Abagqugquzeli bentengo, amamodeli athuthukiswe ngebhethri bakhuthaza abazali ukuthi bathathe noma yiliphi ithuba ukuze bakhiphe izingane zabo ngaphandle. Abagxeki bathi izingane azinasibopho sokusingatha ubungozi. Lapha, siphikisana nhlangothi zombili.
CHA, UMBONO OMUHLE. YIYILUPHI ITHUBA LOKUTHOLA IZINGANE UKUZIVIVINZA LIYIFANELE
Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili emigwaqweni eyisicaba yaseKirkland, Wash., kuwumdlalo wezingane wezingane zika-Ilya Bukshteyn, zombili ezineminyaka engaphansi kweyi-10. Kodwa kuza ehlobo, lapho izinhloko zemikhaya zihamba amamayela angu-80 empumalanga ukuya ekhaya labo lokungcebeleka elingasentabeni e-Cle Elum, Wash., ukugibela kuyimpi ekhuphukayo. . “Indlu inezindledlana ezinhle zamabhayisikili kanye nezindawo ezibukekayo eduze, kodwa futhi iyinselelo enkulu ezinganeni ezinezintaba,” kusho uMnu. Bukshteyn, 49, oyimenenja jikelele kwaMicrosoft. Ukuze anxephezele, usanda kuthenga amabhayisikili ezingane e-Woom UP azowacasha egaraji. "Amabhayisikili abanikeza usizo olwengeziwe ngaphandle kokuyeka ukuzivocavoca," esho. "Manje, bafuna ukugibela nsuku zonke, futhi amamayela ayi-10 noma angama-20, nangaphezulu."
Edizayinelwe abagibeli abancane, lawa ma-e-bikes amasha abizayo anezici eziwahlukanisa kozakwabo abadala: ozimele abancane abasayizi bemizimba emifushane namamotho akhawulela isivinini esingaphansi kuka-20 mph uma kuqhathaniswa namabhayisikili e-e yabadala angu-28 mph angafinyelelwa. Futhi abanayo inketho ye-throttle-only-okusho ukuthi izingane kufanele zinyathele ukuze zifake ibhethri.
Njengoba ukuthandwa kwama-e-bikes kuqhubeka kukhuphuka, ngisho nabendabuko babona inani lezinguqulo ezinosayizi we-tyke. "Isitolo sami simayelana nezemidlalo eziqhutshwa abantu, kodwa ama-e-bikes ayikusasa," kusho uMike Schwartz, ongumnikazi we-BackCountry, isitolo sezemidlalo esingaphandle eTruckee, eCalif. UMnu. Schwartz uthengise amabhayisikili ambalwa ezingane. muva nje kubazali abazimisele emindenini yamabhayisikili ezintabeni, futhi ilinde isitoko esisha. “Kubazali abafuna ukuhamba isikhathi eside ngamabhayisikili asezintabeni, kunengqondo ukuthi izingane zabo zize nazo,” usho kanje.
Ngamabhayisikili e-e ezingane, njengalawo awabantu abadala, ungakhetha ukucisha umsizi we-pedal oqhutshwa yibhethri ngokuphelele, ukushiye nebhayisikili elivamile. Lapho ibhethri lisebenza, izingane ezinyakazayo ziyazuza osizweni oluwusizo—njengokusunduza kwabazali lapho befundisa izingane ukugibela—okwenza kube lula ukulawula ukuthambekela. Leyo njabulo elula ingase ibagcine begibele ngisho nangemva kokuba benelayisensi yokushayela i-crossover noma i-SUV. "Ngokomlando, ubona ukusetshenziswa kwamabhayisikili okuncane njengoba intsha ifinyelela eminyakeni yokushayela," kusho u-Adam Williams, umnikazi we-Denver's SloHi Coffe & Bike. Uma bebehlome ngebhayisikili esikhundleni semodeli ejwayelekile, ubheja ukuthi “babezoyisebenzisa [ngaso sonke isikhathi].”
YEBO, UMBONO OMBI UKUNIKA AMANDLA AMANINGI ABAGIBELI BAMABHAYISAYISI ABANGAKHULI
Uma usulungele ukuqala ukuthenga nge-e-bike, ungase udinge ukupompa amabhuleki. Abaneminyaka engaphansi kuka-16 banqatshelwe ukugibela izimoto cishe ingxenye yezwe, njengoba izwe ngalinye lizibekela isiqondiso saso sokuphepha. Ukunikezwa komhlaba wonke kwamabhayisikili ezingane sekunomkhawulo, futhi leyo makethe yase-US eyinkimbinkimbi ingenza kube nzima ukuyithola esitolo.
Abanye emphakathini wamabhayisikili bathi izingane ezinokufinyelela okungavinjelwe ku-e-bike yomndeni sezivele ziyinkinga. "Ngivame ukuthola izikhalo ngenxa yezingane ezigijima kakhulu kule mishini," kusho uKatherine Dowson, umqondisi omkhulu we-Friends of Pathways, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo emelela izindlela ezixubile e-Jackson Hole, Wyo. "Uma ungumuntu ohamba ngezinyawo, uthola ukudlula othile egibele amakhilomitha angu-25 ngehora endleleni kuyilapho begibele i-e-bike yomuntu omdala ethule kuyinto ekhathaza kakhulu.” Futhi nakuba ama-e-bikes akhelwe izingane ehamba kancane kunezinguqulo zabantu abadala, akekho ofuna ukubona amasondo eselula ephuma ngo-15 mph bese eshayisana nokuthile, noma othile.
Kubagibeli abancane abangenalo ikhono lobuchwepheshe lokugibela nethrafikhi-noma abangazi kahle imikhuba yokushayela ibhayisikili-ukubanikeza ikhono lokuhamba ngokushesha akukaze kube yimpendulo efanele. U-Jannine Fitzgerald, umsunguli we-Buddy Pegs, uhlelo lwentsha lokuhamba ngebhayisikili oluzinze e-Bentonville, e-Ark., ukubeka ngale ndlela: Uma ingane isanda kuqala ukupedali, ukuyinikeza i-e-bike kungenza kube nzima nakakhulu ukuthola izisekelo. phansi.
Okunye ukushaya amabhayisikili e-e kusebenza kakhulu: Isitolo sakho sendawo yamabhayisikili singase singazi kahle ukusebenza ngamabhethri namamotho, ngakho ukuthola umuntu ozowasevisa, ikakhulukazi uma uthenga ku-inthanethi, kungaba nzima ngaphandle kwedolobha elikhulu. U-Kat Andrus, uMphathi Wohlelo Lwentsha yeqembu elimela abantu abangenzi nzuzo i-People For Bikes, ukhumbule isikhathi sakhe engumakhenikha wamabhayisikili esebenza nezingane ezisanda kweva eminyakeni eyishumi nambili: “Izingane zingakwazi futhi zizothola izindlela ezimangalisayo zokuphihliza ibhayisikili,” kusho yena. "Ungatshela ingane izikhathi ezingu-7,000 ukuthi ibeke ibhayisikili phansi phansi bese ishayela phezulu kodwa ngeke ikukhumbule ngaso sonke isikhathi." Ukulungisa okucasulayo ebhayisikilini elivamile kuba ukulungiswa okumba eqolo kakhulu ku-e-bike, okungabiza ngokuphindwe ka-18 kwasekuqaleni.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-16-2021
