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The average street legal motorcycle is something like 500lbs. That's a lot more mass than most e-bikes, the heaviest of which are perhaps in the 100lbs range and most are less. It's fair to argue an ebike that can go 40mph is really a motorcycle and I'd agree with that, but most e-bikes aren't that close to a motorcycle in my opinion.

That said, I agree that some enforced regulations are going to happen so hopefully they'll be reasonable about it.

Unfortunately, he's this child

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory

Sounds kinda like this?

Last was Revenge of the Tipping Point, current is Moonwalking with Einstein. Interesting so far.

Might need upswept bars or a taller stem. It can be bike specific - my MTB is more comfortable leaning over a bit more, my cargo bike is better quite a bit more upright.

It's for sure a process.

Make sure your saddle is the right width for your butt bones. A bike shop can measure for you.

My first job straight out of college in the late 90s, I was making 35k a year (tech industry.) my boss was from France, H1B, making 30K, obvious reason is obvious.

Would it be better for dems to vote to eliminate the debt ceiling if they get the chance, even if Trump is likely to balloon the deficit if he gets the opportunity? That's my feeling, that defusing that bomb is worth it.

This company along with sur-ron have been playing really fast and loose with the "rules" around e-bikes. I'm not surprised at all. Regulations and more laws are coming for sure. Just waiting for the day you have to get a license, registration, and liability on all e-bikes because these companies take no ownership of this stuff.

I mean, who do they think they are? The firearms industry?

If you haven't had a chance to read Harari's Sapiens (and his other books, all great) I highly recommend it. He talks about the banking system and goes into detail on the concept of shared fiction. The idea that we live in multiple realities, the one where the lion eats you being the physical one, but also the one where all the stuff we have made up exists, which can also eat you.

The bit where he compares a priest waving his arms and poof god exists to a lawyer, waving his arms and poof a corporation exists is perhaps my favorite.

I was recently listening to The Tipping Point and Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell. In one of the two, I can't remember which one, he does a good job of describing the idea behind bank lending.

More or less, a baker wants to open a shop, has no money. The banker considers the baker a reasonable risk, loans her $1M which she gives to a contractor, who deposits it in the bank and starts on her building. Inevitable cost overruns happen, and he needs another million to finish. She's stuck in, so asks the banker, who is also stuck in, so he loans another $1M to her, goes to the contractor, who deposits it in the bank. That can happen up to something like ten times under current rules, so that $1M in capital is now $10M in a loan and $10M in an account at the bank.

Of course, there's not $10M or anything close to it if bad things happen and there's a run, there's $1M. And that minimum amount is what's being fought over.

YMMV I am not an economist.

Edit to add - fractional reserve banking is what I was trying to describe apparently, like I said, I'm not an economist.

I have a Santa Cruz Heckler for fun, but I was using an Aventon cargo bike for all my shopping until just recently, it's being sold and replaced with a fat tire. The heckler was stupid, the others are both in that DTC/store class, 2kish range.