https://pacersbikeshare.org/ (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Muscle Bike $2 + $0.20/min Electric Bike $5 + $0.25/min
That’s $14 for an hour long ride and $26 or even $40 for a long ride and a short ride.
https://www.carmel.in.gov/our-city/experience/attractions/bike-carmel/bike-share-program
Similarly located, more walkable urbanism focused but less urban Carmel, Indiana has a more reasonable rate:
Muscle Bike $1.50 per half hour to rent with a cap of $24 for up to a 24-hour period.
Can anyone explain to me why this difference is so large? Over the years I’ve come across some expensive bike shares and some very affordable ones. The only other thing worth noting is that residents of Marion County, which Indianapolis is in, can ride a certain amount free and at a discount after that. I thought bike shares were perfect for visitors or travelers who may not have a car at their destination.
Would you consider the Pacers Bike Share in Indianapolis Expensive?
For this price, if I was in Indy for a week, I’d buy a Craigslist bike and donate it to some random kid when I left. $40 of gas would take me across the state.
Its just one of many terms used to differentiate a non-ebike. I like muscle bike because while acoustic/electric bike is funny and clever, acoustic implies something to do with sound.
Meh, bike came first, as far as I’m concerned. It’s up to noobs like motorbike , moped, e-bike, light-cycle to differentiate themselves.
Unless it’s in a context - like said by an obnoxiously loud bloke in a leather jacket and moustache - bike means bike to me, no disambiguation required. In fact those people should be legally required to use the word “hawg”.
Muscle is just an ugly word, when people say ‘muscle car’, I don’t think of Fred Flintstone, I think of something pointlessly loud, fat , ugly, and annoying. In this case i assumed it was some overpowered e-bike with super fat tyres that does like 50mph or something - then I saw it was cheaper and was able to figure out that it just meant ‘bike’.
My bike might well be ugly and annoying but, at the very least, it isn’t pointlessly loud.