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Ebikes - modern day Rollerblades

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Created by bjw 7 months ago, 27 Jun 2025
bjw
QLD, 3686 posts
27 Jun 2025 12:44PM
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It seems every kid has a black, wide tyred Ebike. They ride with no helmet, over 50km/h, popping monos in front of cars on main roads.

But they have bad sides too... With pack of kids riding them, these kids are endangering their dignity as we all did with Rollerblades back in the day. Except Rollerblades kept us fit.

They're technically banned here, you don't see them in Europe (except pedal assisted bikes). How would they even ban them if they wanted to?

Kids have some dignity. Use your legs.

decrepit
WA, 12776 posts
27 Jun 2025 10:53AM
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I complimented a couple of kids at the beach the other day, riding old fashioned manual scooters, so nice to see kids still using their muscles

FormulaNova
WA, 15086 posts
27 Jun 2025 1:00PM
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bjw said..
It seems every kid has a black, wide tyred Ebike. They ride with no helmet, over 50km/h, popping monos in front of cars on main roads.

But they have bad sides too... With pack of kids riding them, these kids are endangering their dignity as we all did with Rollerblades back in the day. Except Rollerblades kept us fit.

They're technically banned here, you don't see them in Europe (except pedal assisted bikes). How would they even ban them if they wanted to?

Kids have some dignity. Use your legs.


When I was a kid, the coolest kids were the ones who had minibikes, not the rest of us that were running around on BMX or racing bikes.

Somethings stay the same and that kid who is a lazy sh1t with a wide tyred ebike will still get some respect just for owning it.

woko
NSW, 1759 posts
27 Jun 2025 8:11PM
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Not if it's the clown who raced behind my Ute on the wrong side of the road this afternoon, he was millimeters away from serious injury & would have screwed my afternoon up badly

jn1
SA, 2664 posts
27 Jun 2025 10:21PM
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bjw said..
Kids have some dignity. Use your legs.

Those damn punks. I bet they need a hair cut.

remery
WA, 3709 posts
27 Jun 2025 9:37PM
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"Hey, wait a minute. You two look kind of familiar. Ain't you them kids that have been whackin' off in my tool shed?"

Mark _australia
WA, 23485 posts
28 Jun 2025 4:45PM
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ebikes
lame


e-trailbike fark yeah.


Anyway its looking like a self correcting issue, Darwin awards contenders all of them



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