• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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      For people with disabilities and chronic injuries, yes they are better and provides accessibility. Don’t forget that people with disabilities exist in this universe too.

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      Less effort? I don’t know where environmentalists got the idea that the average guy is a cross fit three time gold medalist, most people want effortless traversal

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          Seriously, and cycling isn’t really even that strenuous. Like the fact that people actually believe this makes it all the more clear why obesity rates are sky high. Like do really people not understand how bodies work?

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            It doesn’t look like you do if you’re so oblivious that people with disabilities would benefit with something like this.

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              That’s where other means of public transport such as transit, trains, and buses fill in— all things that help reduce carbon emissions as well. Larger sidewalks too. What we need are options.

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          It also makes you less fat, and smarter. Yes, exercise actually makes you smarter. Maybe we should push people towards exercising, and let them discover bikes by themselves?

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            I’m a cyclist myself and a few members of my family went out and bought ebikes before they would even go on casual kid friendly rides with me on their traditional bikes. While I appreciate the ebike making people more confident biking I feel like the people I know with ebikes could have literally just used a traditional bike and in a month they wouldn’t find it hard.

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              People with disabilities would benefit. We get it. You don’t approve of them having something that could possibly benefit them.

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                I didn’t mention people with disabilities. I’m very pro people with disabilities buying and using ebikes. What I am attempting to get across is that a lot of people would do great with trying to cycle before dropping big money on an ebike.

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            Right so everyone with chronic injuries are just too stupid to work it out! Of course. So simple! /s

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          easier to steal too, which why prefer folded bike so I can take it to my office instead of parking it outside for easy theft

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            I would love to have a Brompton or something like that for the same reason. Or easier to take it to other cities to ride.

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          It’s funny people are forgetting that when they’re the main topic of the article

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        Or that people with disabilities exist and probably benefit from e-bikes too.