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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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E-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roof (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/micromobility

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I recently got an e-bikes. It goes up to 20mph and honestly scares the shit out of me sometimes. I have a normal bike helmet but am looking into something a bit beefier, between a bike and motorcycle helmet

I don't think people understand: At 20mph that's athlete sprinting speed. Imagine going all out "impending asthma attack and you don't even have asthma" full sprint down a hill then tripping on a curb

[–] TubularTittyFrog 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

exactly. folks get ebikes because they wnat to go fast without being fit. they can do 20mph rather than 5mph.

falling at 20mph is going to have an impact force 16x greater than it is at 5mph

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I got mine to get my asthmatic self up these Seattle hills. The person at the bike shop told me it is possible to go into a secret menu setting and up the top speed to 25mph. I did that once, immediately feared for my life, then set the max back down to 20 lol