'Now Making Electric Bikes: Car and Motorcycle Companies'
03-04-21, 12:32 PM
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'Now Making Electric Bikes: Car and Motorcycle Companies'
'They see branding opportunities as the pandemic and a desire by cities to curb traffic propel e-bike sales to new heights.' <br /> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/business/electric-ebikes-pandemic.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/business/electric-ebikes-pandemic.html</a> <br /><br />If you can't read it by clicking the link, you can right-click on the link, save the file, read the local copy.
03-04-21, 12:40 PM
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03-04-21, 01:23 PM
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If you believe what they say the majority of the auto manufactures are planning to phase out gas engines and go all electric within a few years. Bicycles might be a good offshoot of that.
I'll believe it when I see it.
I'll believe it when I see it.
03-04-21, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by LeeG
gosh, couldn’t they have used fewer spokes?
Here is some info from Rolf a few years ago:
https://bikerumor.com/2017/11/10/aas...-spoke-wheels/
I know some Clydes who did mountain bike racing on Rolf Prima wheels and no wheel issues.
03-04-21, 09:03 PM
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If I was going to buy an off the shelf ebike, I'd buy one from a bicycle manufacturer not an auto company.
Maybe they are thinking of some kind of combined deal, buy our electric car and we'll throw in an ebike.
I just don't see the point, but some marketing genius thinks it is brilliant.
Maybe they are thinking of some kind of combined deal, buy our electric car and we'll throw in an ebike.
I just don't see the point, but some marketing genius thinks it is brilliant.
03-05-21, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by skookum
If I was going to buy an off the shelf ebike, I'd buy one from a bicycle manufacturer not an auto company.
Maybe they are thinking of some kind of combined deal, buy our electric car and we'll throw in an ebike.
I just don't see the point, but some marketing genius thinks it is brilliant.
Maybe they are thinking of some kind of combined deal, buy our electric car and we'll throw in an ebike.
I just don't see the point, but some marketing genius thinks it is brilliant.
