09/20/2026
Children are part of the working class too! Corporations using children not only as a profit line, but as a part of the narrative to cover up their E-bike crimes. US e-bikes are much different from Amsterdam’s. Amsterdam’s limit is 15 mph and 250 watts. US limit is 28 miles per hour and 750 watts. A child who died in Harlem earlier this summer was on the 300 dollar Razor MX350 (based in California, NOT China); that with a 75 dollar part can reach 42 mph. This essentially a motor cycle for minis was marketed as an E-bike for ages 8 and up, he was 12, so why would it not be fine? A toy for an 8 year old surely would be finr for a 12 year old, US company too! Parents depend on bike advocates and policymakers to working for the public not people who profit from us; in the US, that is not always the case. Solidarity with the kids: they are part of the working class too— instead of being angry at them and their overworked parents, we need to be furious at the neoliberals and market urbanism that allowed this to happen. Here are my suggestions 3-mile maximum pedal assist, 250 watts, and supercapacitors over lithium batteries.
The first step in fighting back against these beasts is saying that what you are pushing isn’t in the spirit of e-bikes; you are pushing cars on two wheels. You are harming children. Bikes don’t have throttles.
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