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Where I live (San Diego), they're big, heavy, mini-motorcycles zooming past others at top speed in narrow bike lanes. Is the hate for that so hard to understan
by rectang 4y ago
Where I live (San Diego), they're big, heavy, mini-motorcycles zooming past others at top speed in narrow bike lanes. Is the hate for that so hard to understand?
- oh_sigh 4y agoYes, because we have the ability to differentiate reasonable vehicles from unreasonable vehicles regardless of their designation. E-bikes with pedal assist seem ok. E-bikes which are basically just electric dirt bikes don't seem ok (for bike lanes).
- joebob42 4y agoThe pedal bit seems unimportant, I feel like the only relevant distinction is the actual top speed.
- oh_sigh 4y agoI agree logically, but an important point is that pretty much any pedal assist on the market will have a top speed only marginally faster than a biker's actual top speed - compared with the pure e-dirt-bikes which are exceptionally faster than most biker's top speed.