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Re:The Commuter Bike Redesigned and Electrified by diziet on Monday February 07, 2011 @06:43AM (#2188562)
It seems horribly unsafe in case of an accident. Sure, 15mph is turtle speed when it comes to bicycles (disclosure: I've been racing road bicycles for five years) but you can still get hurt pretty horribly if you fly out of that thing. There's no frame/hand compression to stop you.

Also, it doesn't look like a bicycle, at least compared to something in the similar price range: http://www.londoncyclesport.com/Assets/LondonCycleSport+Digi...

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Re:The Commuter Bike Redesigned and Electrified by arethuza on Monday February 07, 2011 @07:17AM (#2188623)
Not to mention he isn't wearing a helmet!

[NB I've had one accident where a helmet definitely saved my life and a couple of close calls - two my own fault cycling off road and another where kids threw a brick at me].

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