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  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    153·
    9 months ago

    If only cargo bikes like the one in the picture didn’t cost as much as a small car

    • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
      19·
      9 months ago

      They don’t where I live, though they aren’t cheap. But within reach for most people that needs one I’d say.

    • lgsp@feddit.it@feddit.it
      142·
      9 months ago

      This is an ill argument: the cost of buying a new cargo bike may be in the same ballpark of a badly used small car, but the cost of running it is negligible. Try to sum up the following yearly costs:

      • gas
      • insurance
      • property tax
      • maintenance
      • parking

      You end up with something like between 1k€ and 3k€ each year. Multiply this by the years you want to keep your (badly used) car, and then compare the total price

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        111·
        9 months ago

        It’s not an “ill argument”. I don’t drive a car and never have, so I don’t pay any of the costs of running a car and I won’t be paying them when I get a cargo bike either. The issue isn’t the total lifetime cost, but the initial upfront cost. I just don’t have $15,000 to spend on a bike

        • lgsp@feddit.it@feddit.it
          83·
          9 months ago

          I didn’t write that you drove anything, what I wrote has nothing to do with who you are or what you do, just what you wrote.

          • You wrote about cost, not “upfront” or buying cost. And as a matter of fact to run a car you have to consider everything
          • cargo bikes like the one in the picture cost 15k$? really? And why would you need that?

          And you know, you can buy second hand cargo bikes too? I don’t think that 15k$ can buy a new car, can they?

          • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            6·
            9 months ago

            I am eyeing off a specific style of cargo ebike.

            I happened to see it in the thumbnail of the video.

            It is very expensive compared to regular bikes, which I have bought many of over the years.

            So I made a comment lamenting about the expensive price tag for that specific style of bike I happen to be interested in.

            It wasn’t a meta commentary on cargo bikes in general. It wasn’t a complaint about total cost of ownership. It wasn’t anything other than "I want one of those, but it’s expensive.

            Chill out

            • lgsp@feddit.it@feddit.it
              3·
              9 months ago

              Ok, no bad feelings. You do know tho that “it costs like a car” is a typical anti-cargo bike argument, right?

              I also think and agree that cargo bikes are expensive, much more than a typical bike, but why you mentioned 15k? Is it the actual price of that bike? I’m just curious…

              • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                4·
                9 months ago

                You do know tho that “it costs like a car” is a typical anti-cargo bike argument, right?

                No, I was unaware of that particular dog whistle, which explains why I got the reaction I did.

                Thank you for the heads up.

    • tavu@sopuli.xyz
      61·
      9 months ago

      They’re a little pricey I suppose, but judging by a few minutes comparing gumtree listings for hatchback cars and cargo bikes:

      < 20% the cost of a hatchback in analogous condition/age/fanciness.