Need advice from actual ebike users
(lemmy.ml)
TL;DR: help me, Micromobility, you're my only hope
Long story short, I am fed up with the state of public transit in my city and feeling envious of the e-riders whooshing past. However, while trying to pick an actual model, I've ran into being unable to find a model that fits my needs:
- being able to drive 30+ km, with ~100 meter elevation difference between start and finish
- being able to handle 100+ kg of load (I am, unfortunately, fat)
- being able to handle rain and possibly light snow
- being foldable or otherwise transportable, because I'll have to keep it in the apartment
The Ebike store I've been to suggested picrelated, Yokamura Apache, which seems to fit the requirements, but is expensive enough to give me pause. Are there better options? Am I dreaming the impossible? Please help!
I forgot to mention you can sometimes find next generation bike racks that can lock your bike very securely using a phone app. They're often in downtown areas or around public transit transfer points. And if you're really lucky, you might even find a valet parking service for bikes. Where I live, they often have that whenever the city has organized a large public event.