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What happens when the battery runs out?
1 posted on 02/15/2023 3:11:24 PM PST by DallasBiff
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Flash fried gonads.


2 posted on 02/15/2023 3:12:30 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what FJB Brandon said, "...more than half of the women in my administration are women.")
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To: DallasBiff

It’s because they are stupid people, who think riding a bike at the 40km/hr is wise and they don’t take care to ride defensively.


3 posted on 02/15/2023 3:12:48 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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You pedal anyway. The battery provides an assist


4 posted on 02/15/2023 3:14:18 PM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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Then they pedal, but I think pedaling a bike that weighs 20lbs more because of a battery is onerous. I don’t own an E-bike, so I can’t say for certain on that one, but it should be engineered so that it’s just a bike when it runs out of juice.

I have ridden a bike with a trailer and it’s no more difficult to pedal a bike with a trailer that is loaded with about 70lbs worth of stuff than it is to ride it without the trailer.


5 posted on 02/15/2023 3:15:05 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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“E-bike injuries were also more than three times as likely to involve a collision with a pedestrian...”

I believe it. Bicyclists in general show little to no concern for pedestrians, but at least if they are only going 20 mph they can slam on the brakes or swerve to avoid hitting one when they finally notice it’s about to happen.


6 posted on 02/15/2023 3:15:29 PM PST by Boogieman
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Then they pedal, but I don’t think pedaling a bike that weighs 20lbs more because of a battery is onerous. I don’t own an E-bike, so I can’t say for certain on that one, but it should be engineered so that it’s just a bike when it runs out of juice.

I have ridden a bike with a trailer and it’s no more difficult to pedal a bike with a trailer that is loaded with about 70lbs worth of stuff than it is to ride it without the trailer.


7 posted on 02/15/2023 3:15:50 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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Due to their weight and turning radius E-bikes need to be handled more like motorcycles than bicycles.

Some have accelerators & do not require peddling to move. Mine will go 20 mph without any help from me.


8 posted on 02/15/2023 3:21:10 PM PST by skeeter
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The Surgeon General recommends e-bikes as an effective form of birth control.


10 posted on 02/15/2023 3:24:39 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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At my local bike shop, E bikes outsell regular 5-1.

WEIRD>

And an indictment of fat, lazy Americans.


11 posted on 02/15/2023 3:25:33 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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E-bikes show distinct pattern of severe injuries

But there so trendy meme logic.


12 posted on 02/15/2023 3:29:21 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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Except for the gas vs electric, what’s the difference in an E-Bike and the old MoPed...


14 posted on 02/15/2023 3:35:17 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: DallasBiff

They are hard to control while checking your Facebook page.


16 posted on 02/15/2023 3:40:33 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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Yes pedestrians have a time of it. I transported an elderly lady mowed down on the sidewalk by an ebike when she stepped out of her apartment building.

Motorcycles don’t drive on sidewalks. Some scooters and ebikes do. Terrible consequences for pedestrians.


17 posted on 02/15/2023 3:42:43 PM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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I saw about ten people riding sweet electric bikes around town after Christmas. Here is February and I have not seen them for awhile. Expensive bikes that seem fun but are big and bulky.


18 posted on 02/15/2023 3:42:55 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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My LPGA neighbor Jaye Marie was in a bad accident on one up at our beach a couple of years ago. She’s still not the same.

I think they’re dangerous, and many people that have never ridden a mini-bike or a motorcycle just aren’t prepared to safely operate them.


20 posted on 02/15/2023 3:48:57 PM PST by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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Also, regular bikes generally don't burst into flames and burn down your house.
24 posted on 02/15/2023 4:06:38 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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Our family owns five e-bikes that we ride around the San Francisco area - I bought mine b/c it is impossible to park anywhere and it is easier to get around on my bike, there is plenty of bike parking everywhere and the city is bike friendly, unlike the town I live in.

We know they are being banned on some bikeways - I believe b/c of speed - and my son told me they are banned on some group rides such as the great CicLAvia in Los Angeles - we took them anyway and no one said a thing.

The bikes are pedal assist - meaning if you don’t pedal, the bike stops. I cannot convince my neighbor that my bike does not have a throttle on it.

Anyway, they are massively fun and we have had many family excursions on them - my Son-in-law has an e-bike with a bucket in the front so the dogs can come along.


25 posted on 02/15/2023 4:18:54 PM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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They put these stupid e scooters in Wroclaw when I lived there. Idiot tourists kept crashing in to people. Within a few weeks the locals had thrown them all in to the canal.


29 posted on 02/15/2023 4:44:58 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Vintage 1940's Radio Line Metal Push Scooter w/ Stand Emblem &  Rubber Tires | eBay

A throwback kick scooter of the style I still
have a scar on my chin from a wipeout.

30 posted on 02/15/2023 4:57:24 PM PST by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict At Large)
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A bicycle provides the exercise of a stationary bike. A powered bike provides the exercise of a couch.


31 posted on 02/15/2023 5:00:31 PM PST by ChessExpert (Informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine you might consider.")
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