• Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    It’s not an “ill argument”. I don’t drive a car and never have, so I don’t pay any of the costs of running a car and I won’t be paying them when I get a cargo bike either. The issue isn’t the total lifetime cost, but the initial upfront cost. I just don’t have $15,000 to spend on a bike

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        8 months ago

        I am eyeing off a specific style of cargo ebike.

        I happened to see it in the thumbnail of the video.

        It is very expensive compared to regular bikes, which I have bought many of over the years.

        So I made a comment lamenting about the expensive price tag for that specific style of bike I happen to be interested in.

        It wasn’t a meta commentary on cargo bikes in general. It wasn’t a complaint about total cost of ownership. It wasn’t anything other than "I want one of those, but it’s expensive.

        Chill out

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            8 months ago

            You do know tho that “it costs like a car” is a typical anti-cargo bike argument, right?

            No, I was unaware of that particular dog whistle, which explains why I got the reaction I did.

            Thank you for the heads up.