eBikers Dad Warned You About!

[J.R.]

This is what feeds the fire in the bellies of the anti ebike crowd. Look mom, no pedaling

I'd have titled the video: "Rider Fail". The ebike didn't fail

 

[Camac]

A suitable ending.

We have a old bloke (79) in our group who vary rarely peddles. He only travels at about 9--12kph but coming to a small hill he doesn't increase power. Stalls and falls off a lot.

 

[AguassissiM]

There is a dummy in every crowd.
Instant karma for being stupid?

 

[Solom01]

No wonder ebike sales suck in the US. Ebikes are a means of transportation, not a religion or a cult. As long as someone obeys speed limits and the rules of the road whether they choose to use a throttle or not is totally up to the rider. Yes it was a stupid mistake but most car and motorcycle accidents are caused by driver error, I guess they should require pedaling too? You can be smug and pretentious about how using pedals to aid the battery makes your use better and a "real" bike but I've got news for you, most riders of "real" bikes consider riders of any type of ebike to be "cheaters" and fat slobs - they don't consider any use of an ebike to be really biking. By the way, you have no way of knowing this person's circumstances, he may have ALS, MS or a whole lot of other issues that make it impossible to pedal. Or he may just not feel like pedaling, which is entirely up to him.

 

[mrgold35]

I would be still driving my SUV that gets 19-20 mpgs to work for the last year and half if it wasn't for my ebike with now +4200 miles. It was too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, and too windy in the springtime to ride my old pedal bike at half the average speed (twice the time to ride) as much as my ebike.

 

[MisterM]

No wonder ebike sales suck in the US. Ebikes are a means of transportation, not a religion or a cult. As long as someone obeys speed limits and the rules of the road whether they choose to use a throttle or not is totally up to the rider. Yes it was a stupid mistake but most car and motorcycle accidents are caused by driver error, I guess they should require pedaling too? You can be smug and pretentious about how using pedals to aid the battery makes your use better and a "real" bike but I've got news for you, most riders of "real" bikes consider riders of any type of ebike to be "cheaters" and fat slobs - they don't consider any use of an ebike to be really biking. By the way, you have no way of knowing this person's circumstances, he may have ALS, MS or a whole lot of other issues that make it impossible to pedal. Or he may just not feel like pedaling, which is entirely up to him.

The point isn't he wasn't pedalling, but that he was a total twat riding way too fast. His "circumstances" are immaterial to being a fool.

 

[Nutella]

Entitled idiots on fast ebikes are our biggest threat to access.

 

[Nova Haibike]

You can be smug and pretentious about how using pedals to aid the battery makes your use better and a "real" bike but I've got news for you, most riders of "real" bikes consider riders of any type of ebike to be "cheaters" and fat slobs - they don't consider any use of an ebike to be really biking.

I am smug and pretentious. Still though, if one is buying an e-bike to not pedal at all, I hardly see the point. Unless the point is to only go really really fast while not having to be licensed or insured.

 

[keithd]

I ride motorcycles on and off road many trails are now closed because some people just seem to have a proclivity towards abusing whatever the system is. This normally ends up in over-regulation and ruins it for all the responsible folk.

 

[J.R.]

No wonder ebike sales suck in the US

The video was made in Columbia, South America. Posted by a Columbian company (noted in the video description) selling and promoting high speed ebikes in South and Central America. A for profit promotion is fair game for all criticism. Those are the types of promotions that get used against us when banning access to public land we all pay for.

 

[J.R.]

Lets not be cannibals though. Posted for 2 reasons, a word to the wise and a chuckle. Like Keith and so many others here, I'm also a lifelong motorcycle rider. Anyone riding at the speeds demonstrated in the video is safer on a proper motorcycle, wearing a proper helmet.

 

[MisterM]

Lets not be cannibals though. Posted for 2 reasons, a word to the wise and a chuckle. Like Keith and so many others here, I'm also a lifelong motorcycle rider. Anyone riding at the speeds demonstrated in the video is safer on a proper motorcycle, wearing a proper helmet.

If it's really Colombia (never seen leafless trees in a country known for rain forests) that's about as safe and as responsible as it gets.

 

[G Lindberg]

A week ago a guy was busted in Sweden for going about 100km/h through the city's main street on a 4000W bike. There will always be that specED wonder that ruins it for all.