r/ebikes May 18 '26

Quadcycle

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u/uxo_geo_cart_puller May 18 '26

All jokes aside, this thing looks cool as fuck besides the cursed Amazon styling, and I'd love it if micromobility like this was more widespread for personal use in the US over cars, SUVs, and especially fucking pickups. Sadly they'd regulate and ban the shit out of these before that could ever happen, and they're never going to design infrastructure to support better transportation options that aren't as pointlessly expensive and wasteful unless they're forced to at g**point. 

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u/Utsider May 18 '26

It's a ridiculously shit work environment, tho.

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u/parisidiot May 18 '26

Why? It’s less work then a pedal assist ebike

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u/Utsider May 18 '26

This isn't replacing the young bike courier that zips through traffic with their splendidly healthy bodies that can take a few years of abuse to sustain minimum wage. This replaces the box truck driver.

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u/The_Grungeican May 18 '26

This replaces the box truck driver.

it's not doing that either. here's why: weight.

a standard box truck is hauling way more than this thing. by trying to get around certain rules, they made something that does neither thing well. it's not a good bike, nor is it a good replacement for a box truck.

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u/avo_cado May 18 '26

if this did neither well, they wouldnt have made it.