Our family picked up a Momentum (Giant) Pakyak E+ in June (also zero interest in recreational mtb ebikes) and absolutely love it too. We aren't quite as regular users as you, Cooper, but it is really interesting how liberating it feels to use it for errands and bopping about town instead of using the vehicles and not having to deal with traffic, parking lots, getting the kid in and out of the carseat. Being able to just roll out garage and post up outside of destination is really great. In a place like Squamish, it can almost be a wash even to go from Garibaldi Estates to downtown on ecargo vs driving and parking.
I think you're right on though, for most of people day to day there are lots of opportunities to replace personal vehicle usage with bikes, olde fashioned or e. Congestion and parking issues are the biggest thing you sidestep, and I'd like to think as more people come to that realization there will be more adoption of it. There's been a huge increase here in families using them over the past 2-3 years, and regularly a line of them cruising past stopped traffic in the bike lane on the way to drop jr. off at school!
Jan. 9, 2025, 11:42 a.m. - Todd Hellinga
Our family picked up a Momentum (Giant) Pakyak E+ in June (also zero interest in recreational mtb ebikes) and absolutely love it too. We aren't quite as regular users as you, Cooper, but it is really interesting how liberating it feels to use it for errands and bopping about town instead of using the vehicles and not having to deal with traffic, parking lots, getting the kid in and out of the carseat. Being able to just roll out garage and post up outside of destination is really great. In a place like Squamish, it can almost be a wash even to go from Garibaldi Estates to downtown on ecargo vs driving and parking. I think you're right on though, for most of people day to day there are lots of opportunities to replace personal vehicle usage with bikes, olde fashioned or e. Congestion and parking issues are the biggest thing you sidestep, and I'd like to think as more people come to that realization there will be more adoption of it. There's been a huge increase here in families using them over the past 2-3 years, and regularly a line of them cruising past stopped traffic in the bike lane on the way to drop jr. off at school!