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Parker Em
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Writer, editor, bon vivant.
“We dreamt in the night, and we are now building in the dawn.“
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Yeah I do think of delivery bikes as sorta exempt from this critique (though I think food delivery culture is gross and insane, I have mad love for the guys, who honestly dress up and care for their bikes better than most weekend warriors)
May 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
There are some categories of ebike I’m not really talking about of course: delivery bikes and kid cruisers being two
May 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Like, I do see people on ebikes who I would never have seen on a bike 5 years ago, but why did this person feel they needed a battery for permission to ride on city streets? This feels like a marketing problem tbh that cities should solve. Most people on ebikes would do just as well unpowered.
May 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
When I pass someone on an e-bike on my regular ass 30-year-old twenty-sixer I find myself wondering why this person needs a battery assist in NYC. Most bikes in traffic travel at roughly the same speed (slow) in this city, battery or no.
May 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM