CAR-LESS + FOOD DELIVERY, PORTLAND OR

[charlesbrenthirak]

Some nice cargo ebikes there, a friend just ordered a Riese & Muller Packster 60 and from what I've read it can be a true car replacement. I'd be wary of getting a Bionx converted cargo bike because they have gone into receivership and used a proprietary system so batteries and parts may be hard to get in future. To be fair the 2018 Rad Power bikes use a custom battery case which can't be swapped out for a generic replacement but at least those can be repacked with new cells unlike a Bionx battery.

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[Nova Haibike]

a friend just ordered a Riese & Muller Packster 60 and from what I've read it can be a true car replacement.

Any bike can replace a car; it just depends on what one needs to do with it. Yeah, the Packster 60 can carry more than stuff than a regular bike, but if most of the time you aren't carrying a huge load, would you want to ride it? It is long, heavy, and not as easy to ride as a regular bike. I'm not saying your friend made the wrong choice; it might be perfect for him. But not one size fits all as "a true car replacement."

 

[charlesbrenthirak]

How much food do you need to deliver? If you're talking a stack of pizza boxes you could just put an insulated bag on a flat cargo tray mounted on a front Wald or CETMA rack.

its still a mystery to me but Caviar deals in hefty-er loads that Uber eats i heard

 

[Dewey]

Any bike can replace a car; it just depends on what one needs to do with it. Yeah, the Packster 60 can carry more than stuff than a regular bike, but if most of the time you aren't carrying a huge load, would you want to ride it? It is long, heavy, and not as easy to ride as a regular bike. I'm not saying your friend made the wrong choice; it might be perfect for him. But not one size fits all as "a true car replacement."

I agree, and I find towing a child trailer meets most of my needs and helps us remain a 1 car family, my friend is buying this to replace a bakfiets she already uses to cart her children around in so I think she just wanted something with the same functionality but better components, she puts the seats down in her Honda Odyssey and crams it in there when she needs to take it anywhere she can't ride to so I'd argue like me she's more about going car-lite than car-free.