LasseKB

joined 2 years ago
[–] LasseKB@sopuli.xyz 19 points 3 days ago

Copenhagener here. People do use eBikes in Copenhagen, but I guess it depends on what you consider "very few". My guesstimate would be that around one in five bikes is electric. As to why not more bikes are electric, Copenhagen - and Denmark in general - is very flat, so eBikes are more so used for:

  • long distances (say, people who live ~20 km from work but still want to bike there)
  • cargo/passenger bikes
  • letting people bike who otherwise wouldn't physically be able to