_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoNew 80 MPH military electric bicycle unveiled as e-bike maker opens defense divisionelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkNew 80 MPH military electric bicycle unveiled as e-bike maker opens defense divisionelectrek.co_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·4 months agoThis is a terrible idea. This bike is far, far too light to be stable at that speed on all terrain without people with serious skills. You need something with a bigger suspension, and more weight to handle the changes in terrain at those speeds without kicking you off the bike.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoPresumably it’d be loaded down with gear, but it still seems sketchy as hell to ride anywhere near 80mph
This is a terrible idea. This bike is far, far too light to be stable at that speed on all terrain without people with serious skills.
You need something with a bigger suspension, and more weight to handle the changes in terrain at those speeds without kicking you off the bike.
Presumably it’d be loaded down with gear, but it still seems sketchy as hell to ride anywhere near 80mph