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0 pointsmatsemann3y ago0 comments

Sounds like you also live in Oslo? At least the nice thing is that I don't get that sweaty on the way to work..

Not sure if you misunderstood my comment? I'm all for electric bikes (my GF is getting one today actually) and how they enable many more people to bike. I love seeing parents bike their kids to school on this big ebikes, zooming past hundred cars in a gridlock. But _if_ you're not going electric, a gravel is a great bike. If you're going electric, most of the problems a gravel solve aren't really a problem.

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ehnto3y ago· 1 in thread

Oh I didn't think you were detracting from e-bikes, I just think that an electric gravel bike is worthwhile as it's still a fantastic formfactor for commuting, especially if you still want to use it non-electrically and out on rougher terrain (where rougher can be little bits of dirt or rough road on your commute).

I am actually in Australia, which has some surprisingly hilly places!

matsemannOP3y ago

Ah, I see. I've never tried commuting on an electric, so I just tried to say that my advice from my knowledge only applied to "acoustic" bikes. But great to hear that gravel e-bikes rock as well!

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