Originally Posted by Leisesturm

The bicycle community has sent a resounding "we don't need no stinkin' e-assist" refusal to the e-bike industry. Adoption is very low. Shaming of early adopters is a thing. Prices are insane because of that low buy in. Standard bikes are impractical transportation because of the limits of human strength and endurance, but the inflated ego's of the majority of cyclists refuses to acknowledge this. Practical bike commutes are under 5 miles each way. A very small contingent of hard core bike commuters accept that riding for an hour to complete a 8mi to 10mi morning and evening commute makes good use of time. Even fewer kid themselves that they can do 13mi to 15mi each way bike commutes but in reality they don't manage that more than a couple of times each week. So we mainly continue to use our cars for real commute distances and to transport our bicycles to state parks and other off street cycling areas. Who am I. But, and I'm just saying. All this car use has a downside. It's literally killing us off. In about 100 years we will be all gone. In 50 we won't really want to be around anyway. All because of the insane over-reliance on cars for single person transportation. The lithium battery and mid-drive e-assist could literally have saved humankind from extinction but only a few really got it. Sad.