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Not a particularly nuanced take there - my road legal '250W' e-bike in New Zealand provides electric assist up to 45 km/h, which lets me keep-up with & over/und
by Chilko 3y ago
Not a particularly nuanced take there - my road legal '250W' e-bike in New Zealand provides electric assist up to 45 km/h, which lets me keep-up with & over/undertake traffic in my dense city. Definitely doesn't feel suicidal, rather practical actually (especially compared to my 60+ km/h hill bomb commute on my previous vintage non-electric bike).
- constantcrying 3y agoWhere I live it is illegal. In a car, basically any accident at 50 km/h is survivable, even being seriously injured is rare. With a bike you just need one mistake to die.
- tim333 3y agoNot sure with ebikes but with regular bikes the overall death rate is lower for cyclists than drivers in my demographic (oldish bloke). Cyclists may crash but drivers get fat and heart attacks.