FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA cargo bike with a low price and pedals so low they scrape the groundarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkA cargo bike with a low price and pedals so low they scrape the groundarstechnica.comFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoWhy? I am genuinely curious. I have owned about eight such bikes (unfortunate basement flood killed the original set) and other than the weird “brake is on the opposite side” thing, I have never had a problem with ebike makers I find in Amazon. Do you mean counterfeits?
minus-squareStrykkerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoBecause the batteries and charging equipment in them explode into flames far more often than stuff regulated in north America or Europe. Far too many people have died due to cheap Chinese electric bikes starting fires in their homes.
Why? I am genuinely curious. I have owned about eight such bikes (unfortunate basement flood killed the original set) and other than the weird “brake is on the opposite side” thing, I have never had a problem with ebike makers I find in Amazon.
Do you mean counterfeits?
Because the batteries and charging equipment in them explode into flames far more often than stuff regulated in north America or Europe.
Far too many people have died due to cheap Chinese electric bikes starting fires in their homes.