I lived car free for a year while studying at Uni since the city i was studying in had a great transport system. Unfortunately i got sent home after the pandemic hit and now i'm back living in a sprawling crap town where you need to drive everywhere because everything is so spread out.
In my 20's I took my girlfriend out in my car for a night out when it conked out on the way home. Embarrassingly, I had no idea what the issue was, or how to fix it. I've had a hatred of car ownership ever since. On top of that:- fuel bills, servicing, rego, insurance, licence fees, etc,etc. Since 2009, I've been car free, as I live near my work, family, shops, etc. I just walk, cycle or rail it. I'll hire the latest car if I'm traveling long distance. I'm now better off financially, mentally and physically. Of course, everyone's circumstances are different. Mine just happen to be conducive to car free living. Do it if you can. You'll feel freer than you ever could WITH a car. 🚴😃👍
I'm 30, I've owned a car for two years but it's up for sale and I don't plan on replacing it. I get more anxiety from owning it, almost constantly worried about something going wrong and the hefty bill. I don't own an E-Bike but thinking about getting my partner one because she defaults to jumping in the car, even for short (ish) journey's and I feel like she's be much happier on something with electric assist.
I live in America and this is my worry daily I really hate that I need to have a car I want to let go of it sooo badly but here it’s hard to do anything without one
@@Alvio64 yeah i really dont have a choice which is why i don’t want to let go of remote work because I’ve limited my outings considerably but having to drive 20mins back and forth 5 days a week and I don’t make a lot of money to begin with is annoying. In the south east where I am public transportation would not allow me to make it to and from work it runs at odd hours here and stores aren’t walking distance and I’m in the only metropolitan area in the state 😂. For me to live in the downtown area or any walkable city it would cost me 3-4x what I currently am able to afford to have a place to live there 😂. I’m thankful for being remote tho.
I want to get rid of mine. They're a headache. I dread the negative responses from others. I understand everything you've said. The anxiety of something going wrong plus the mechanics bill.
Being a Tern GSD owner in Bath has changed my relationship with the city. Most of Bath's suburbs are up biiiig hills, and the city centre and roads in are regularly traffic logged. The GSD makes it possible to pop in to any part of town in minutes. I can park closer to my destination and avoid the hefty local car parking fees. The number of ebikes doing the school run has increased from one (me) 3 years ago, to more than a dozen now. In a well-off, hilly city like Bath, the population seems to be enthusiastic for better transport options. Just need the council to catch up with some infrastructure to support it!
I lived car free for over a year with my Surly Big Dummy and love it too.Until I got hit in 2015 got part of my back broken and after all of this my wife pass away she is in heaven then I got kick out of our home that was paid for long story short I want to be car free again I'm looking for a way to do this again before I get to darn old I'm 65 now.
Being car free (or at least mostly car free) has been a dream on mone for a long time. It's tricky because i live in the u.s. and also run a small business that requires me to travel around town with about 100lbs of tools, but I believe I can make it happen with an electric cargo bike. My new years resolution this year is to make this dream a reality!
I stopped driving automobiles over 40 years ago and never looked back!! I got tired of all the money I spent just to keep a car running. I used to cycle 50 miles a day from 1995 to 2002, but i mostly ride less than 7 miles today. I'm 60 years old now, and not being dependent on automobiles saved me a fortune! I was able to invest well over $400,000 dollars since I stopped driving. 🍷🍷😎
I live in rural Canada and we have recently got improved but still limited bus service. As a landscape gardener most of my life I still had a large truck. Just got fed up with traffic and the stupidity of one person per vehicle. Too far for a bike, though I did try an ebike. We all need to do our part to get cars off the road. I do live near one of the fastest growing communities in Canada, with the corresponding traffic and it's very freeing to not be frustrated in traffic.
What are your tips for getting around without a car in harsh winters? Anything special or just bundle up and remember people did it for thousands of years haha.
I love my ebike and it got me back into cycling again after a major operation. I now have ebike and road bike. But I would be careful using it to go shopping as mine was almost stolen outside a supermarket. I never leave it outside now lol
I just use a regular bike now, it does the job- at first hills were daunting, but it's getting easier and the distance I am willing to go is increasing, especially as I start to enjoy the journey more, it beats waiting on a bus, I was always willing to walk pretty far compared to most people I know anyways, went through shoes quite quickly, I could see the advantage of an e-bike in some situations, but a regular bike seems to suit my purposes, even though I am in a valley and everything is uphill! Just makes getting hme a breeze, which is great, because by then I am tired- nice to just coast.
I'm the same, so far most of my short journeys are fine n the regular bike, and I've looked at the retrofit kits, which are about 400 or 500 Euros rather than a few thousand for a full E bike. My wife has also made a real effort to take the bike when the car would be easier and enjoys it when she does.
How do you go without a car I just don't know what I'm gonna do because my car is been repaired but I don't wanna drive it I'm saving $700 a month!!!!!!!
Some good tips delivered in a low key, friendly way. It’s also a pitch at selling Tern products and I was a bit shocked to see the 22kg Vektron bring hefted bodily into a train as an example of a folding bike suited to commuting on public transport. The film maker should have shown a smaller, lighter bike to illustrate this particular use.
I appreciated the demo though as it showed it was doable if necessary. 22kg sounds daunting but seeing someone do it, makes you realise its literally just to get it into the vestibule and out again and that's eminently doable by any able bodied person.
Hi, what would you estimate an Ebike to cost over a year with a 4k annual mileage? I'd be keen to understand any pitfalls of ownership too if you're able? Thanks
I used to ride a normal bike 400 miles a week. So let's call it 12k miles a year. I used to take it to the local bike shop for a good service once a year for like £100 Brake pads were a £20 quid, 5 minute job. Tyres. They were long lasting, think I replaced them maybe twice in a year, one due to the bead of the tyre being destroyed by a nail. They were another 40-50quid a tyre so £150 I'd say for the year. Everything else was incidental, the chain lube, occasional broken spoke, wheel truing, etc. Equally the yearly service and tune up was more for me being lazy, its all really doable but as someone who liked the riding and couldn't be arsed with the maintenance it was just a cost saving measure to get a shop to do it. Insurance - included with the home contents for almost everyone, but I also joined cyclinguk or CTC as it was back then which gave me a few million 3rd party. Theft coverage I added onto the home policy, can't remember how little it cost though it was next to nothing. So yearly, for a standard bike (not that an E-bike is much different) you're looking at like £300-£350 all in for the year. Considerably less if you do the maintenance yourself.
Which ebike would you recommend for climbing steep hills as I live at the top of a 1 in 6 hill and no matter which route I take to the shops, that I have to encounter, so need something which is powerful enough to get me up it carrying a shopping load of two massive bags? And yes I know you will suggest shopping more often and carrying less per shop which is a good idea in warmer weather but not ideal in winter months. Plus the age concern comes to the fore front as I am 70 year old male with dodgy legs.
I hate the stress of driving. I just don’t enjoy it. I love walking though... LOVE it. I'd love to just give up the car and take my son to his things by bike, but he's 9 and won't learn to ride (autistic).
Have you ditched your car for a bike? Let us know how it's working out!
I lived car free for a year while studying at Uni since the city i was studying in had a great transport system. Unfortunately i got sent home after the pandemic hit and now i'm back living in a sprawling crap town where you need to drive everywhere because everything is so spread out.
I can but i live in the US in a small town and down south, where its always warm enough to walk or ride my electric trike :)
In my 20's I took my girlfriend out in my car for a night out when it conked out on the way home. Embarrassingly, I had no idea what the issue was, or how to fix it.
I've had a hatred of car ownership ever since. On top of that:- fuel bills, servicing, rego, insurance, licence fees, etc,etc.
Since 2009, I've been car free, as I live near my work, family, shops, etc. I just walk, cycle or rail it. I'll hire the latest car if I'm traveling long distance. I'm now better off financially, mentally and physically.
Of course, everyone's circumstances are different. Mine just happen to be conducive to car free living. Do it if you can. You'll feel freer than you ever could WITH a car. 🚴😃👍
Do you live in a bikeable city?
How much does car hire cost you?
I'm 30, I've owned a car for two years but it's up for sale and I don't plan on replacing it. I get more anxiety from owning it, almost constantly worried about something going wrong and the hefty bill. I don't own an E-Bike but thinking about getting my partner one because she defaults to jumping in the car, even for short (ish) journey's and I feel like she's be much happier on something with electric assist.
I live in America and this is my worry daily I really hate that I need to have a car I want to let go of it sooo badly but here it’s hard to do anything without one
@@zmojofoot76 I hear you, it's hard enough here in the UK, it must be really tough in the US where everything is built around people driving
@@Alvio64 yeah i really dont have a choice which is why i don’t want to let go of remote work because I’ve limited my outings considerably but having to drive 20mins back and forth 5 days a week and I don’t make a lot of money to begin with is annoying. In the south east where I am public transportation would not allow me to make it to and from work it runs at odd hours here and stores aren’t walking distance and I’m in the only metropolitan area in the state 😂. For me to live in the downtown area or any walkable city it would cost me 3-4x what I currently am able to afford to have a place to live there 😂. I’m thankful for being remote tho.
I want to get rid of mine. They're a headache. I dread the negative responses from others. I understand everything you've said. The anxiety of something going wrong plus the mechanics bill.
Being a Tern GSD owner in Bath has changed my relationship with the city. Most of Bath's suburbs are up biiiig hills, and the city centre and roads in are regularly traffic logged. The GSD makes it possible to pop in to any part of town in minutes. I can park closer to my destination and avoid the hefty local car parking fees. The number of ebikes doing the school run has increased from one (me) 3 years ago, to more than a dozen now. In a well-off, hilly city like Bath, the population seems to be enthusiastic for better transport options. Just need the council to catch up with some infrastructure to support it!
A big hill of about 1⁄4 mile or 1⁄2 a mile that would be pretty tough But for a real athlete I've done 21 days of riding in my legs still hurt
I lived car free for over a year with my Surly Big Dummy and love it too.Until I got hit in 2015 got part of my back broken and after all of this my wife pass away she is in heaven then I got kick out of our home that was paid for long story short I want to be car free again I'm looking for a way to do this again before I get to darn old I'm 65 now.
Stumbled upon this video while being excited on getting my driving licance lmao!
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Being car free (or at least mostly car free) has been a dream on mone for a long time. It's tricky because i live in the u.s. and also run a small business that requires me to travel around town with about 100lbs of tools, but I believe I can make it happen with an electric cargo bike. My new years resolution this year is to make this dream a reality!
I stopped driving automobiles over 40 years ago and never looked back!! I got tired of all the money I spent just to keep a car running. I used to cycle 50 miles a day from 1995 to 2002, but i mostly ride less than 7 miles today. I'm 60 years old now, and not being dependent on automobiles saved me a fortune! I was able to invest well over $400,000 dollars since I stopped driving. 🍷🍷😎
I live in rural Canada and we have recently got improved but still limited bus service. As a landscape gardener most of my life I still had a large truck. Just got fed up with traffic and the stupidity of one person per vehicle. Too far for a bike, though I did try an ebike. We all need to do our part to get cars off the road. I do live near one of the fastest growing communities in Canada, with the corresponding traffic and it's very freeing to not be frustrated in traffic.
What are your tips for getting around without a car in harsh winters? Anything special or just bundle up and remember people did it for thousands of years haha.
I love my ebike and it got me back into cycling again after a major operation. I now have ebike and road bike. But I would be careful using it to go shopping as mine was almost stolen outside a supermarket. I never leave it outside now lol
I just use a regular bike now, it does the job- at first hills were daunting, but it's getting easier and the distance I am willing to go is increasing, especially as I start to enjoy the journey more, it beats waiting on a bus, I was always willing to walk pretty far compared to most people I know anyways, went through shoes quite quickly, I could see the advantage of an e-bike in some situations, but a regular bike seems to suit my purposes, even though I am in a valley and everything is uphill! Just makes getting hme a breeze, which is great, because by then I am tired- nice to just coast.
I'm the same, so far most of my short journeys are fine n the regular bike, and I've looked at the retrofit kits, which are about 400 or 500 Euros rather than a few thousand for a full E bike. My wife has also made a real effort to take the bike when the car would be easier and enjoys it when she does.
How do you go without a car I just don't know what I'm gonna do because my car is been repaired but I don't wanna drive it I'm saving $700 a month!!!!!!!
Love running errands on my ebike.
Diddnt ask
Cool!
Some good tips delivered in a low key, friendly way. It’s also a pitch at selling Tern products and I was a bit shocked to see the 22kg Vektron bring hefted bodily into a train as an example of a folding bike suited to commuting on public transport. The film maker should have shown a smaller, lighter bike to illustrate this particular use.
I appreciated the demo though as it showed it was doable if necessary. 22kg sounds daunting but seeing someone do it, makes you realise its literally just to get it into the vestibule and out again and that's eminently doable by any able bodied person.
never needed a car and never put myself in aa position where I'd need one
Hi, what would you estimate an Ebike to cost over a year with a 4k annual mileage? I'd be keen to understand any pitfalls of ownership too if you're able?
Thanks
I used to ride a normal bike 400 miles a week. So let's call it 12k miles a year.
I used to take it to the local bike shop for a good service once a year for like £100 Brake pads were a £20 quid, 5 minute job.
Tyres. They were long lasting, think I replaced them maybe twice in a year, one due to the bead of the tyre being destroyed by a nail. They were another 40-50quid a tyre so £150 I'd say for the year.
Everything else was incidental, the chain lube, occasional broken spoke, wheel truing, etc.
Equally the yearly service and tune up was more for me being lazy, its all really doable but as someone who liked the riding and couldn't be arsed with the maintenance it was just a cost saving measure to get a shop to do it.
Insurance - included with the home contents for almost everyone, but I also joined cyclinguk or CTC as it was back then which gave me a few million 3rd party. Theft coverage I added onto the home policy, can't remember how little it cost though it was next to nothing.
So yearly, for a standard bike (not that an E-bike is much different) you're looking at like £300-£350 all in for the year. Considerably less if you do the maintenance yourself.
Which ebike would you recommend for climbing steep hills as I live at the top of a 1 in 6 hill and no matter which route I take to the shops, that I have to encounter, so need something which is powerful enough to get me up it carrying a shopping load of two massive bags? And yes I know you will suggest shopping more often and carrying less per shop which is a good idea in warmer weather but not ideal in winter months. Plus the age concern comes to the fore front as I am 70 year old male with dodgy legs.
I hate the stress of driving. I just don’t enjoy it. I love walking though... LOVE it. I'd love to just give up the car and take my son to his things by bike, but he's 9 and won't learn to ride (autistic).
i do not own a car i have been riding a Ebike every day for over a year i am 46 if i can do it anybody can cheers from America
I prefer 2 wheel motorcycle and I have a bicycle.
I'm too chicken to use a bike, but I can do public transport and walking
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what gives you the right to say ebikes are zero emission? They are certainly not
Taxes are awful in usa to fix all these roads.
Helmets? I can't believe you're not wearing one and as for the kids in the back?
helmets arent necessary unless you have a road or are mountain biking
7th lol 😂
Ebikes still need to be charged by fossil fuels. I pedal my bike to work without a battery to help me