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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[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago

Dude what, no, pedalling doesn't charge the battery on any single ebike I've heard of: https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/do-electric-bikes-charge-when-you-pedal/

[-] cevn@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That would be horrible lol. Maybe if it were configurable. 1% slow down to charge it in a few days would be kinda cool.

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

IRL or in the apocalypse? I mean in either case you have to not be using power while it charges. A dead e-bike is way more work than a regular bike. There would also inherently be a fair bit of loss in the mechanical>electrical>mechanical conversion.

[-] cevn@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Yea it would be like riding a bike with way more resistance. Maybe ok as muscle training, but not useful as transportation.

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