“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

Consumers don’t know what they want because the things they consume are 1000% more complicated than the things that existed when Adam Smith illuminated the concept of letting consumers demand things as a basis for running an economy.

It worked great in the 50s, and nobody ran out of money. European countries have enough tax revenue to offer free college and health care to everyone, and they haven’t run out of money either. This “running out of other people’s money” is a canard started by Reagan to justify the rich maintaining their wealth. Nothing…

Thanks for the insight. I love the Rad Power bikes (secretly lust for a Rad Runner), but really wish they had a crank motor rather than a hub motor.

Rads are great until you have a flat on the rear tire, or have to replace the freewheel (maybe they’ve finally moved to cassettes). A 15 pound wheel on a 75 pound bike that is trapped behind the bags and running boards and fenders is an absolute nightmare to work on (I’ve owned a Radwagon and RadCity, putting about 3k…

Yes, although new studies are showing folks who ride ebikes are getting roughly similar amounts of exercise because they ride further and more frequently than their analog counterparts.

I wanted an electric cargo bike and was looking at these but ended up building my own. The rads have a weak motor, and really low end components throughout. They are ok bikes, but I thought I could do better, and I did. I spent about 2300 total, but have a bike that is better in virtually every way than the rad. I…

Jalop group-buy?

Winter Texans & Austin Newcomers: Go Fuck Yourselves With An Assortment Of Rasps, Nutmeg Graters, Curling Irons, And Large-Caliber Rifles.

Mid-drives = good

Use of the word “shall” is common in regulatory guidelines and is used to indicate a firm requirement.  Whereas the word “should” indicates a recommendation or suggestion.

Younger riders are not likely to be fat enough to ride a Harley.

And that is just the staff in the dealerships, the owners are even worse.

And alienate their core demographic? Hell’s Angels no.

It does go well with a q sticker

It is exactly this attitude that helps to explain why Harley is failing. They still refuse to acknowledge that the product is the reason no one under 50 is buying one. 

That’s called *patina*, sir, and it costs extra.

But, as the author notes, they had cheaper bikes (“Street 500, Street 750 and Street Rod bikes, which cost $6,899, $7,599, and $8,699, respectively”) that just got axed. If they actually sold well they’d probably still be around.

Will the dealers scrape off the confederate flag and swastika decals before selling them on, too?

“Jaguar Land Rover CEO Thierry Bollore estimates that the company could sell 100,000 more cars annually if people didn’t think its vehicles were so unreliable.”

40 years of tax cuts and trickle down economics has not worked.