• Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    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

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      9 months ago

      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

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        9 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