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Originally Posted by Alistair
By ability to go fast and kill people? Yes.
Most BSOs are heavy mountain bike/hybrid contraptions. Not many will ever see 20mph, or if so only for very short periods. Any class 2 e-bike will do 20mph with a throttle, no effort required, and do it for miles and miles.
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The accident happened on a descent. I'm sure a US$250 40lb Walmart bicycle can hit 30+mph pretty quickly on a steep descent. Well, I know they can because my first bike was an inexpensive big store bicycle. The rim brakes on that bike were laughably bad so one compensated.