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8 e-bike safety tips for beginners: How to stay safe while using an electric bike
(www.globalcyclingnetwork.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
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They don't recommend wearing a helmet, instead they ask "Do you need a helmet for an e-bike?"
Edit: here's a link to the post about rising rates of head injuries attributed to ebikes.
Good idea to wear a helmet with any bike, I always do.
What do the statistics say about the usefulness of those cheap and simple helmets?
IDK, I have a Bell Super Air R, but I bet even a budget helmet is a hell of a lot better than nothing.
So you feel like that is how it should be? Or do you know it based on evidence?
The only times I ever hear of people wearing any helmet at all dying while using a bike is from getting hit by a truck with a front grill at or above shoulder height if they were standing next to it.
How often do you hear such stories?
If it's a bike helmet with an actual safety standard stamp/tag (all helmets sold in North America, from what I understand), then they will protect you at bike speeds. MIPS is better than non-MIPS.
Got an ebike that goes as fast as a motorcycle? Then you'll want a motorcycle helmet.
I love how people here chime in with opinions, but nobody is able to actually provide evidence that shows how those styrofoam shells are actually helping. Those I know about fail to show that, hence I do not simply take it as given.
They clarify in the next paragraph:
Mess up your hair or mess up your brain.
Some people think wearing a helmet doesn't look cool, but I think you look like much more of a fool biking with a naked head.
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