Comment on Accidentally range testing an electric motorcycle, and unexpected kindness
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Kinda sucky of your ‘friends’ to do a 140 km route when you had specifically told them you only had range for 100 km. Did they misjudge the route? Did they never actually check the length of the route before telling you it’d be ok?
But everything that happened after that is a great wholesome story. Thanks for sharing! I agree that on the whole people are pretty great. The number of times I’ve been on the side of the road with my pushy and had people offer help, even when the only reason I’m stopped is something simple like “I’m taking off my arm socks”. Even if I genuinely wouldn’t benefit from any help, it always puts a smile on my face knowing people would be willing to help out.
18107@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I wasn’t really confident when I told them the range and I don’t think anyone actually looked at a map. They were just going from memory and heading in a general direction.
Ultimately it’s my responsibility to know how far I’m going, and to request/negotiate changes to the plan if I need it.
No harm done, and I know what to do next time.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Yeah honestly that’s fair. But I do think it’s on them to at least give you a heads-up ahead of time about their level of confidence that the distance will work out, if you’ve given them prior warning that it’s necessary.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Did they just ride off on you when you ran out of battery? Couldn’t you have hopped on the back of one of their bikes to get back to civilisation then retrieved the bike?
18107@aussie.zone 1 day ago
One friend had parted ways at the previous town, and the other stayed to help until I told them to leave.
I had plenty of options, but all of them fairly expensive. With nothing else planned for the rest of the day, pushing a motorcycle for a few hours didn’t seem like a bad idea.