From a member of Paris local government: «Tomorrow, we'll be saying to motorists, “Here's where you can drive, on this car-lane.” Everything else will be for pedestrians and cyclists.» - eviltoast
  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    Fatbikes look cool but lose one of the main advantages of bicycles, which is that you can easily carry them, whether up stairs, onto a train or into a car. Electric fatbikes must be even worse for that. Its probably better thinking of them as motorbikes.

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      As a comparison, the Aventon Level.2 is their city commuter ebike. Stock, it weighs 62 lbs (28 kg). Nobody is carrying that bike up stairs, and it’s not a fatbike.

      The problem here is people exceeding speed limits in populated places, creating danger.

    • intelisense@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      I thought these things were a bit dumb, then I figured out that the fatter tires make riding on the cobble stones that are common in my city more comfortable. I still don’t want one, but I see that they have their place.

      • DV8@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        5 days ago

        No getting your wheels stuck in tram tracks either. Not relevant everywhere ofcourse but in places where they have trams plenty of people fall and get injured because of tram tracks.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
        1·
        5 days ago

        Only if you also reduce the air pressure, which comes with its own drawbacks. This is mountainbike 101 basically.