• abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    The key difference is you’re an experienced cyclist. You’re capable of recognising that it’s safe to go 60mph down that particular hill and if it wasn’t you’d be on the brakes. Also you probably know how hard you can pull that front brake lever without going over the handle bars.

    Inexperienced cyclists and high speeds are a really bad combination.

    Most parents wouldn’t let their teenager ride YZF-R1, and they shouldn’t be letting them ride a high powered eBike either.

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      1 year ago

      I think my biggest issue with this thread is the bikes they are referring too are actually Electric Motorbikes(and should be treated like any other motorbike), not an “ebike” in the typical sense of Pedal Assist Bicycle.