E-bikes and a 12-year-old's death

[Pegoready]

Originally Posted by Alistair

Was there anything about this death that was different because it was an e-bike? Seems like just a freak bike accident that could happen to any kid (or adult).

Kids lived in a wealthy neighborhood in the hills. I think the argument can be made that they wouldn't have ridden analog/acoustic bikes up such a steep grade but an e-bike made it easy.

This is beyond sad. I have a daughter and would be crestfallen forever if something like this happened but ultimately I would agree with most opinions in the Bicycling article that this isn't on RAD power. There are a lot of crappy, dangerous bikes out there not just RAD powers.