• Glemek@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Electric skateboards seem cool but terrifying. A friend of mine broke both their legs on an electric skateboard like 3 or 4 years ago and is only just now starting to be able to do real physical activity again. They weren’t new to electric skateboards either, it’d been one of their main modes of transit for like a decade at that point.

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      12 days ago

      Yeah, unpowered boards are dangerous enough for me. The idea of dowhnhill braking/regen is appealing, but the lack of redundancy is too concerning at my age: I’ll stick to bikes that offer a broader number of ways to stop and can handle debris better.