16/10/2026
You pay a car to sit you down. Then you pay a gym to get you moving. Sound familiar?
The car bills you every week, driven or not: fuel, rego, insurance, servicing, the loan, and the value draining out of it in the driveway. The AAA puts a typical two-car Sydney household's transport bill at over $500 a week.
Then, after a day of sitting, another membership: gym-goers average about $77 a month (Canstar, March 2026). You pay twice. Once to be carried. Once to move.
Love the gym? Keep it. But on an e-bike you still pedal, and a systematic review found e-bike riding is at least moderate exercise. 15 minutes each way, five days a week, is the 150 minutes the World Health Organization recommends. The power costs about 30 cents a week.
This isn't your fault. It's policy. We built streets where the safest place to pedal is a bike bolted to a gym floor. In the 12 months to December 2025, cyclist deaths rose 32.4%.
Give us protected lanes on roads we already have, and rules that match the risk. Our proposal: L1, a free ID plate on the frame and a one-day course. L2, 60 km/h on the road with licence and rego.
E-bikes, e-scooters, electric unicycles, e-skateboards: same side.
Pay twice, or ride once? Tell us in the comments. Like this video and share it with your family and friends.
Book a test ride at 281 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt: https://cyberbikes.com
Rent-to-own the Centauro from $99/week. Other plans on cyberbikes.com.
Our L1/L2 plan: https://blog.cyberbikes.com/blog-post-draft-the-25-km-h-e-bike-cap-is-making-riders-less-safe/