It was fun, until it wasn't. That's a lot like drugs and guns: Fun until it wasn't. Then nightmare. It was such a cool beautiful car and no one knows where it is, even with a $500,000 reward. A car like that would be so fun to ride, drive, up the Northern California coast from SF to Mendocino. Just take it easy. I would rather dive it than a modern SUV. It did not have whiplash headrests and maybe not even seatbelts.
Back in my fast Japanese sport bike days, Hwy 128 was on my short list of favorite California motorcycle roads — and that's saying something. What an exquisite 3D piece of asphalt!
No, stupid adults are using this to make e-bikes look bad. What do the bikes have to do with the actions of these kids?
I agree in general. However, I did buy a Rad bike for my grandson. He lives on acreage, and only rides it there or on paths with me, so he’s not doing anything that would risk harm to others. Now, he might crash on their land, but I did crazier stuff when I was a kid. And, we didn’t wear helmets back then.
Well, I guess they could’ve used regular bikes as a getaway car.
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See a lot of that in coastal north San Diego County, too. Super73s are very popular here. Maybe half have a helmet onboard, but it's usually on the rear rack, not the rider's head.
Also, saw a lot of ebikes and not a lot of people pedaling! I love my throttle, but to be 100% throttle only is going to be the death of ebikes in our neck of the woods...
I tried to tell my sisters that this was the answer to their "we have to get our teen to get their license" problems. E-bike being cheaper than the insurance increase and then having to help with a car. But Nooooo. They scoffed at me!One more sign that ebikes are marching towards ubiquity, and the idea of a bicycle you have to pedal is becoming a thing of the past. Especially for a younger generation who sees them as basic transportation rather than some sort of exercise device where if effort is not demanded, it loses its nobility and becomes evil. Backward thinking that favors more automobiles.
Why more American teenagers are rejecting driver's licenses in favor of e-bikes
There’s a good chance that when you were a teenager, getting your driver’s license was seen as a rite of...
I had a Puch moped in college. It was awesome to zip to and from campus-until it got stolen outside my apartment one night during a party. Still miss that little silver beauty...The only constant in the world is change. In the 1970s I worked at gas stations from the time I was in grades 9 through 12. The oil crises at its peak and smaller cars and motorcycles were what many looked to, to save money. Cars and even motorcycles were still costly. All the sudden a solution appeared from Europe and Asia, and it was cheap! No license, insurance, registration and you could ride more than 100 miles for 35 cents. It was all the rage, my family of 5 had 3 of them. One was from a familiar name to many of us old cyclists, Motobecane from France and two Garelli from Italy. Mopeds.
They were the rage, if you can believe it. Local car dealers gave away mopeds with the purchase of a new car. They were everywhere, ticking off all the car drivers. To our family they were more of a novelty, at the time I rode motorcycles and "10 speeds". People took this alternative seriously. I saw many turn up at the gas station, wasting my time for a 25 cent purchase
Eventually municipalities passed laws, required licenses and insurance. Mopeds are barely a footnote in American Transportation.... then e-mopeds... I'm not sure how this ends up. Certainly, regulations are coming where there's will or need. Governments will look to get their cut. History repeating itself?
Negative perceptions are definitely gaining steam about these things we've grown to love so much. I wish we could separate from the mopeds, but I think the die might be cast.
I was struck by these guys posting this as though they are the victims. The MTBr was right! Our fellow ebikers.
