-> Cause we haven\u2019t reached your level of laziness. E-bikes are terrible for travels: they need to be recharged overnight for 50km (good luck while wild-camping), cannot be taken in planes, weight a lot more (add at least 15kg that you’ll have to push after emptying the battery – we have enough weight with our gears), cannot be repaired if necessary, and it’s just simply no longer about cycling…<\/p>\n

-> “Why don’t you drive a helicopter…”<\/p>\n

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• What\u2019s this stuff? (usually pointing at the most random item on the bicycle, our lock, but for whatever reason a lot of people are attracted to its position on the frame\u2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  -> It\u2019s the red-button to launch the space shuttle\u2026 Seriously, some people have literally no idea how a bike works\u2026 We also get questions how the chain works, what the brake\/speed levers are, and yeah for whatever reason we get a lot of questions about the lock that we strap onto the frame!<\/p>\n

  However, a good sign of someone who is going to be more interesting is when the questions are about our gear hub (the Rohloff).<\/p>\n

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  • I would love to do some cyclo-touring, but my wife\/dog\/gold-fish\/whatever-lame-excuse would not be happy about that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    -> Sure! And the marmot wraps the chocolate in the aluminum foil (see reference: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/europe\/comments\/3f7kom\/did_your_country_developed_an_expression_about\/#bottom-comments<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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    There might be a follow-up Q&A post in Asia. We’ll see how questions are asked having different cultural backgrounds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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