Classified. I don’t want any coli thieves to track me down.
Lol
I got the gray one. I love the red one but I didn’t want to stand out like that. The red is beautiful tho.
Official Coli Bike/Cycling thread
Lol
I got the gray one. I love the red one but I didn’t want to stand out like that. The red is beautiful tho.
Miles Davis
Prince of Darkness
My boy got a trek in grey and it’s beautiful. The photos online really don’t do the colors justice, especially neutral colors.
So this might be old man or square thinking...but do you guys think it's a good idea to register your bike with the local police department?
Apparently it's good in case it gets stolen. I've heard that certain cities or states have an online registry that can help, too.
Or is that a waste of time? I don't plan on leaving my bike anywhere but you never know.
Apparently it's good in case it gets stolen. I've heard that certain cities or states have an online registry that can help, too.
Or is that a waste of time? I don't plan on leaving my bike anywhere but you never know.
THIS MY LIL BIKE. I WANT A NEW ROAD BIKE FOR SERIOUS RIDES.
I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.
i haven't done it and don't intend to but theres also a non-profit bike registry too.
Bike Index - Bike registration that works
The best bike registry: Simple, secure and free.
I registered mines. Takes like 5 minutes and is completely online.
If the bike gets stolen, I think I read there's like a ~2% chance that it's recovered, so I wouldn't hold my breath, but my uneducated guess is that probably +80% of recovered bikes are registered in the system.
That color looks great on a bike. I don't know why.
THIS MY LIL BIKE. I WANT A NEW ROAD BIKE FOR SERIOUS RIDES.
Like, I'd never wear a shirt that color. But on a bike, it's dope
@Remote
i just realized you could put QR code stickers with your email/info on a bike.
cheapest site I could find after a two minute search
www.vistaprint.com
you can upload a url of the QR CODE or image from PC.
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option to select water resistant sticker..
didn't complete the order though..
edit:
found an even cheaper and easier custom QR code offering on amazon
i just realized you could put QR code stickers with your email/info on a bike.
cheapest site I could find after a two minute search
Custom Stickers: High Quality Printing | VistaPrint
Design and print custom stickers in minutes with VistaPrint! Upload your own design, or customize our available templates. Choose from different sticker format and material options.
you can upload a url of the QR CODE or image from PC.
option to select water resistant sticker..
didn't complete the order though..
edit:
found an even cheaper and easier custom QR code offering on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/VulgrCo-Custom-Personalized-Instagram-Stickers/dp/B099Y48RK2/
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@Remote
i just realized you could put QR code stickers on a bike.
cheapest site I could find after a two minute search
Custom Stickers: High Quality Printing | VistaPrint
Design and print custom stickers in minutes with VistaPrint! Upload your own design, or customize our available templates. Choose from different sticker format and material options.
you can upload a url of the QR CODE or image from PC.
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option to select water resistant sticker..
didn't complete the order though..
This is genius. Way cheaper than putting an Apple tracker in your bike. I think they’re called Apple Air Tags.
Anyway you learn something new every day.
What If Electric Bikes Were as Cheap as Conventional Bicycles?
Subsidizing the price of e-bikes could be the way to jump-start commuter cycling.
Electric bicycles displayed for sale and rent at a shop in Watertown, Massachusetts.Photographer: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg
By
Ira Boudway
June 4, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
Last month, as part of our series on how to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I wrote about how protected bike lanes are the single best way to encourage the use of electric bikes (and traditional ones) for daily transit. As a rule, people don’t ride bikes of any kind where they don’t feel safe, so infrastructure is paramount. But bike lanes alone are not always enough.
Take, for example, Portland. The city has been steadily adding to its network of greenways and bike lanes for decades, yet the share of vehicle miles traveled by bike has hovered stubbornly around 7%. In recent years, it’s even begun to erode, taking the city further away from its climate goal of getting to 25% mode share for bikes by 2035. “They’ve done an amazing amount of bike infrastructure development in the city,” says John MacArthur, sustainable transportation program manager at Portland State University’s Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), “And we’re still bumping against the 7%.”
What else can be done to break through? MacArthur believes e-bikes themselves can be a catalyst. The boost of the electric motor helps to lower barriers that stand in the way even when people have access to safe streets — shortening the time and effort that it takes to make long trips, making it easier to haul cargo, and allowing riders to arrive at their destination without breaking a sweat.
But that additional utility comes at an additional expense. According to a white paper published last month by MacArthur and three other researchers, the average cost of a conventional bike purchased at a specialty shop in the US is $753, while the average cost for commuter or leisure e-bikes is $2,600. For cargo e-bikes, the average sticker price is a whopping $5,000. Policymakers looking to unlock the power of e-bikes and help push transit cycling into the mainstream, says MacArthur, should consider shouldering some of this expense.
The Build Back Better spending bill that passed the House last November included a tax credit of up to $900 for the purchase of an e-bike, but the legislation’s death in the Senate left slim hope of seeing a federal incentive anytime soon. The action now is at the state and local level. In their white paper, titled “Using E-Bike Purchase Incentive Programs to Expand the Market,” MacArthur and his co-authors identify more than 40 active and pilot programs in the U.S. and Canada, with incentives ranging from $100 to over $1,000. One recently launched program in Denver, which provided rebates of up to $1,200 for income-qualified buyers, reached budget capacity in less than three weeks.
MacArthur is planning a survey that would help inform policymakers about how much consumers say they are willing to pay for different types of e-bikes. In the meantime, he says, a good target is to bring the cost of an e-bike down to that of a well-built conventional bike, just as incentives for electric cars have aimed at achieving price parity with comparable combustion engine models.
“At a lower cost, people are more willing to try it,” he says of e-bikes. “And we found in our research is that once people try them, they stick.”
USPS already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes
The United States Postal Service is testing electric mail bikes to replace mail trucks for certain routes, drastically cutting emissions.
electrek.co
USPS already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes
Micah Toll
- Jun. 3rd 2022 1:30 am PT
@MicahToll
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too.
Not only are they designed to carry heavy cargo loads, but they’re also built in the US by Montana-based Coaster Cycles.
The electric mail bikes are built on the Freighter AW platform, which can be modified for various types of commercial e-cargo bike applications.
Technically it’s an electric cargo tricycle, but it almost looks more like a cargo van than a bike.
The giant rear cargo box provides 72 cubic feet (over 2,000 liters) of space for mail, and the bike can hold up to 400 lb. (181 kg) of cargo. Hydraulic disc brakes help bring all of that weight to a stop quickly and safely.
Powering the bike is Bosch’s Cargo Line e-bike drive system, which supplies the rear wheels with 85 Nm of torque. The drive system is paired with a 500 Wh battery to power the mid-drive motor, though multiple batteries can likely be swapped in to extend the range. It’s not like the bike lacks space to carry a spare battery or two.
The mid-drive motor runs through a sophisticated automatic transmission based on an Enviolo CVT, meaning mail carriers can spend less time worrying about shifting and more time looking for house numbers and watching the road.
Smaller diameter rear wheels help keep the cargo box lower to the ground, while rear view mirrors help the rider see over the back of the cargo box.
The bike’s cockpit includes a backup camera to make the bike easier to handle when reversing in tight spaces.
While most e-bikes have excellent rear visibility, I can see how a backup camera would come in handy on this particular model.
So far, the USPS e-bikes seem to be working out nicely. Christopher Jackson, the director of city delivery, explained in The Postal Record:
The news of additional electric vehicles working their way into mail carriers’ routes couldn’t come soon enough.
The United States Postal Service is currently dealing with the fallout from backlash to its new gas-guzzler mail truck plans.
The USPS initially announced that it would be purchasing up to 165,000 mostly gas-powered Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs) from Oshkosh Defense Corp.
The original plan was for 10% of those vehicles to be electric, though the USPS then increased that percentage to 20% for their initial order of 50,000 vehicles. The gas-powered NGDVs will get as low as 8.6 miles per gallon (approximately 27.5L/100km) during operation.
However, several lawsuits have recently been filed against the USPS regarding the high percentage of gas-guzzling vehicles in the order.
As Electrek’s Jameson Dow recently explained:
Couldn't hurt to do so. I always recommend that people lock up their bikes even when parked in their houses fwiw
I see they got pushback but 165,000 vehicles they plan to order. That’s a huge $$$ project for the government. Hopefully they do increase the percentage of electric vehicles even more.USPS already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes
The United States Postal Service is testing electric mail bikes to replace mail trucks for certain routes, drastically cutting emissions.
USPS already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes
Micah Toll
- Jun. 3rd 2022 1:30 am PT
@MicahToll
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too.
Not only are they designed to carry heavy cargo loads, but they’re also built in the US by Montana-based Coaster Cycles.
The electric mail bikes are built on the Freighter AW platform, which can be modified for various types of commercial e-cargo bike applications.
Technically it’s an electric cargo tricycle, but it almost looks more like a cargo van than a bike.
The giant rear cargo box provides 72 cubic feet (over 2,000 liters) of space for mail, and the bike can hold up to 400 lb. (181 kg) of cargo. Hydraulic disc brakes help bring all of that weight to a stop quickly and safely.
Powering the bike is Bosch’s Cargo Line e-bike drive system, which supplies the rear wheels with 85 Nm of torque. The drive system is paired with a 500 Wh battery to power the mid-drive motor, though multiple batteries can likely be swapped in to extend the range. It’s not like the bike lacks space to carry a spare battery or two.
The mid-drive motor runs through a sophisticated automatic transmission based on an Enviolo CVT, meaning mail carriers can spend less time worrying about shifting and more time looking for house numbers and watching the road.
Smaller diameter rear wheels help keep the cargo box lower to the ground, while rear view mirrors help the rider see over the back of the cargo box.
The bike’s cockpit includes a backup camera to make the bike easier to handle when reversing in tight spaces.
While most e-bikes have excellent rear visibility, I can see how a backup camera would come in handy on this particular model.
So far, the USPS e-bikes seem to be working out nicely. Christopher Jackson, the director of city delivery, explained in The Postal Record:
The news of additional electric vehicles working their way into mail carriers’ routes couldn’t come soon enough.
The United States Postal Service is currently dealing with the fallout from backlash to its new gas-guzzler mail truck plans.
The USPS initially announced that it would be purchasing up to 165,000 mostly gas-powered Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs) from Oshkosh Defense Corp.
The original plan was for 10% of those vehicles to be electric, though the USPS then increased that percentage to 20% for their initial order of 50,000 vehicles. The gas-powered NGDVs will get as low as 8.6 miles per gallon (approximately 27.5L/100km) during operation.
However, several lawsuits have recently been filed against the USPS regarding the high percentage of gas-guzzling vehicles in the order.
As Electrek’s Jameson Dow recently explained:
to use taxpayers funds to buy vehicles in 2022 that gets 8.6 mpg is criminal!