Type 2 & 3 e-bikes are speed-limited electric motorcycles. They come with all the exhilaration and all the risks.
I'm an avid motorcycle rider. Been at it for over 50 years. I never saddle up without head-to-toe protective gear. It's just not worth the risk to life and limb not to.
Going down at 20 or 28 MPH will likely cause injury, potentially serious or life-threatening.
Here's an excellent test for anyone who rides an e-bike/speed-limited electric motorcycle without a helmet.
1. Sit on the bike
2. Shut it off
3. Put the kickstand up
4. Put both hands on the handlebars and both feet on the pegs or pedals, and DON'T MOVE THEM.
5. Allow gravity to do its thing.
When your head collides with the pavement, remember that's a fall at 0 MPH.
Now imagine how forward momentum might turn the pain you feel in your head into a way more serious situation when your skin (any of it) makes contact with the ground at speed.
Type 2 & 3 e-bikes are speed-limited electric motorcycles. They come with all the exhilaration and all the risks.
I'm an avid motorcycle rider. Been at it for over 50 years. I never saddle up without head-to-toe protective gear. It's just not worth the risk to life and limb not to.
Going down at 20 or 28 MPH will likely cause injury, potentially serious or life-threatening.
Here's an excellent test for anyone who rides an e-bike/speed-limited electric motorcycle without a helmet.
1. Sit on the bike
2. Shut it off
3. Put the kickstand up
4. Put both hands on the handlebars and both feet on the pegs or pedals, and DON'T MOVE THEM.
5. Allow gravity to do its thing.
When your head collides with the pavement, remember that's a fall at 0 MPH.
Now imagine how forward momentum might turn the pain you feel in your head into a way more serious situation when your skin (any of it) makes contact with the ground at speed.
This would hit even if it was written by a rando but reading it from a parent friend in your own neighborhood hits wayyyy better 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
Thanks Victoria…you get it!!
Thanks for writing this Josh - coming from someone who has been hit 2x in nyc by riders running lights.
I’d throw in those dang scooters littered across americas cities in with this convo too. Maybe they don’t go as fast as the e bikes though.