Step aside Urban Arrows and Tern GSDs, i think the Aventon Abound might be the new official Camberville family bike. Seeing them everywhere now.
@willie @zachnfine @bikepedantic https://camberville.ebikelibrary.org/answers/theft-risk/ has some information on how I've approached e-bike security over the past 4000 miles. A lot of it comes from a position of relatively ease (off-street parking at home and work), but it has some useful notes on how I think about it more broadly.
@samerfarha @bikepedantic E-bikes are fucking rad.
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@bikepedantic I think I still mostly see tern and yuba (commonly Kennedy School pickup/dropoff), but there might be an Aventon I saw last week.
@bikepedantic I think that this is specifically a project of a couple folks in Somerville who've been doing this work; I got connected with them recently (we're going to try to get an Abound into the e-bike library), and they mention they've specifically gotten 25 folks onto Abounds directly over the past 3 months.
@bikepedantic Damn, that's a great price. Especially compared to a Tern HSD/GSD (not sure which it is close to in size)..
https://www.aventon.com/products/abound-ebike?variant=42319517515971
@Andres4NY @bikepedantic Closer to GSD in length. (Though it's still longer than the GSD by 10cm.)
@crschmidt @Andres4NY @bikepedantic Anyone know what's the cargo bike with the highest passenger weight capacity? My kids (and I 😞) are getting heavy...
@elliots @crschmidt @bikepedantic I'd guess a long john/bakfiet? eg, https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/urban-arrow-family-e-cargo-bike w/ 550lbs capacity. I think my Cetma has a similar capacity (Margo has a 300lb load limit for the cargo area, and that doesn't include the rider).
@Andres4NY @crschmidt @bikepedantic Maybe I should just get one of these https://electrek.co/2023/09/09/alibaba-electric-popemobile/
At ~$2K with a UL-certified battery, it's super-easy to point to as a good place to start shopping for a newbie.