alt Hacker News>Amsterdam and Enschede are banning wide-tyre fat bikes from some central locations or parks
What's the reason? Ordinary fatbikes aren't fast, and e-bikes are fast in any case.
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lifestyleguru • today at 8:18 AM
People drive fatbikes from solely selfish reasons. They want something heavier and larger than others, they want others to give way and be afraid of collision.
4gotunameagain • today at 7:43 AM
The reason is that the fat bikes are widely popular with young delinquents, typically of the immigrant kind.
They have the absolute worst reputation around Amsterdam.
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> Ordinary fatbikes aren't fast
Most fatbikes have a much more powerful motor than a regular e-bike, and can be used without pedaling at all. They are listed as 250W, but it's actually a software-limited 750W motor. Local vendors provide unlock instructions along with the bike.
Instead of the 25km/h legal limit, they can go 40-50km/h: https://v8fatbike.com/how-to-unlock-ouxi-v8-speed-limit/
It's just a motorcycle in disguise. Then, to make matters worse, they weigh 30-40KG + two 12-year-olds on top - that, combined with reckless riding, can do a lot more damage than a boring cycling incident.