It's called market-diversification.Kurt wrote: the logic of others.
j/k
I guess I just don't see what it offers that a regular bike doesn't.
Less low-tech so more prone to failure plus harder to repair using basic tools and cheapo spare parts.
Higher cost yet decreased reliability and no significant increase in safety, speed or cargo.
Only plus 'd be you wouldn't have to use your muscles as much, but that shouldn't be too much trouble seeing how inflatable tires, multiple speeds and light-weight frames are nowadays' standard.
Most folks this is marketed at could use more, not less exercise in their daily routine.
You had me at 'deliverymen' ;-)Kurt wrote: in the meantime it is an interesting blend of people buying them... bike hobbyists and working deliverymen. Something has to be right with that.
In an urban setting it might make sense, esp if the distances don't warrant firing up an engine. I'd feel naked on a bike in a city though.
It looks like a hipper design of what old folks have been buying over here the last couple of years. Once those batteries die, you are basically riding an overweight bike.
And svizz, horses look cool and all but they are picky eaters and unless you are both a veterinary and a blacksmith, you depend on others for maintenance. They do taste far better than bicycles though.