_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoNew 80 MPH military electric bicycle unveiled as e-bike maker opens defense divisionelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkNew 80 MPH military electric bicycle unveiled as e-bike maker opens defense divisionelectrek.co_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·6 months agoThis is a terrible idea. This bike is far, far too light to be stable at that speed on all terrain without people with serious skills. You need something with a bigger suspension, and more weight to handle the changes in terrain at those speeds without kicking you off the bike.
minus-squarejelloeater - Ops Mgr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoSo like… A motorcycle?
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoPresumably it’d be loaded down with gear, but it still seems sketchy as hell to ride anywhere near 80mph
This is a terrible idea. This bike is far, far too light to be stable at that speed on all terrain without people with serious skills.
You need something with a bigger suspension, and more weight to handle the changes in terrain at those speeds without kicking you off the bike.
So like… A motorcycle?
Presumably it’d be loaded down with gear, but it still seems sketchy as hell to ride anywhere near 80mph