen is only really a thing with direct-drive hubs and not even with all of them. Yes you can weld the clutch of a geared hub, but this isn't done in production. Some DIY shops like Grin do it on some motors but that's not a widespread practice. And there's definitely no regen on mid drives. To be clear, I'd absolutely use regen if I had a direct-drive hub, because the controller I use supports it, but yeah, it definitely isn't common.

[-] pc486@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Grin is co-developing a mid drive regen. It has a neat design.

https://youtu.be/bLu6H-K4L2Y

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Not a mid-drive but a geared hub. And yeah, it's a pretty cool design. I'm just worried about cost and water/salt ingress.

[-] pc486@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Whoops, you're right. I misremembered that for sure.

Totally agreed with the cost. Grin motors are pretty inexpensive, but not many companies have a complete system. Who knows what a licensing agreement would run.

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