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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[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Personally, I would probably just stick with a regular bicycle: I don't have enough solar panels to even come close to powering my ebike nor do I have a method to transfer the power. Electricity would probably be reserved for navigation devices if available, lights, etc.

A bicycle will never lose power and if you have a dynamo you can even use it to generate power. In an apocalypse type scenario, that seems pretty ideal unless you're exceptionally well provisioned and have a good understanding of electrical engineering.

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