Andy Mink
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Simon Cowell had a fall on an ebike. Broken back!
Electric trail bike - sounds like a full moto braaaap.
Class 3 bike, top speed 46 MPH.
On par with having a 1,000 HP 200MPH super car.
It falls under the "just because you can afford doesn't mean you should buy it" theory of operation.Worse.
Do we really think non-cyclist and non-motorbike e-bike purchasers actually know how to position their body to do flat turns in a parking lot, let alone anything more advanced like downhills?
I certainly don't think so.
I am guessing he grabbed the throttle by accident and wasn't prepared for what happened next.
In doing a little searching, this is not his first eMTB but as Andy eluded to, just because you have a lot of money, just because something is more expensive or in this case has more power, means it's better. A story as old as time but in this case, it pushed ebikes back two years and feeds right into the naysayers who just have to say "See, we were right.." ever so smugly and in this case they absolutely were. Way too much power in this application, way too much.Worse.
Do we really think non-cyclist and non-motorbike e-bike purchasers actually know how to position their body to do flat turns in a parking lot, let alone anything more advanced like downhills?
I certainly don't think so.
My dad used to coordinate an event at a large Ford plant where he would bring in all of the new model year fords for any employee to test drive just to get to know the cars and also to see if they wanted to buy any. When I was 17 I helped him move the cars from the front lot where the semi dropped them off to a remote lot where he would let employees drive them. The remote lot was massive. I just went on google maps and measured: 750 feet by 450 feet. First car we brought around was a T-Bird turbo. An unruly beast with a narrow sweet spot and a unibody mated to massive HP. He pointed to the lot and said something along the lines of "go learn to drive this beast, keep it out of the grass". Wow was than an unpleasant bastard of a car. About 15 minutes later, he brings a mustang GT around and smiles. Says, "Park that POS and learn to drive a real performance car". It may not have been a 911 or even a corvette, but damn was it a helluva lot easier to drive (and more fun) than that T-Bird. I'd had my license for a year, but I'd never driven anything like that before. A great experience of learning like you are describing in an environment where it would be (damn near) impossible to screw up.We see the same thing in private aircraft. A high paid professional learns to fly. Then, after getting a license goes out and buys a high powered advanced aircraft. Then they head out into conditions that are way over their experience level. The crash of JFK, Jr was one example. In any sport you need to start simple and work your way up as you gain experience.
Reports have been all over to what he was riding
I noticed that too.For $10K you'd think this would have a dropper. The images don't show one. Maybe due to the way the incorporate the seat tube?
For $10K you'd think this would have a dropper. The images don't show one. Maybe due to the way they incorporate the seat tube?
I dunno. They'd be closer to the ground to start, with it lowered.Or they don't want people getting dumped off the back -as easily - if the dropper is down when the power hits.