Celebrity breaks his back on Ebike

[Taylor57]

Simon Cowell broke his back falling off an electric bicycle | CNN

"America's Got Talent" judge Simon Cowell has undergone surgery after breaking his back in several spots while falling off his bike on Saturday.

www.cnn.com

Just saw this. I wonder what type of ebike?

 

[akjudge]

Cowell has been reported as riding a $8,499 CAB Recon, which can do 60mph.

 

[Taylor57]

Sounds like he is a better candidate for an 899 Lectric XP!!

 

[onlineaddy]

Simon Cowell breaks back falling from ebike

This is not good PR: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/aug/09/simon-cowell-breaks-back-falling-off-electric-bike-in-us?

electricbikereview.com

 

[ki11a]

Cowell has been reported as riding a $8,499 CAB Recon, which can do 60mph.

Thats no joke...I would be geared up for something that goes that fast, not sure what would prevent back breakage but still

 

[Sierratim]

Cowell has been reported as riding a $8,499 CAB Recon, which can do 60mph.

That model has pedals, but is reported to develop 20KW of motor power! A mere 27 times more than the Federal limit for a 'bicycle'. He was quoted as saying that you "should read the manual before you ride it".

I'm glad he's going to be OK, but the news feeds were up in arms about needing more regulations for those presumptively dangerous electric bicycles...

To the article's credit, they edited out 'ebike' and replaced it with 'emotorcycle'.

 

[Old Man Arthur]

A $20K eBike. It is really pushing the definition of "eBike"
Kinda like back in the Moped days...
Yeah... It has pedals...
But. Just call it a motorcycle.

 

[myers830]

This kind of media coverage unfortunately brings out the "ban those dangerous eBikes" crowd who just need a good example like these to spew their venom...and boy, are they ever. Unfortunately the whole truth as to whether he was even driving a legally classified eBike was not mentioned in the media...and like we all suspected, it was really an electronic motorcycle, not an eBike. Nice try eBike haters. Nice try.