I am wanting to do some market research regarding electric bikes. I trust everyone’s input here, so I wanted to post here.
I am planning on creating a local ebike shop to start (as I have seen, most people are more willing to ride a bike than a board), and expanding from there, going further with other personal electric vehicles like eSk8 and eScooters. My stretch goal is to equip our police department and other first responders with super quick electric bikes.
To start out, I have created a general survey with the goal of testing the market. I want both general and expert opinions, which is why I came here.
If you may please fill out the 3 minute survey here, it would be greatly appreciated!
I like electric bikes they are cool but I feel like my issue with them may be shared by alot of other esk8ers.
It’s impractical compared to an esk8. I can’t take an electric bike in with me to a store or Chuck it in the back of a small car. It’s much easier to carry an esk8 up stairs and the list goes on and on. I can’t see my self spending thousands of dollars on an ebike when I know I’ll rarely use it.
@Battosaii The counter to that is comfort level. I would say most people are more comfortable and feel safer on a bike at high speeds rather than a board. However, the eventual goal of the company is to include bikes, boards and scooters. From what I can articulate, bikes would be the bigger market to start out with (at least in my area, since I live in a bike town).
@Battosaii Exactly right. I would certainly consider a board more for pleasure rather than transport, unless you are @b264. I rode one for transport for just about a year, but am looking at bikes so there isn’t 6 miles of anxiety every morning
I don’t feel comfortable leaving my multi-thousand-dollar PEV outside to get stolen. Esk8 and eUnicycle you can bring inside with you. Everything else you have to “park”. Fuck that.
I certainly plan on integrating some sort of safety features to mitigate that, although nothing can beat having the vehicle with you. I plan on using switches that require keys to turn on and off, like a car. Maybe RFID, just because it’s cool
@Jedi A bike store recently closed its doors around where I’m at, but no one knew it was there. They had absolutely 0 marketing. That’s where I plan to do better.
I’ve seen that feature in the handles of cars before, so it might not actually be illegal. It would be pretty hilarious to see though, regardless of legality. That might be a feature of super high end versions of the bikes. I was thinking more along the lines of GPS. I will do research into how motorcycle manufacturers deal with it though.
