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Old 10-16-22, 09:43 PM
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Should I get an Ebike?

Hi. I知 overweight have failing vision and poor hand-eye coordination. I知 too scared to ride a motorcycle (or any bike on the street) and too lazy to ride an analog bike. What I want is to be able to go as fast as humanly possible, at least 25mph, down congested multi-use paths full of kids, dogs and old people on a Sunday afternoon. I need my bike to weight about a hundred pounds, have at least three inch tires and the frontal mass of an abrams tank. And god no! I don稚 want to peddle, or pay more than $1500 for this thing. Should I get an Ebike?
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Old 10-16-22, 10:46 PM
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Haha. Ebikers do like to claim that they're disabled veterans who need it.

I am looking into an ebike myself for cargo purposes.
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Old 10-17-22, 06:43 AM
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Stop with the trolling.

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