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I spent two weeks delivering for Uber Eats and made $4.40 per hour

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383 points imartin2k | 3 comments | 13 May 17 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.829s | source
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unityByFreedom ◴[13 May 17 11:07 UTC] No.14330361[source]▶
Sounds like a raw deal for a bicycle, but, how about on a scooter?
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jlg23 ◴[13 May 17 12:13 UTC] No.14330550[source]▶
In cities that are not entirely built around cars (i.e. most European cities) you are much faster on a bicycle, esp. when you know the area.

Last but not least, esp in dense traffic: With a good bike you can accelerate much faster than you can economically on a scooter.

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1. eru ◴[13 May 17 12:21 UTC] No.14330586[source]▶
Electric bike might help you go faster, though. And charging those is cheap.

(But the extra speed might not matter in start-stop traffic of cities.)

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2. garethrees ◴[13 May 17 18:11 UTC] No.14332196[source]▶
In Sweden, as in most of the EU, electric bicycles are required by law to reduce the assistance as the speed increases and to cut out entirely above 25 km/h. So an electric bike wouldn't be much help to a courier, who would mostly be going faster than 25 km/h. (A faster vehicle would come under the moped regulations and the rider would need a license and insurance.)
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3. eru ◴[16 May 17 21:26 UTC] No.14353435[source]▶
True, they would only really help with faster acceleration at low speed then. But I guess the extra weight ain't worth it.