• grue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d have one now, but it’s hard to ride one when I have to carry a kid with me most places.

    I got an e-bike because I needed to carry a kid (actually, two) around with me. FYI, cargo bikes are a thing:

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        1 year ago

        No less safe than wheeling a kid around in a little red wagon or letting them ride their own bicycle.

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          1 year ago

          Little Red wagons generally don’t travel at 20mph in the street with cars going even faster. That kid in the photo can barely hold herself upright. One little wiggle or unexpected turn and she’ll slip right through those bars and under an SUV.

          Seriously, you might as well just put your kid in to one of these.

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        1 year ago

        Nah this is completely right though. Soon as she stops those two kids are gonna bonk heads together, the smaller one needs a bike seat at the very least, and the toddler probably needs one as well. You could still do that with a bike like this, so it doesn’t discount the point entirely, but the image itself is a pretty stupidly conceived piece of work.

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        1 year ago

        It will never not be funny to me how scared some people are of any transportation that’s not a car.