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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[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

honestly it depends on how long the apocalypse is. the batteries are eventually going to go to shit, I think I'd rather have a flex fuel bike that can run on vegetable oil or pure ethanol, the latter of which which should either be abundant or easy to make in any apocalyptic situation.

I feel like I could keep a small engine running pretty much indefinitely.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

A Honda 50cc engine will run longer than you

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Then let me tell you about the perfect apocalypse vehicle I already have, a Honda CT110. These were only sold in the US from 1980-86, but over here in Australia (and in NZ as well) our national post carrier used them as their main delivery vehicles, so Honda kept making them until 2013. Nothing ever changed though. It's got a kickstarter and the headlight's powered straight off the stator, so if the battery dies it'll still keep going. I once ran it on two-stroke mix because I ran out of fuel, it's had "right at the back of the shed" vintage petrol too and ran great. It also uses the same spark plug that basically all Honda small engines use, so there's a million of them around I could tax. It is literally just a bored-out lawnmower engine with a gearbox bolted on 😅

[-] femtech@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

Depends, batteries can be made of a bunch of things. I think a bike that charges from peddling would do wonders.

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