06/03/2026
Warning and Anger Post. ⚠️‼️ Our customer and friend was injured by an irresponsible e-biker in George Bush Park this weekend. A couple on regular road bikes were slowly (13 mph according to their bike computers data) crossing a bridge in George Bush Park, and a adult man, glued to his phone, heading towards them on a e-bike, ran into them as he wasn't staying in his lane because of distraction by the phone. The husband in the cycling couple was able to escape unhurt, but the ebiker ran into a wife.
‼️The weight of the ebike is 60 lbs and the power of the ebike is 500-700watts, which requires great skills and focus to be able to maneuver safely around people, pets, obstacles, etc. As a result of the crash, the female rider has a concussion, a shattered thumb which will require reconstructive surgery, bruised facial tissues with hematomas that will take weeks to subside.
📣When we as regular cyclists ride the trails, we choose to do so specifically to avoid the need to share with motorized vehicles constantly endangering us on roads. We want to ride around other people on bikes, whose speeds and power are similar to ours, so the risks of collision are essentially nonexistent, and if a collision occurs, the damage is much much smaller. We also ride and sell safe e-bikes, and we know that our e-bikes must be pedalled, require focus and constant involvement of the rider with the bicycle and the environment, and are not suitable for children.
😡‼️ We are absolutely appalled that the same people who are glued on their phone in their cars and are posing dangers to us on the road are now occupying the bike trails that we so hard advocate for and that require years of planning. We are appalled that our only safe place to ride - a paved separated bike path - is now slowly being overtaken by illegal, very fast, very heavy, very powerful emotos with people who have do not have skills to ride at speeds like their ebikes provide them with.
⚠️ It takes years of riding to be able to ride a regular bike constantly at 20mph. During these years of fitness training, the cyclist also acquires skills essential to maneuver at high speed. The newly born E-bikers do not have these skills yet and must be extremely vigilant at how they maneuver their e-bikes around vehicles and people.
‼️‼️‼️ Key Takeaway for anyone who is planning to get an ebike for themselves or their child - please understand that a lot of bikes you are getting online are much too powerful for you or specially your child to control safely around other people. You MUST work on your bike handling skills even more so on an ebike, you MUST look out for people on regular bikes and walkers, and if these incidents keep occuring, your ebikes will absolutely be kicked out from all bike paths, bike parks, sidewalks, etc.
