If there is one thing I would recommend to any human being on the planet earth that suffers from debilitating depression and need for hope and joy on said earth it would be to RIDE AN EBIKE IN EXCESS OF THE POWER PRESCRIBED BY LAW WHILE ANY SEMBLANCE OF LEGAL GRAY AREA REMAINS
An ebike is not just a means of conveyance it is the sole source of GOOD AND PURE JOY THAT CAN BE HAD
An ebike is the means of breaking through the mundanity of transit through space and engage one with the reality of the joy of existing in the world, moreso than motorcycles which construct their own barriers, but an ebike brings you the fluidity of speed that allows you to be a PERSON AT ALL SCALES
bikes have been a revolutionary form of transit since their invention, across the world, they accompany radical movements, and we are living through a QUIET REVOLUTION where the future looks nothing like electric cars, but in fact IT LOOKS LIKE EBIKES
A 40 lb (18kg) ebike gives AN UNIMAGINABLY GREATER AMOUNT OF JOY than the 2 ton (1800kg) NIGHTMARE THAT ARE ELECTRIC CARS
An ebike and a BACKPACK displaces the ENTIRETY of the need for transit EVEN IN CAR CITY USA, LOS ANGELES and I use exactly $0 by charging at work and using an unimaginably small fraction of the energy of a CAR. it is the FUTURE OF zero emissions transit and the most PREPOSTEROUSLY FUN THING you can do
If you give a SHIT about the climate, you are riding an EBIKE
If you give a SHIT ABOUT YOURSELF and the daily conditions of your life, you are RIDING AN EBIKE
@jonny I have one since 9 years now, closing in on 20k km, almost all from commuting. Zero regrets, I think it's the optimal form factor for electric (individual) mobility. I hope that in a generation or two we'll have remade our cities in their image.