FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 1 month ago‘I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole’: Here’s why e-bike injuries among Gen-Xers and Boomers are spiking - The Boston Globewww.bostonglobe.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-link‘I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole’: Here’s why e-bike injuries among Gen-Xers and Boomers are spiking - The Boston Globewww.bostonglobe.comFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoOld people do have less control - this is the case with cars and bikes - but while they would never get up to dangerous speeds anymore on a normal bike, an ebike empowers them to go way faster than they can control - just like a car would.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·30 days agoNever say never, but ebikes do make it a lot easier.
Old people do have less control - this is the case with cars and bikes - but while they would never get up to dangerous speeds anymore on a normal bike, an ebike empowers them to go way faster than they can control - just like a car would.
Never say never, but ebikes do make it a lot easier.