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Re:Show HN: Long Range E-Bike by jimmaswell on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:57PM (#29202399)
The most important thing should be the speed, not the method. A fit enough cyclist could easily go fast enough to be dangerous to other cyclists with a normal bike on cycle paths too.
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Re:Show HN: Long Range E-Bike by JoeAltmaier on Friday November 12, 2021 @01:00PM (#29202455)
Sure for a while. But a e-bike can do it all day. They can be a hazard for hours every day.
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Re:Show HN: Long Range E-Bike by leetcrew on Friday November 12, 2021 @03:30PM (#29204170)
the ebikes I'm familiar with cannot travel at top speed all day. more like slightly more than an hour.
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Re:Show HN: Long Range E-Bike by JoeAltmaier on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:30AM (#29217374)
OK, but there are endless numbers of e-bike idiots. Super-athletes doesn't scale like that.
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Re:Show HN: Long Range E-Bike by leetcrew on Monday November 15, 2021 @12:30PM (#29229949)
fair point, can't argue with that.
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