Yeah, but it was an e bike.

[Mr. Pink]

https://mymodernmet.com/89-year-old-...ver-370-miles/

[Talrand]

Is he on any social media? I'd love to yell at him for pretending to be a real cyclist!

[holliscx]

We just bought our youngest a 12" electric balance bike. We love the battery and charging infrastructure. Emily has even more energy now to stare at her phone all afternoon.

[nmrt]

Damn. If only that 12 in electric balance bike had a cell phone holder on the handlebar, I would have bought it for my youngest too.

Originally Posted by holliscx

We just bought our youngest a 12" electric balance bike. We love the battery and charging infrastructure. Emily has even more energy now to stare at her phone all afternoon.

[Alistair]

Sadly I can no longer determine if the above is sarcasm.

[madsciencenow]

That's a great story. Thanks for sharing. If I'm able to ride an e-bike at 89, I'll be delighted. Hell, if I'm alive at 89 I'll be delighted.

[David Kirk]

Originally Posted by holliscx

We just bought our youngest a 12" electric balance bike. We love the battery and charging infrastructure. Emily has even more energy now to stare at her phone all afternoon.

The she enjoys that E-balance bike now wait until she rides it with the fork flipped around in the proper direction....she'll love it then!

dave

[Mr. Pink]

Originally Posted by Alistair

Sadly I can no longer determine if the above is sarcasm.

My thread title was.

The article states that he fell off the bike twenty times. Good Lord. This man will never die.

[5oakterrace]

Great story. I am not into e bikes at all but they really open up a new world and life for a lot of people. And a
new life - probably for many/most of us when normal bikes get to be too difficult as we age. Good stuff. Thanks for posting.

[kiwisimon]

the whole article's writing is a little clunky
original article here
looks so happy.

[fourflys]

Awesome! as others have said, I just hope to be riding at all at that age, e-bike or not!

My local group I occassionally ride with is almost all retired folks (most rides are during the week in the morning ) and many of them look to ride e-bikes.. I have no issues with that and they seem really happy, so why not?

[holliscx]

Originally Posted by David Kirk

The she enjoys that E-balance bike now wait until she rides it with the fork flipped around in the proper direction....she'll love it then!

Our DD prefers this setup for more fore/aft stiffness bombing the driveway

Please have a pint at Shine for the e-pushbike crowd

[Peter P.]

How do you say "poseur" in Japanese?