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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. |
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It should read that the bike had inherently janky steering characteristics, goofy wheel size, and a downright ugly frame design... and the driver was an inexperienced pre-teen with a passenger on the back piloting down a 14 percent grade
Surprised that Velofix hasn't been sucked into the litigation, too. The family of the deceased seems to have sued everyone but the rabbi at the bat mitzvah. Giro, the family of the driver and so on. Someone was a fool to agree to assemble that bike, or any internet ebike. Those things are D2C and built on the cheap for the benefit of VC group. If there is a way to cheap out or skin a nickel for a fart, you can bet they'll find it. There's not a large enough labor fee that will protect a business for someone at a shop/service company to assemble it. If I don't sell them I turn them all away; too many janky parts, proprietary pieces, half baked solutions and flammable batteries. Ebikes in the US are the Wild West, there are really no rules or oversight...and what rules there are don't seem to be enforced. The poor girl was wearing a bicycle helmet on what was basically a motorcycle and everyone was operating under the assumption that that was OK. If a case like this is what it takes to shine a light on the issues that abound with ebikes in the US and leads to set rules, testing, enforcement and accountability, I am all for what the parents are doing in suing rad power. Leave the neighbors and Giro out of it Quote:
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Man, that article was too heartbreaking to finish but I've been on QRs/vertical dropouts and disc brakes for almost 25 years w/o a single wheel wobble or ejection.
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Are RadPower bikes any worse than the millions of BSOs (Bicycle Shaped Objects) sold at discounters like Walmart and Target each year? (I didn't grab the "millions" number out of the air - there are 15 - 20 million bicycles of all types sold each year in the US, the majority not from specialty retailers, i.e. bike shops). |
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Not to segway, but we call em DUI bikes
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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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They should get sued too. But as pointed out, BSOs are less dangerous in that they have to propeled pretty hard to go 12 mph. These D2C ebikes are particularly egregious as they go 20...for miles...with a throttle...many of the same janky parts and at least twice the weight
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This just doesn't seem right to me and I think what happened is that the bike shimmied due to the rear loading. This doesn't Rad's case at all though, they are the ones that put a rear seat on the bike. And it is known that rear loads promote violent shimmy.
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Wait, I have a Santa Cruz Mt bike with Hayes disc brakes and quick releases. Ridden many thousands of miles without the release coming unscrewed. I cant even imaging how a correctly used quick release can unscrew.
Our street is an 18% grade. We regularly see an elementary school age kid riding an electric scooter up this hill at 30+ mph, on the wrong side of the street, and with no helmet. Those patents are idiots. Last edited by windsurfer; 02-03-2023 at 10:18 AM. |
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