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Parents Are Accidentally Buying Their Kids Electric Motorcycles Instead Of E-Bikes
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this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2025
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And some will end up dead because they wore a bicycle helmet on something that can go 65mph.
What's a helmet?
https://www.rei.com/product/167943/smith-convoy-mips-bike-helmet
For second I thought I misspelled it.
Give a normal acoustic bike a steep enough hill and you can get to 65mph. Note that I said you: I won't try this, but someone else could - they might even survive the attempt.
65 is tough. Fastest I’ve gone on a bike is 50 mph, and it was terrifying.
Sure, but that's pretty restricted to specific geography most people would have to travel to, and not the road outside thier home.
The first time I rode a dirt bike I panicked and crashed into a chain link fence. Going maybe 5 mph, and that was with adult supervision. I hate to think what will happen to these children who are accidentally given a road vehicle because the regulations are currently inadequate.
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