Anecdotally, these new obscenely-heavy e-bikes in SF seem considerably safer than other bicycles. Sure, the brakes are more likely in good repair, but I think the weight is actually helpful in a subtle way..
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When I am riding a bicycle that is speed-limited to provide only a certain amount of extra power, which I cannot merely quadricep into exceeding that speed — I think I'm actually less likely to end up running up to cars that aren't already aware that I am there; and am so, safer.
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I find this interesting because I am not sure that I would have reasoned my way to this belief or necessarily immediately bought "heavier bikes with electronic rate controls are safer bikes to ride" if it had been posited.
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I'm personally not sure about the ebikes; I personally think I feel less safe on them than I do on my hyperlight carbon-fiber bike because I don't feel like I understand how they respond well enough yet and they *feel* faster even if I'm not sure they are.
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On the ebikes I feel like I don't understand when pedaling is just pedaling, and when pedaling is "whoops now I am twice as fast as I was a second ago" and that feeling is disconcerting to me.
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Accidentally going twice as fast sounds really fucking awesome actually.
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it's great unless you're in traffic in which case it's super disconcerting
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The BIRD scooters are taking over Nashville and I cringe when I see it
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genuinely: why the cringe?
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I like the product in theory but I have this gut feeling that someone will get hit
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do you feel the same way when gazing at automobiles?
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data supports it. there are almost no fatalities involving bike share programs. meanwhile, there have been single days in SF where multiple people on bicycles have been killedhttp://fortune.com/2016/07/02/chicago-bike-share-death-is-first-ever-in-u-s/ …
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