• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    9 days ago

    Dont those block your mirrors? Are you worried you might not be able to bail? I have a 2 piece I got for 6 bucks, but its hot and inconvenient enough I rarely use the pants unless theres a literal typhoon.

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      9 days ago

      I can if I fuss with the snap but normally I don’t bother and look over my shoulder by default to double check on turns.

      As for bailing, it just uses snaps and a bit of stretchy fabric. With force, they pop off (and if they didn’t, the force of me pushing mysef away from the handlebars would tear the fabric anyways). I’d probably be OK. You could also just not snap it and hang it over the bars. It’s not shaped like a normal poncho so it’d probably stay on.

      Update: Works fine without the snaps too, I’ll probably just ride without them going forwars as long as it isn’t super windy.

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        9 days ago

        Sorry, I thought we were talking about the motorbikes/motor scooters, the thing in OP is an electric bike, but priced 5x more than high-end electric scooters.

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          9 days ago

          I suppose its a bit difficult to say what the karbike is more similar to. But as its pedal assist I would have thought closer to an ebike than an emoped.

          Though it costs more than both combined.

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          9 days ago

          I was talking about anything with bars for the purpose of the poncho: It’d work fine on a moped, scooter, bicycle, whatever.