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Zauberlehrling<p>15 minute ebike charging is a game changer bro. You better order one quick, fast and in a hurry. </p><p>Morelle looks to implement that massive gain in charging speed by leveraging a burgeoning battery chemistry that's been frequently explored in other industries, including electric vehicles and consumer electronics: swapping out the standard graphite anode in favor of silicon</p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transport</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newatlas.com/bicycles/morelle-15-min-fast-charging-ebike" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newatlas.com/bicycles/morelle-</span><span class="invisible">15-min-fast-charging-ebike</span></a></p>
Roasting House Coffee<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sheffield</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coffee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ebike</span></a> deliveries done. Zero carbon other than charging of bike battery (which is a renewable tariff anyway).</p><p>All <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/plasticfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plasticfree</span></a> as standard.</p><p>If you want to support <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> businesses and like drinking coffee join-our-club <a href="https://roastinghouse.co.uk/buy-coffee/coffee-club/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">roastinghouse.co.uk/buy-coffee</span><span class="invisible">/coffee-club/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a></p>
oceaniceternity<p>I was walking around and then walked myself into a library read some old bike magazines and was struck by how similar a lot of ebikes are to early motorcycles.</p><p>It makes sense: ebikes are filling the void of dirt cheap personal transport. Reliable transport is needed when public transport is unreliable and takes forever.</p><p>Yet the process for getting a license for a car (at least in NZ and likely Australia too) is a long process with increasingly stringent exams. Cars are also increasing in price. Both due to the cost of living, and increasing premiumisation. Cars: even a cheap shit box for a minimum wage worker represent a significant investment of capital. Both time to aquire a license, and to buy a vehicle.</p><p>Motorcycles could arguably fill that void. Except the training requirements are extensive and expensive in order to gain a license. Road registration is also expensive.</p><p>Then there's the humble bicycle. No license requirements, no registration requirements, no real regulation requirements like a motorcycle has. Efficient. Dirt cheap even compared to a motorcycle (I paid nzd $2,000 for my motorcycle, while a decent second hand bicycle costs just a couple of hundred dollars, with much less intensive maintenance requirements). Except they are sweaty, painful (good pain, but exercise nonetheless) and slow.</p><p>Enter the ebike. The wild fucking west. Ranging from a motor quite literally bolted onto a bicycle to things that look like a motorcycle with pedals bolted on. No license requirements. No regulatory requirements. Just... As an American friend might say FREEDOM.</p><p>I see online about how they ought to be regulated like motorcycles, how they are unfit for cycle paths (to which I say cycle paths are woefully designed for bicycle traffic: a good cyclist on a good bike can keep up with an ebike, and a mediocre one sure as hell can draft one) how they are good for exercise...</p><p>But I don't hear much about the economic argument. How the everliving fuck is a broke fucker meant to get to work in this day and age? It's not like cars are cheap, or buses are good. I really think that ebikes ought to stay exactly where they are: the wild West of transport.</p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/motorcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motorcycle</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/commuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commuting</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a></p>
Al<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>art</span></a></span> <br>congratulation, it took me a while to tackle that too. <br> I wish more folks would realize that ebikes are easy to work on. Its just one extra cable coming out of the rear axle. Protect that and everything else is the same.</p><p>Just remember to NOT wash your bike when its upside down. There is usually a drain hole that will let water into the electronics/battery area.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a></p>
Al<p>The bike lane is right there, just saying:-) and its a completely separate, protected paved bike path.</p><p>it goes all the way to alviso; how far are you going?</p><p>Just feeling in a mood to tease:-)<br>I know they all have a good reason to drive or maybe they just didnt think about it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bikeLane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikeLane</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/commute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commute</span></a></p>
Al<p>My 1st wanderer post.<br><a href="https://furtherheights.com/trail/view/@alpinekid/3e2f47af0c96fbb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">furtherheights.com/trail/view/</span><span class="invisible">@alpinekid/3e2f47af0c96fbb</span></a></p><p>They are a replacement for komoot. Their story sounds good. Lets see if I got taken in.</p><p>Has anyone else heard about this, the komoot sell-out.<br><a href="https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-g</span><span class="invisible">et-komooted/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a></p>
Al<p>komooted<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BlazaBoza/114924533000940544" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@BlazaBoza/114</span><span class="invisible">924533000940544</span></a><br>komoot, a bike routing service, as been <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/enshitified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshitified</span></a>. The executive staff sold it for ton of money. Most of the team has been fired. Most of the value created by the team and users is being capitalized to benefit a few.<br>The skilled(now fired) team is creating wanderer.to. They are trained and experienced.<br>They dont seem to be an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/activePub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activePub</span></a> site yet but lets support them.<br><a href="https://furtherheights.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">furtherheights.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://wanderer.to/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wanderer.to/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-g</span><span class="invisible">et-komooted/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a></p>
Definitely Doc D<p>Better biking in biggest US cities</p><p>The 10 largest U.S. urban areas included in PeopleForBikes’ annual bikeability ratings all scored above a 50, tipping point for "building the momentum necessary to create a safe, low-stress route network that allows people to bike from home to all of the places they want to go."</p><p>Also profiles Denver's ebike rebates, Boston's cargo bike share, and Portland's bike bus to school. </p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urban</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/bike-infrastructure-us-cities/823361" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">triplepundit.com/story/2025/bi</span><span class="invisible">ke-infrastructure-us-cities/823361</span></a></p>
Martin Steiger 🚀<p>Wie schnell kommen Velofahrer:innen in Zürich voran?</p><p>Die ETH Zürich hat dazu eine aufschlussreiche und differenzierte Studie verfasst.</p><p>Was machen die Medien daraus?</p><p>«E-Bikes fahren auf Quartierstrassen oft schneller als erlaubt»:</p><p><a href="https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/velo/501337414-e-bikes-fahren-auf-quartierstrassen-oft-schneller-als-erlaubt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">watson.ch/schweiz/velo/5013374</span><span class="invisible">14-e-bikes-fahren-auf-quartierstrassen-oft-schneller-als-erlaubt</span></a></p><p>Das garantiert Empörung von Autofahrer:innen, Fussgänger:innen, Velofahrer:innen und und und … und damit Geld durch Aufmerksamkeit, geht aber an der Studie als Ganzes vorbei.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/velo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>velo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fahrrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fahrrad</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/langsamverkehr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>langsamverkehr</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/medienkritik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medienkritik</span></a></p>
Das<p>Feeling good about things today. Our car/van (yet again) at the mechanic was impetus to install the front carrier (thanks Kid1!) on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eBike</span></a> <br>And the new lock and handlebar rear view mirror in place too now. So I made it to the library, picked up some movies, then to the hardware store (my bike locking wasn't the best but I was only a short time away). ❤️ the neighborhood hardware store I can pick up stuff, across from the east End Brewery taproom. <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BikeToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeToot</span></a></p>
🏁⚡Omar Two Tone⚡🏁:verified:<p>y en la ruta de hoy, se me ocurrió variarle un poco hasta que salí a zonas favelarias bandaaa... 😆 donde "ya se la saben Cainal" ahí en la punta del cerro, y de mala suerte se me reventó el pedal de tanta presión en las subidas y me tuve que regresar así... 😂😂😅, por suerte no se rompió, solo se desajustó y tuvo arreglo.... curioso fue ver sobre la misma ruta, a varios aprendiendo a ser Moteros Mortalikos, lo que comprueba que se está muy lejos, pero lejísimos de adoptar vehículos eléctricos. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bicycle</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/bicicleta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bicicleta</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ride</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Fork on the mystery ebike I am tearing down is from a "GOODFRIEND", which apparently is in Jiangsu Province, China. (so is the manufacturer of the e-bike controller). So, at least, know where its components are from. (Of course, the vast majority of US bikes are PROBABLY made of components from that part of China, too). <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Current garage sale ebike status, LOL. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project</span></a></p>
Martin Drogat<p>Hab' in <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/Marburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marburg</span></a> ein <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/Pedelec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pedelec</span></a> - also kein <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> - übrig und würde es für 150 Euro hergeben.<br><a href="https://hessen.social/tags/fahrrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fahrrad</span></a></p>
Bo Flecks<p>Thread :mastoread: <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eBike</span></a> Follow along with <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bikediary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikediary</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/114915457145667675" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hachyderm.io/@inthehands/11491</span><span class="invisible">5457145667675</span></a></p>
Pete<p>We obviously need less of this kind of thing, but equally need more of _this_ kind of thing. Not an <a href="https://masto.hypertelia.com/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eBike</span></a> <a href="https://masto.hypertelia.com/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a></p>
jexner 🏳️‍🌈<p>The car is still not back, but the girls needed one thing that I buy in a French supermarket, so once I was done working, I jumped onto the eeb and left. This is the river Rhine in Basel, with one of the many bridges and those ugly towers. <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eBike</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/EveningRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EveningRide</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Sustainable Sailing<p>Blog post about my upgrade of a 14.5 year old <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cargobike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cargobike</span></a> to an eCargoBike<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bullitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bullitt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bafang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bafang</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bafang500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bafang500</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> <br>Includes lots of pictures<br><a href="https://www.sustainablesailing.net/sustainable-cycling/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sustainablesailing.net/sustain</span><span class="invisible">able-cycling/</span></a></p>
Mark Liederbach<p>Some ominous storm clouds along the commuter bike path this morning. The poncho is packed and I threw on the storm shield, so bring it on. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MadisonWI" target="_blank">#MadisonWI</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ebike" target="_blank">#ebike</a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>Why yes, I am 100% taking a long weekend because my delivery window for my new ebike is Friday through Monday, and I don't want to muck about with short-notice flexi/half-days, and absolutely not 10% that, and 90% the fact that it's been leg day twice every day this week, and I'm absolutely knackered from the hills! 🚵‍♀️ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eBike</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CantWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CantWalk</span></a></p>