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:

  1. Peddle when out of juice

  2. Peddling charges the batteries, so in an emergency you can turn on the battery

  3. The batteries can reasonably be charged by solar panels that a lot of houses have.

  4. Gets around all the blocked roads.

  5. Generally easier to repair.

  6. 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?

  • Habahnow@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    why an e motorcycle over an electric bike? I feel the disadvantages are worse: its heavier, larger and requires more time to fully charge. Sure its faster, can probably get your further, and can carry heavier things, but every time you’re not using those aspects, the disadvantages are more pronounced. Can’t fully charge the battery due to slow charging with whatever you can muster up? will now you’re just carrying dead weight.

    Will there be nice roads that you know are safe for you to drive fast on? Maybe, again you may be carrying deadweight otherwise.

    If you’re not using it to carry large/heavy items, again you’re riding around in dead weight.

    • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      As you said: range, speed, capacity.

      Your disadvantages are not issues when your range is 150mi+. When an ebike range is 30mi you will be pedaling back from the next town with your gear and goods on a dead battery. That’s why the weight matters.

      An emoto should slow-charge in ~5 hours. That’s ~double the time for ~5x the range.

      You need nice roads the same as a bicycle does (as in: you don’t).

      I’m assuming you dont ride motorcycles because they’re much more capable than you’re giving them credit for.
      I would like to know more about this “carrying dead weight” your referring to. i don’t usually carry my motorcycles around. lol

      • Habahnow@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I suppose it really depends on needs. I don’t know whether people would really be needing to ride 150 miles in a single charge. You’re correct about myself not riding motorcycles, which is why I asked. by carrying dead weight I meant having to deal with the bulkiness and lack of flexibility with motorcycles. You don’t usually carry around a motorcycle nor an ebike, but being able to take it into buildings with you to hide it would be some nice flexibility. Ebikes aren’t lightweight either, but compared to a emoto they are.

        • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          If you ride 50 miles to another town and 50 miles back you will need that capacity.
          If you don’t need that capacity you could get a smaller motorcycle that is hardly bigger than a bicycle.
          Certainly heavier, obviously.

          I store my motorcycles indoors in a spare room in the winter so i have space for my car in my garage. You can take motorcycles indoors.

          There are motorcycles as small as bicycles and some as large as… Well a large motorcycle. lol Motorcycles are very flexible. More flexible than bicycles, imo. You can find one to fit whatever your needs are.

          Some electric motorcycles:
          Surron
          KTM
          Zero