Is Your Town Ebike Friendly - Ebike Ride A Long

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Great job helping Ms. Pat!

[@donyoung3673]

NW Arkansas has miles of greenway and dirt trails. We are able to avoid the “hub-bub” of city traffic ❤️🚴🏽‍♀️❤️

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@donyoung3673 nice

[@Ebiketips1]

Funny, I have all the trails I could want but I love watching you ride the country roads. Great video Rich

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@Ebiketips1 thank you sir!

[@richarddkearney]

I live in Columbia, SC and riding an eBike here is dangerous. Vehicles just want you off the road and not in their way and you have to drive very defensively here. I went to North Augusta, SC and road around there. I had cars stop for me, yield for me even when they didn't have to, wave at me, stop to talk to me about my eBike, and generally be very friendly toward me and my eBike. Man what a difference an eBike friendly town makes. It really makes me want to move.

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@richarddkearney I watch your rides ant they can get interesting. Thanks for watching

[@WyomingRider]

Same here don't need those heavy duty locks here yet. I've forgotten my lock a few times at my job and no-one messed with it.

[@GarysE-BikeAdventures]

Richard, you know it all comes down to money. They do a mile of rail trail and it’s probably a $4 million project. I can’t understand why it cost so much for towns or cities to do anything I can guarantee you before they could even start. It would need $100-$200,000 study

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@GarysE-BikeAdventures you are exactly right.

[@WyomingRider]

lol ya we have very few bike lanes, but we do have some nice bike paths.

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

For me...it's Sunday morning...6-9 am....quiet time...

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Rail Trail would be outstanding!

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Beautiful day!

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@IMBruceECLECTIC yes!

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Bicycle mailbox...cool

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Very little crime...nice....

[@Marilynlovesebiking]

Hey Richard. It is to be 78 degrees today. I must get out and ride and take advantage of such nice weather. I am currently waiting on the plumber. I hope he gets here soon.

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@Marilynlovesebiking beautiful here too

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Cool water bottle!

[@WyomingRider]

Great job Rich! Beautiful Flags!

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@WyomingRider love the flags!

[@patlsmith404]

We bought e-bikes finally. Haven’t ridden much. I have an Engwe Pro L2.0. Can’t figure out how to set each PAS, has 8 speed and 5 PAS. Wondering if I can bypass the speed limit on it. Thanks for the journey and maybe you or someone can explain to a 71 yr old woman how to set those speeds. Thanks Pat! @GaryEbikeAdventures too.💫🚴❤️🇺🇸

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@patlsmith404 I’m sure Gary has one and can help you

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Great job! Great video!

[@Marilynlovesebiking]

I very rarely see any bicycles or ebikes in our town. I do see them here at our lake community and once in awhile on the country backroads.

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@Marilynlovesebiking same here

[@katiechilson174]

My area will have a narrow Blake lane, then it disappears! I don’t know I’d it’s wide enough for a Mooncool trike. I like Magicycle and wish they would make a trike. Do you know I’d they have one. I love horses and am glad to visit them with you❤️🐎

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@katiechilson174 thanks Katie for nice comment. No, Magicycle doesn’t make a trike to my knowledge. Thanks for watching

[@WyomingRider]

So jealous I want a Harbor Freight here 😀

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@WyomingRider maybe some day

[@IMBruceECLECTIC]

Ebike friendly..yes...but infrastructure....only a few sections in Maryland....the ones closer to Washington DC

[@garys58winch]

Nice video Richard. We have a number of trails and bike lanes in our town. Its better than most towns I've ridden in. I want one of those nifty Rip 1 water bottles. How do I order one? Thanks so much Richard.

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@garys58winch let me get with my wife

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@garys58winch email me at [e-mail]

[@pedrofernandez3893]

My "town" is not e bike, reg bike or anything else friendly. To most drivers, we're just annoying mosquitoes buzzing along, taking sections of their blessed roads away from them. It's complicated.

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@pedrofernandez3893 that’s sad Pedro

[@WyomingRider]

nice grats on getting the tires!

[@GarysE-BikeAdventures]

I was offered a set of tires about a month to a month and a half ago. I turned it down. I probably turn down 3 to 4 offers a week. I would’ve been interested in the tires, but they were all cheap tires. I didn’t want to downgrade one of my bikes. 🤪

[@GarysE-BikeAdventures]

How do you throw lumber all over the front yard like that it looks like a hurricane hit😂

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@GarysE-BikeAdventures never seen anything like that! Them carpenters wouldn’t work for me!

[@pedrofernandez3893]

Bike lanes mean nothing unless drivers respect them, I've seen plenty of cars ignoring such lanes and just driving on them. Or they will veer off by being distracted on their phones.

[@Joerides7]

My area is e-bike friendly, but that's not saying much. I can go weeks without seeing another e-bike, and I ride every day. When I do the riders are old and slow, except for myself. I refuse to consider myself old and I'm definitely not slow. No kids on Surrons or Wired Freedoms.

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@Joerides7 old and slow? lol

[@Joerides7]

@@Rip1Outdoors I guess I'm like my grandpa. He used to get mad at the old and too slow golfers in front of him on the course, when he was in his 80s!

[@Joerides7]

My dad is the same way, talking about the local old-timers he has breakfast with every day that are 15-20 years younger than he is.

[@Rip1Outdoors]

@@Joerides7 we will never grow old