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I hate when these are called mopeds. The moped was a light motorcycle that had peddles that you could actually power the rear wheel like a bicycle.

Other than that cultural faux pas it's a great story.

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"Historically, the term exclusively meant a similar vehicle with both bicycle pedals and a motorcycle engine." -- Wikipedia

-- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moped

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 11mo ago 💬 1

Note to self: "e bikes" are real mopeds, scooters are not

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OgFOMK ArTS 11mo ago 💬 1

Kind of sort of. The moped made you very independent. You could get 100 miles on a gallon of gas which in the 1970s was under 1 $USD. If you ran out of fuel you could pedal to the gas station. It was a miserable pedal but it was possible.

eBikes definitely have a use though. In Portugal I saw a lot of ebikes doing food delivery. The hills were manageable with the electric motor. I still prefer the moped and I'm disappointed that it's hard to buy or find one.

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 11mo ago

Hmm. Maybe gas stations should add battery change stations for e bikes so you can refill the battery instantly at a station instead of waiting to charge