I'm sorry, but no. There is so much more to learning how to ride a bike than just learning to start, balance, turn, and stop. One of the biggest adjustments I had to make when switching from analog to electric bikes was learning that people in cars--whether passing me on the road or backing out of their driveways--did not expect me to move as quickly as I was. I have had to hit the brakes many times when a driver made that left turn in front of me or backed out without seeing me because I was further away than they were accustomed to checking for bikes. If a driver sees a little kid on a bike, and they are trying to time their left turn across active traffic, the risk of that kid surprising the driver with a fast arrival is much too high. Not being drivers, kids cannot understand that dynamic and the assumptions that drivers make in those kinds of situations. Plus, at the end of the day there is simply a joy that comes from pedaling under your own power that I think it's important for kids to experience.
I'm blessed to see so many comments that reflect my initial thought and that is....WHY not get them something they can PEDLEC???!!! OR just a bicycle? I'm confident it would be FUN....but provided with this power, will they be tempted to ride into traffic? It would REALLY need to be monitored!!!!
@@ElectricBikeReport You are clearly out of the loop in terms of kids riding dangerously on e-Bikes in California. So much so there are e-Bike ordinances now in a number of wealthy upper middle class SoCal communities, and AB2234 which just passed committee in the CA legislature, will ban e-Bikes ridden by anyone 12 and under. But here you are schlepping an e-Bike for kids. How much $$$ were you paid for the review?
I'm sorry, but no. There is so much more to learning how to ride a bike than just learning to start, balance, turn, and stop. One of the biggest adjustments I had to make when switching from analog to electric bikes was learning that people in cars--whether passing me on the road or backing out of their driveways--did not expect me to move as quickly as I was. I have had to hit the brakes many times when a driver made that left turn in front of me or backed out without seeing me because I was further away than they were accustomed to checking for bikes. If a driver sees a little kid on a bike, and they are trying to time their left turn across active traffic, the risk of that kid surprising the driver with a fast arrival is much too high. Not being drivers, kids cannot understand that dynamic and the assumptions that drivers make in those kinds of situations.
Plus, at the end of the day there is simply a joy that comes from pedaling under your own power that I think it's important for kids to experience.
I'm blessed to see so many comments that reflect my initial thought and that is....WHY not get them something they can PEDLEC???!!! OR just a bicycle? I'm confident it would be FUN....but provided with this power, will they be tempted to ride into traffic? It would REALLY need to be monitored!!!!
personally I think these things are the perfect screw around bikes for an adult. rated for a 165lb rider, it's a barrel of laughs even at just 15mph.
My kid will keep peddling to stay active . I have an E bike, but I've put 100k miles on my legs!! 😂
Pedal bikes are great too
Let's give kids one more reason to be inactive.
It'll get them outside and off screens though
@@ElectricBikeReport You are clearly out of the loop in terms of kids riding dangerously on e-Bikes in California. So much so there are e-Bike ordinances now in a number of wealthy upper middle class SoCal communities, and AB2234 which just passed committee in the CA legislature, will ban e-Bikes ridden by anyone 12 and under. But here you are schlepping an e-Bike for kids. How much $$$ were you paid for the review?
@@MarcusTengari
Find another person to troll.
Better yet: start your own page. Deal with people like you.
Great review , can't wait for my Grandson to get a bit older to buy hi one.
He'll love it!