A budget offering with a torque sensor (good!) and a whole lot of issues (not good).

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    That’s the “can get a good used car” comparison the author makes right off.

    Those electric Urban arrows are a dream, but run around 6-7k in every bike shop I’ve seen them in.

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      Sure, but if you’re going to use it as a car replacement it doesn’t really make sense to get some cheap piece of shit from AliExpress. The car it would be replacing wasn’t going to a be a cheap Chinese PoS either, right?

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        Cars are way more convenient in America. It’s not a good thing, but it’s true. Youre going to have a very hard time convincing people that would be willing to use a cargo bike but who are are on the fence that they should buy a cars worth of cargo bike at the outset.

        Adoption of cargo bikes are much likelier in the $1500 range than the $7000 range. You’re already asking people to step away from their comfort zones and the norm in American society. Asking them to “spend a used car” to do it just makes it way, way less likely.