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24 kW on a Penny Farthing-like bike ? At 100 MPH you hit the brakes and instead of stopping the whole thing just rolls over to slam you with the same velocity to the ground ? x)
Penny Farthing or E-Scooter, at these speeds you're going to slam into the ground and become a mess regardless. At least on the PF, you look cool...
I did ctrl+F and searched for "danger" and "risk" and neither word appears in the article.
> “because we think electric scooters are the most important vehicle innovation of this century.” Perhaps.. if you've never experienced urban property theft. Which is what prevents me from buying an electric bicycle. Similarly the designers of these products seem to incorporate no anti theft technology into any of their products. A scooter that goes blisteringly fast? Hardly an innovation on it's own.
Solves the theft issue for once and for all, unless you get mugged.
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I actually don’t think it’s that absurd. It definitely is hype but I think e-scooters and (far more) e-bikes actually are a huge innovation in personal transport, not in pure tech but in effect on lifestyles especially when you factor in cost. I have a cargo e-bike I use as my daily driver, taking the kids to school, picking up groceries etc. If they didn’t exist I’d probably have to pay for (and deal with) a car. A…
But bikes aren’t scooters.
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I was on a road bike with a peloton and half of us hit a pothole that was ~25cm deep when going at 50kmh. We had a few popped tubes and a damaged (but rideable) wheel. Good luck on a scooter. You’re a meat pencil.
I think the part that saved you here is going 50 kmph. I've wiped out on 2.5 cm at half those speeds.
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In particular, not at the grocery store I shop at, they have no provision for it and they would ask me to bring it back outside if I tried. Even so it would not be more secure there than outside. There is no store security and the vehicles typically don't even have a key, alarm, or tracker built into them. They disappear easily.
I just roll mine around it's not really a problem
The world would probably be better if you didn't assume that everyone's experiences are identical to yours. Otherwise I can just keep using my gas powered truck to get groceries. I can easily afford that and it's "not a problem" for me.
An EV bicycle just seemed more considerate in several ways, and unless it has the features that speak to my needs, I don't see myself using one.
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24 kW on a Penny Farthing-like bike ? At 100 MPH you hit the brakes and instead of stopping the whole thing just rolls over to slam you with the same velocity to the ground ? x)
Listen I don't know the physics, I'm the ideas man, the practical details are for you eggheads to figure out.
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Penny Farthing or E-Scooter, at these speeds you're going to slam into the ground and become a mess regardless. At least on the PF, you look cool...
It only takes basic high school physics to see how much worse a penny farthing is. And I'm no fan of scooters.
Scooters are just deceptively dangerous. The ease with which you can just hop on and go 20, 30, 40mph in instant is a false sense of security. There’s no drama, no warning, just pure speed standing upright, feet mere inches off the ground. Crashing on a 100mph scooter is sure to end gruesomely.
I think even a 20 mile an hour crash can do quite a bit of damage. It doesn't take much to crack a skull or break some bones. My response to any kind of scooter has always been "No thanks. I like having teeth.". Just not worth it to me. I'll use an ebike if I need to. Feels much more stable to me.