PDXsays
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newbie here, shopping for folding bike. can`t express how excited I am that I am not about to be condemed to an electric scoot chair because my back got so bad I can no longer make it to the bus stop or carry my shopping a block and a half back home uphill. I have been pretty active all my life. I thought at 62 was going to be housebound.
But there are great options in folding bikes, with most meeting the standards for becoming simple to comply with standards required for hopping a bus, train, or plane once arriving at a pick up point for about any kind of fast transport one finds in a city.
For those who may want to know:
folding
20" wheels
full contained battery
the three items above get it onto the Portland Oregon transport system of buses, light rail and street cars that connect within stops at neighborhoods for schools, theaters, churches, parks, ect and to all major shopping centers, the cross-country bus and train depot, and the local and International airport.
I am pretty sure that the larger transport systems require a bag, so check those and hazmats for battery on the planes and train, etc. before you by the ticket. But from home to the park for the summer stock theater to the fireworks on the Fourth, I am still in the game.
For chores, shopping, and pot lucks I was thrilled that most have a rack that can hold 50 lbs I have to say that it has been a steep learning curve. But no place seems to be off limits to me yet, even trips to the coast to the casinos or beaches with camping.
Maybe the best thing about the whole deal is that I am also diabetic and about 10 years ago an great endrochronologist pulled about 100 lbs off me, while I picked up the pace with swimming and biking. About three years ago, when my discs starting getting severe, the weight began to return.
Pedelec looks like it is going to save my life. While I cannot endure much peddle pushing, just turning the peddles with no pressure for a couple hours a day will burn enough to keep me below diabetic blood sugar levels.
The one small issue is that this is Portland, where it rains so much you can salmon fish in the sky. I am thinkining a second bike with a shell might be an answer since it seems that those come as pedelec, too with in the 1 throught 3 class bikes.
So here it is ~ "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" to Quote the Bard.
Without EBR I would be in a wasteland for determining what would work. There are three ebike shops in the area. Only two carry folding bikes, and of those there are only two models. Just seeing the Enzo as designed for wet environments is a huge plus.
And all the dealers and makers that you bring on video helps to know the companies are accessible; Amazon`s biggest complaints for folding are the same pieces falling apart on bikes from China and no one picks up the phone who can solve a problem.
Many people I come across do have issues with dexerity, and I wonder if those blow straw set ups like Stephen Hawking used might be useful to incorporate into some design or other. Because the folks stuck in wheelchairs have horrible service from those dealers. They really get the short end of it.
It would pretty great, for those of us fortunate to have enough mobility and dexterity available to us, if the folding bike manufacturers and distributors would take a closer look at the the alt-abled and older market. I know our docs would love them for it!
But there are great options in folding bikes, with most meeting the standards for becoming simple to comply with standards required for hopping a bus, train, or plane once arriving at a pick up point for about any kind of fast transport one finds in a city.
For those who may want to know:
folding
20" wheels
full contained battery
the three items above get it onto the Portland Oregon transport system of buses, light rail and street cars that connect within stops at neighborhoods for schools, theaters, churches, parks, ect and to all major shopping centers, the cross-country bus and train depot, and the local and International airport.
I am pretty sure that the larger transport systems require a bag, so check those and hazmats for battery on the planes and train, etc. before you by the ticket. But from home to the park for the summer stock theater to the fireworks on the Fourth, I am still in the game.
For chores, shopping, and pot lucks I was thrilled that most have a rack that can hold 50 lbs I have to say that it has been a steep learning curve. But no place seems to be off limits to me yet, even trips to the coast to the casinos or beaches with camping.
Maybe the best thing about the whole deal is that I am also diabetic and about 10 years ago an great endrochronologist pulled about 100 lbs off me, while I picked up the pace with swimming and biking. About three years ago, when my discs starting getting severe, the weight began to return.
Pedelec looks like it is going to save my life. While I cannot endure much peddle pushing, just turning the peddles with no pressure for a couple hours a day will burn enough to keep me below diabetic blood sugar levels.
The one small issue is that this is Portland, where it rains so much you can salmon fish in the sky. I am thinkining a second bike with a shell might be an answer since it seems that those come as pedelec, too with in the 1 throught 3 class bikes.
So here it is ~ "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" to Quote the Bard.
Without EBR I would be in a wasteland for determining what would work. There are three ebike shops in the area. Only two carry folding bikes, and of those there are only two models. Just seeing the Enzo as designed for wet environments is a huge plus.
And all the dealers and makers that you bring on video helps to know the companies are accessible; Amazon`s biggest complaints for folding are the same pieces falling apart on bikes from China and no one picks up the phone who can solve a problem.
Many people I come across do have issues with dexerity, and I wonder if those blow straw set ups like Stephen Hawking used might be useful to incorporate into some design or other. Because the folks stuck in wheelchairs have horrible service from those dealers. They really get the short end of it.
It would pretty great, for those of us fortunate to have enough mobility and dexterity available to us, if the folding bike manufacturers and distributors would take a closer look at the the alt-abled and older market. I know our docs would love them for it!
