This thing looks really good. But, just as I feared, this video has them riding on trails where Class 3 e-bikes are illegal. We have a hard enough time trying to get trail access for Class 1 e-bikes, and people doing 28 MPH on these things is going to get all e-bikes banned from trails.
This is one of the things I wondered about as I was posting earlier: the weight of the bike. At the better part of 100 pounds, no one can reasonably expect to ride anywhere they’d have to carry it, especially up stairs.
Wow, there are some really neat ideas here. I love the idea of micro-mobility devices like these! I am a bit concerned about the marketing photos that suggest this Class 3 e-bike is suitable for trails, when most trails do not allow above Class 1.
“Block groups that added protected bike lanes saw commuter ridership increases 1.8 times higher than those that added standard bike lanes (SBLs, yes, paint), and 4.3 times higher than those that added no infrastructure at all. […]the clear champion in the data was the protected lane.”
I got a chance to test ride the newly introduced Brompton G Line, and liked it a lot, but ultimately decided to wait until the electric version comes out this fall. Check out the post on my site for more impressions and thoughts about the G Line.