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Old 07-14-19 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by linberl
If being clueless was a reason to keep people off bike paths, no one would be allowed to ride. Please, tell me how much force is there when my son rides at 24mph unassisted? Is it more than someone on a 20mph limited ebike? What about a 300 lb guy on a 45 lb hybrid going 20mph? If I'm walking my dog and any one of those hits me, the effect is pretty much going to be the same, not good. As to "swarming" the bike path....how many is a "swarm"? As many as are in the giant roadie groups I encounter every day that take up the entire path and make it impossible for anyone else to ride? That kind of "swarm"? E-bikes are no more inherently dangerous than regular bikes or were you planning on lobbying for limits on regular bikes so they can't go faster than 15 mph? Frankly, I would take an inexperience e-bike rider capped at 15 or 20mph over some show-off wannabe flying down the path at 20+mph, hands free, pumping out loud music and reading his texts.
What bike and color kit does your son ride? I like to stay out of clueless rider's paths. And I have never seen a 300 pound person clueless or clued that could pedal 20 mph on a hybrid.

Threads like this this led me to hate all electric motor powered bikes that are driven on MUPs or in bike lanes. Ebike riders either write or believe the sales pitches for these "saviors of local bike shops".

Get back in your car. People with money buy a Tessla to ride in the car pool lane without carpooling. And people with money buy an ebike so they can ride a bicycle without pedaling. Sad.
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