24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record at Bonneville

Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by Ekaros on Friday August 22, 2025 @04:24AM (#44982122)

E-bikes have relatively huge wheels. These interact with any bumbs, curbwalls, pot-holes, rocks in much more safe manner. This with stability makes them to me much safer.

Still does not do much difference when crashing to someone or something or someone crashing into you.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by lostlogin on Friday August 22, 2025 @04:37AM (#44982193)

I was on a road bike with a peloton and half of us hit a pothole that was ~25cm deep when going at 50kmh. We had a few popped tubes and a damaged (but rideable) wheel.

Good luck on a scooter. You’re a meat pencil.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by saagarjha on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:06AM (#44982378)

I think the part that saved you here is going 50 kmph. I've wiped out on 2.5 cm at half those speeds.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by nutjob2 on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:09AM (#44982717)

Yes the determining factor is the length of the pothole, ie distance traveled over air, together with speed, which determines how far you fall before hitting the other side.

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Re:24,000-Watt Scooter Is Going for a 100 MPH Speed Record a... by 4ggr0 on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:24AM (#44982489)

> ~25cm deep

can this still be called a pothole, lol? at which point does a pothole become a hole...

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