ʻO nā kaʻa uila paha kekahi ʻano halihali hoʻomau kaulana a ulu nei, akā ʻaʻole lākou ka mea maʻamau. Ua hōʻike mai nā ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaʻa uila huila ʻelua ma ke ʻano o nā paikikala uila - no ke kumu maikaʻi.
Ua like ka hana o kahi paikikala uila me ko ka paikikala pedal, akā loaʻa iā ia kahi motika kōkua uila e hiki ke kōkua i ka mea holo e holo wikiwiki a mamao aku me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoikaika. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopōkole i nā huakaʻi paikikala, e wāwahi ana i nā puʻu pali i ka honua, a hāʻawi pū i ke koho o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā paikikala uila e lawe i kahi ohua ʻelua.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokūkū i ka wikiwiki a i ʻole ka laulā o nā kaʻa uila, he nui nā pono ʻē aʻe o lākou, e like me nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa, nā huakaʻi wikiwiki i ke kūlanakauhale, a me ke kaʻa kaʻa manuahi. No laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ua piʻi aʻe ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā paikikala uila i kahi e hoʻomau nei ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā paikikala uila ma mua o nā kaʻa uila.
ʻOiai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, kahi i lōʻihi ai ka emi ʻana o ka mākeke paikikala uila ma hope o ʻEulopa a me ʻĀsia, e ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūʻai ʻana aku o nā paikikala uila ma 2020 ma mua o 600,000 mau ʻāpana. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, ke kūʻai nei nā ʻAmelika i nā paikikala uila ma ka wikiwiki o hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia minuke ma ka makahiki 2020. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūʻai ʻana aku o nā paikikala uila ma mua o nā kaʻa uila.
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kumukūʻai o nā paikikala uila ma mua o nā kaʻa uila, ʻoiai ke hauʻoli nei ka poʻe hope i kekahi mau hoʻoikaika ʻauhau mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hōʻemi i kā lākou kumukūʻai kūpono. ʻAʻole e loaʻa i nā paikikala uila kekahi mau hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau pekelala, akā hiki ke loli kēia kūlana inā e hoʻoholo ʻia ke kānāwai e kali nei i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo.
Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana i nā ʻoihana hana, nā mea hoʻoikaika pekelala a me ke kālā ikehu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ua loaʻa i nā kaʻa uila ka hapa nui o ka nānā. ʻO ka maʻamau, pono nā ʻoihana paikikala uila e hana iā lākou iho, me ka liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ke kōkua o waho.
Eia nō naʻe, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ulu wikiwiki ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā paikikala uila ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻokani ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19 i kahi kuleana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana, akā i kēia manawa ua piʻi nui ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā paikikala uila ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua hōʻike koke aku nei ka British Bicycle Association e loaʻa ana he 160,000 kūʻai aku ʻana o nā paikikala uila ma UK i ka makahiki 2020. Ua kuhikuhi ka hui i loko o ia manawa like, ʻo ka nui o nā kaʻa uila i kūʻai ʻia ma UK he 108,000, a ua ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kūʻai ʻana aku o nā paikikala uila ma mua o nā kaʻa uila nui ʻehā huila.
Ke ulu nei ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā paikikala uila ma ʻEulopa ma kahi kiʻekiʻe loa i manaʻo ʻia e ʻoi aku lākou ma mua o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā kaʻa āpau—ʻaʻole wale nā ​​​​kaʻa uila—ma hope o kēia mau makahiki he ʻumi.
No ka poʻe noho kūlanakauhale he nui, hiki wawe mai kēia lā. Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea holo paikikala me nā ʻano halihali ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi, kōkua maoli nā paikikala uila i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale o kēlā me kēia kanaka. ʻOiai hiki i nā mea holo paikikala uila ke pōmaikaʻi pololei mai nā kumukūʻai halihali haʻahaʻa, nā manawa hele wikiwiki a me ke kaʻa kaʻa manuahi, ʻo ka nui o nā paikikala uila ma ke alanui ʻo ia hoʻi ka emi ʻana o nā kaʻa. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā kaʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi ka emi ʻana o ke kaʻa.
Ua manaʻo nui ʻia nā paikikala uila ʻo ia kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻemi ai i ke kaʻa o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻoiai ma nā kūlanakauhale kahi i ʻole ai kahi ʻōnaehana halihali lehulehu kūpono. ʻOiai ma nā kūlanakauhale me nā halihali lehulehu i hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā paikikala uila no ka mea e ʻae lākou i nā mea holo e hele i ka hana ma kā lākou papa hana ponoʻī me ka ʻole o nā palena ala.