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re: Electric bikes (aka slow motorcycles) in middle school
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:26 am to pelicanpride
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:26 am to pelicanpride
In the late seventies I decided to channel my inner Kelly Leak and I took my YZ-80 to school in the 4th grade at Brownfields elementary. No helmet, road thru the subdivision streets, cut across a bar room parking lot, crossed Plank road, road thru a dry ditch bed on a two lane road, cut across three yards, almost got hit by my own school bus when I tried to wave to all the kids hanging out the window screaming at me in the parking lot, and parked it on the sidewalk 6 feet from the front door of the school.
Granted, I got paddled by the asst principal before school even started, my dad beat my arse again that afternoon, my mom tried to sell it to the neighbors, and I got suspended from school for a day.
But I was a frickin legend. Get the kid the bike. The fast one.
Granted, I got paddled by the asst principal before school even started, my dad beat my arse again that afternoon, my mom tried to sell it to the neighbors, and I got suspended from school for a day.
But I was a frickin legend. Get the kid the bike. The fast one.
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Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:58 am to pelicanpride
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If the bike can go 37 MPH, a 13 year old has no business riding it anywhere besides open country. They don’t even understand basic traffic laws at that age.
I was riding a motorcycle that went way faster than 37 at 9 years old. Was riding it in the neighborhood @ 12 and was riding in traffic @ 15.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 12:47 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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I'm not handicapped but apparently you are, 'cause you seem stupid
So you’re saying that handicapped people are stupid????? ……..because I AM handicapped. I was asking an honest question. Yes, I am handicapped and I’m anything BUT stupid. Based on your reply, I guess you would have considered Stephen Hawking stupid?
Posted on 9/10/25 at 12:58 pm to pelicanpride
I’ve seen a lot of discussion in The Woodlands area recently. There have been some really bad accidents, probably made worse by the walking path setups that cross over roads.
Needs to be addressed one way or another.
Needs to be addressed one way or another.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 1:18 pm to Boudreauboudreaugoly
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So you’re saying that handicapped people are stupid????? ……..because I AM handicapped. I was asking an honest question. Yes, I am handicapped and I’m anything BUT stupid. Based on your reply, I guess you would have considered Stephen Hawking stupid?
I'm sorry, you didn't identify yourself as being special when you started this interaction. And Stephen Hawking is dead, Timmy, and never did have much to say anyway.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 5:36 pm to pelicanpride
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This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 9/10/25 at 5:43 pm to pelicanpride
I have ridden an E bike once and it was through the vineyards and along the quiet roads of Bordeaux, France.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 6:01 pm to pelicanpride
I have a Tuttio and modded it to do over 50 mph. Fun little bike.
Can add batteries and controllers and make them fast.
Can add batteries and controllers and make them fast.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 6:03 pm to awestruck
You sound fun. You didn't have a dirt bike or a three wheeler or atv as a kid?
Posted on 9/10/25 at 6:06 pm to SuperSaint
That bottom video proves that he's not old enough for that machine.
Weaving and leaning like that next to an active road? Recipe for disaster.
Weaving and leaning like that next to an active road? Recipe for disaster.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 6:46 pm to pelicanpride
I just saw a little mini biker gang of kids on those here in Farragut.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 7:04 pm to pelicanpride
E-Bikes avoid a lot of road rules and restrictions because they are electric and not internal combustion. The law just hasn't caught up to the phenomenon. They "technically" don't need tags or registration because they are "toys" under the law. It will be sorted out soon, but there is a massive gray area right now.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 8:00 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Internal combustion’s irrelevant, they’re still motorized. Most circumvent motorcycle laws by either adding pedals or keeping them under 30mph out of the box.
This post was edited on 9/10/25 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:37 pm to pelicanpride
So, my son came home today and told me that his baseball teammate broke his arm riding his e-bike. That’s the 3rd teammate in 2 seasons who’s broken something on an e-bike or electric scooter. He still wants one though because those other 3 boys “were doing stupid stuff” and he’s apparently the only 13 year old boy in history immune to peer pressure.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 11:16 pm to pelicanpride
Nearly every kid in the neighborhood broke a bone or two on their BMX bike back in the 90s. Having a kid with a show up to class in 7th grade wearing a cast isn’t something new because e-bikes are a thing.
fafo parenting >>> helicopter parenting
fafo parenting >>> helicopter parenting
Posted on 9/11/25 at 5:22 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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E-Bikes avoid a lot of road rules and restrictions because they are electric and not internal combustion.
SIAP, but: not for long.
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