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I've always thought there is no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes ;)

In all seriousness, an eBike lets me get anywhere I need to in 20 minutes or so. As long as I wear a rain coat, only the front of my trousers get wet.

My bike has mudguards and panniers. I've gone with the Ortlieb classic panniers as they 'roll' at the top. Between two I can get one layer of a large supermarket trolleys worth of goods into them. Although the last minute pack of 9 loo rolls was more of a challenge but because the tops unroll you can just wedge them in.

It's very 'sensible' practical bike aimed squarely at the function of 'living without a car in a city'.

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> I've always thought there is no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes ;)

So you're saying you're Norwegian?

Could be Swedish too, that's very close to an idiomatic expression in Swedish: "there is no bad weather, only bad clothes" ("det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder", it even rhymes in Swedish).

Unfortunately, while this works for too cold- it does not for too hot.

I wonder if a special outfit could work for that? Shade the head and shoulders, ventilate maximally otherwise. The airflow is useful for cooling, though stops working after a certain point, then you need evaporation.

I agree but only partially. I noticed most people who complain about hot weather dress very badly.

The trick is ample light colored linen clothing that covers as much skin as possible. It might seem counter intuitive to cover your whole arms and legs, but linen is actually very good at evaporating your sweat and keeping you cool while protecting you from the sun.

I've contemplated buying a moped that counts as an e-bike where I live, because it can only go 25 kph. Do you see any downsides to such an e-Moped vs buying a classic e-bike? (Besides the fact that I can't tread if the battery is empty)

It's probably less appropriate to ride it while drunk. Cyclists don't seem to like them, as they're bigger and tend to be driven without much consideration.

I live in Copenhagen.

(I haven't seen any e-mopeds here, only petrol ones.)

The benefits of exercise are pretty significant. Even assisted biking is still more biking than none.

True, I'm still considering an e-bike for this very reason.

If you want a real workout (and I do this on my way home from work sometimes) I turn down/off the assist and you're suddenly cycling a 20+kg bike up a hill.

As a cyclist I'd personally ask you to go with an ebike rather than a moped, just because they take up less space on the path. With enough mopeds, the bike roads can be almost as scary as the car roads.

In the UK you can drink and ride an eBike ;)

However the key is that cycle paths are legally off limits to mopeds (in the UK).

You'll also find parking a lot easier with a eBike.

Belgium allows mopeds and small engined motor cycles on cycle paths and I think it makes sense to do so.

It doesn't really increase the likelihood of killing cyclists but it does lower the likelihood of killing moped riders who are typically younger people

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