teabagger11
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A few weeks ago I was pulling onto 47S and a kid on a scooter was heading south when I finally caught up to him and paced him he was going 40 mph! At least he had a full face helmet on....
E-bikes are a thing
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Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Timely…
THATmanMANNY
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not a Debbie downer but I am for now since yall talking about no pedal Es… nephews friend got into bad accident with car. Broken bones and being sued…
This is more widespread than most people understand.
Just woke to this
“My son was riding his bike on campus last night and got hit by an electric scooter (which are banned from campus). His friend took him to the ER. They transferred him to a trauma center 90 min away because he ruptured his spleen. TBD on surgery as of now. It’s been a long long long night “
“My son was riding his bike on campus last night and got hit by an electric scooter (which are banned from campus). His friend took him to the ER. They transferred him to a trauma center 90 min away because he ruptured his spleen. TBD on surgery as of now. It’s been a long long long night “
On my morning rides have been noticing that the day laborer demographic is find of these as people I used to see on bikes at 5am are now on these.
Also, love the water bottle on that bike lol
one piece crank
1pc Cranky
Riding on the wrong side of the road and on sideways in town…
JDurk
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Been seeing the same. Dude I see the most is on a fat bike, has no lights, riding against the flow at like 25mph.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
All of the guys that used to pass me in the morning are gone.
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Is that a comment on eBike usage or your recovery? 😉
Ian F
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I had an "almost" with one of those over the weekend. He was on the shoulder but didn't see him until the last second. I know these guys don't want to be seen, but I doubt they realize how dangerous that is for them.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
With much talk about unregulated, throttle “e-bikes”, I’ll add what I believe is the most refined pedal assist bike I’ve seen yet.
I am biased for sure, but check this thing out
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I am biased for sure, but check this thing out
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First time riding an ebike on trails and I really enjoyed it. The easier trails felt like car racing. Brake late, get the thing turned, back on the gas. Tons of fun. The tech is a different ballgame just being able to generate speed everywhere. A couple of pedal strokes and you can skim over all of the awkward rocks and roots. Felt like an electric trials motorcycle. The only place that it felt kind of dumb was on faster flow trail stuff where the motor wasn't really a benefit and the weight made it a bit harder to control speed. But even there, I didn't hate the extra stability from all of the down tube/bb area weight. I'm not rushing out to buy one (yet) but I totally get why people are so into these.
sundaydoug
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I'm assuming based on the rider's shadow that the oncoming traffic had quite a bit of sun glare. Wonder if the rider had a light on the front of the bike.
And also, "Oh I see that car starting to turn left in front of me, not to worry though I'm on a bike and they will definitely see me and definitely stop because I have the right of way".