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As Teens Take to E-Bikes, Parents Ask: Is This Freedom or Danger? (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My eFatbike is limited to 25kph/15mph after which it stops assisting. Sometimes when pedaling back home from the trails on the side of the road I meet road bikers and it takes quite a while for them to catch me and even after overtaking I'm following them for a looong time before they get out of sight. You'd think a roadbike would be much faster but it's the uphills where ebikes shine and it makes a huge difference. On flat or downhill they smoke me tho. No competition there.

Pretty crazy that you can reach 100kph downhill. My tops with the fatbike is about 63kph. That's on gravel though.