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FormulaNova said..IanR said..UncleBob said..
Around here in southern Sydney the kids in their mid teens seem to gather in flocks with absolutely no regard for others or any idea of road or pedestrian safety. I recently came very close to becoming very up close and friendly with three of them doing wheelies and slides in my local pedestrian mall. I admire their obvious skill but mourn their lack of awareness and respect for public spaces.
Wonder whether there parents are road cyclist.
Some people seem to get the idea of social responsibility other not so much.
I can't imagine any road cyclist actively wanting their kids to ride e-bikes. Most likely the opposite.
In my riding around Perth I have seen bogans riding ebikes badly and rich kids riding ebikes badly. I am not sure its a income level thing, but probably similar parenting.
I wonder why I see rich kids riding big fat ebikes along the PSP to expensive schools, but I guess I would too if I had the chance and mum and dad got sick of driving me to school. It wouldn't bug me as much if they even pedalled or stopped looking at their phones for more than a second or two.
I'm a road cyclist - yes, funny shoes, funny clothes, a bike that costs as much as a car (but is cheap compared to windsurfing
) and I am comfortable with the e-bike for legal-aged kids (my kids).
I did get passed on my commute home by a 14-15 yo school kid on an e-hardtail that was clearly worked. I was doing 32km/h and he was going gas - no pedalling. Stupid.
you know What else was stupid? The drivers stuck n traffic this morning coz we had 2mm of rain. Screaming abuse out their car windows at each other. Honking their little hornies. Got so many good giggles passing the peanuts in cars on my way to work. Schadenfreude.
