re: Electric bikes - what are the laws?

Sounds like these things have invaded just about everywhere. We got kids all over our Houston suburb riding them. I hate to call them a nuisance because I grew up riding dirt bikes and then 3 wheelers, but those are different (somewhat). I say somewhat because these e-bikes haul arse but then not near as fast as a 2 stroke 125. At least most of them wear helmets. We didn’t. We also took our bikes back in the woods to ride. Granted we did travel some on the roads some but it was brief.

One kid hit an older man on a sidewalk here last week and killed him. That’s what has everybody in our little burb torqued up right now but it is inevitable that someone is gonna hit one of these kids at a crosswalk and it is not gonna be pretty and it’s gonna make this situation riding these things come to a head.

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I got one around Easter and the guy told me it’s classified as a bicycle and can legally go anywhere those are allowed.

They’re pretty fun/awesome. And can be ridden as regular bikes or you can power it on and use the pedal-assist function (which is awesome) or give it juice and ride it like a scooter without pedaling at all. Mine has actually made me ride bikes on the reg with my son, and we have a blast.

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Yeah I got one for hunting last year and I love it. I ride from my house to the WMA (after daylight) to squirrel hunt sometimes, it's about 8 miles one way. It has made me realize that if I got an actual motorcycle I would kill myself pretty quickly on it.

I'm at a red light ten cars deep and will probaly have to sit through the light twice while this ebike guy goes around everyone and gets to the front of the line.

shite ain't fair.