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0 pointsinteractivecode2y ago0 comments

So does it include health and sick pay for when you get injured or older and you’re less mobile? Cycling all the time could be way more taxing than driving.

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CydeWeys2y ago

Of course it doesn't include any of that. It's "independent contracting".

Though keep in mind they're throttle e-bikes, so there isn't a lot of actual pedaling going on. And as far as accumulated workplace injuries go, merely riding a bike is pretty easy compared to a lot of blue collar work. No, I think what'd get you here is the crashes.

porknubbins2y ago

I wouldn’t discount the long term health costs of breathing exhaust fumes all day either. Even as a recreational cyclist or occasional commuter in NYC I noticed it.

pinkgolem2y ago

Tbh... It's likely still has a better balance then your average office job where you are sitting all day every day.

syndicatedjelly2y ago

Sitting in a chair in a metal box is definitely worse for health than cycling all day

dyarosla2y ago

Than (e-)biking on roads alongside metal boxes? This ain’t biking through the woods. Just think about the pollution and chance of getting hit.

syndicatedjelly2y ago

How often are people on e bikes getting mowed down where you live? What kind of hellscape do you live in where cycling causes you to ingest more polluted air than sitting in your bioweapon-proof, hermetically-sealed, fart-fermenting 3000 kilo Tesla? Sheesh

Dylan168072y ago

Are you joking that everywhere is a hellscape, or did you make a typo, or what?

Because anywhere that has any air pollution, you'll ingest more when you're breathing harder and have no air filter.

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throwaway20372y ago

I'm not sure if you noticed that the GP wrote "e-bike". Yes, even riding a e-bike would be more taxing than driving for many, I would say that an e-bike is much less taxing than a regular bicycle.

lancesells2y ago

The act of cycling shouldn't be any sort of problem. The accidents though are another story. The e-bikes are as silent as regular bikes but much faster.

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CydeWeys2y ago

Of course it doesn't include any of that. It's "independent contracting".

porknubbins2y ago

I wouldn’t discount the long term health costs of breathing exhaust fumes all day either. Even as a recreational cyclist or occasional commuter in NYC I noticed it.

pinkgolem2y ago

Tbh... It's likely still has a better balance then your average office job where you are sitting all day every day.

syndicatedjelly2y ago

Sitting in a chair in a metal box is definitely worse for health than cycling all day

dyarosla2y ago

Than (e-)biking on roads alongside metal boxes? This ain’t biking through the woods. Just think about the pollution and chance of getting hit.

syndicatedjelly2y ago

Dylan168072y ago

Are you joking that everywhere is a hellscape, or did you make a typo, or what?

Because anywhere that has any air pollution, you'll ingest more when you're breathing harder and have no air filter.

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throwaway20372y ago

I'm not sure if you noticed that the GP wrote "e-bike". Yes, even riding a e-bike would be more taxing than driving for many, I would say that an e-bike is much less taxing than a regular bicycle.

lancesells2y ago

The act of cycling shouldn't be any sort of problem. The accidents though are another story. The e-bikes are as silent as regular bikes but much faster.

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