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[tartanhaggis7]

I am an experienced cyclist MANY miles travelled MANY sore backsides 😂😂 ive tryed electic bikes & i found them hard to handle with the acceleration !!! so i think that Edinburgh's decision to hire ONLY electic with NO training possibly NO experience of cycling & with NO helmet ( tourist ) irresponsible unfortunately leading to MANY injuries & DEATH

Dunno, I’m not a Lycra clad cyclist, more a fair weather cyclist, and have had no issues going from peddle bike to electric and back to peddle.

but then on the flip side why would you use them without any knowledge or training etc

does that mean if your packing to go on hols u have to pack your HELMET !!!

There are now hundreds of thousand of e-bikes in the UK. I doubt most of their owners received any specialised training. Have there been MANY injuries and DEATH as a result? Personally, I don’t find riding an e-bike any trickier than a non-powered bicycle.

Did you mean to use an apostrophe in the word bike’s (totally misses the point)?

yeah agree but my point is more for TOURIST'S had a wee drink got to go to the event let's jump on an electic CARNAGE !!!!!!

As a resident of Edinburgh and an owner of both a non e-bike and an e-bike, I'm all for the hire bikes being electric. You are really are over excerating the 'acceleration', and there is no need to wear a helmet when cycling.

If you aren't capable of cycling safely, then please stick to walking

It will be FINE !!!

really put a melon in a helmet drop it 30 ft then do it without a helmet c the difference whole or scrabbled replicate to your heed in my opion you should by LAW require to wear a HELMET recently i had a fight with a car my helmet got a HUGE crack in it but still ALIVE no helmet !!!!!!!!!°

You're not going to fall 30 FEET off a BIKE whether it's electric or not..

They have them and scooters in a city local to us. There's been a few reported accidents but No DeAtHs. I think you're scaremongering a bit.

Practically every major city in Europe has an Ebike hire scheme of some kind. Many also have Escioter hire schemes. I haven't heard of mass deaths occurring from either.

I love electric bikes. Especially the ones you can pick up outside the station, get to your ultimate destination quicker than on foot or by public transport and leave outside. I don’t carry a helmet with me and I have loved riding a Lime bike. Brings me such joy arriving at the office or a client or meeting a friend for lunch in the City.

I haven’t noticed carnage on the streets as a result so I think OP you are scaremongering needlessly. Enjoy!

My son and husband use electric bikes. They are really happy either way them. No accidents!

It was annoying me too!

Between the apostrophe use and the CAPITALS the OP is grinding my gears 😂

I ride an electric bike and also an electric tandem. I didn't need any specialist training and in the 10 years I've been riding e-bikes I don't remember causing any carnage or deaths.

TalulahJP · Today 19:36

Did you mean to use an apostrophe in the word bike’s (totally misses the point)?

…and it’s electric not electic 🫤

sorrie about the spellling mate but ure contribution too the discussion hass bean valueable!!!😃😃

Just finished packing to go away tomorrow, and yes, as I expect to cycle while away, I have packed my helmet.

You just need to take CHARGE of the electric BIKE unless you are too TIRED!!!!

have you ever stopped an pedal assist ebike on a STEEP incline in the wrong gear and tryed to start off again!!!

I don’t much BOTHER with gears when I ride my E-BIKE. I set THE gears somewhere in the middle and adjust the assist level as needed. With sufficient ASSIST, there’s no such thing AS the WRONG GEAR.

the bike has to be moving before the motor kick's in!!!

Cycling deaths and serious injuries are on the rise in the Netherlands. It is thought due to e-bikes going faster than push bikes and older people using them.
I think 15mph is too fast. I pedal cycle regularly and rarely go above 13mph and I still get there (overtaken by e-bikes whizzing past).

How on earth is 15mph too fast? 20mph in a car feels like you're barely moving, and cars can do a hell of a lot more damage than any bicycle.