What are all those small-wheeled bikes you see the cool kids using in Dublin?

mrcheez · 06-08-2021 3:27pm #1

These appear to be the new fashion for the grey jogger teeny-boppers.. see em everywhere.

What's so "speshul" about them?

D3V!L · 06-08-2021 3:29pm

They're electric powered, no push off needed. But on the face of it they "appear" as if they aren't.

06-08-2021 4:36pm

Are these the Fiido ones?

Brendan Bendar · 06-08-2021 4:40pm

Little scobe shot out of a driveway in front of me today, gave the fingers and scooted off.

Could have totaled him.

mrcheez · 06-08-2021 4:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716014#Comment_117716014

ah so minimal effort to get around and scobe 😄

neris · 07-08-2021 8:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716403#Comment_117716403

Would get very warm & sweaty in winter under all that canada goose & black north face gear if they had to put in effort

Rechuchote · 07-08-2021 9:51am

I'm glad to see youngsters on bikes, whatever the fashion - and I've lived through many, many different bike fashions.

Edit: I've chatted to a few of these young lads and they were perfectly nice and polite and discussed their bikes with me happily like every other cyclist.

fryup · 07-08-2021 9:55am

i'm curious OP to the type of bike you mean..can you post a pic as an example

magicbastarder · 07-08-2021 10:07am

he's almost certainly talking about fiido bikes.

https://www.fiido.com

mrcheez · 07-08-2021 10:58am

Curious why they suddenly took off this year. Some YouTube influencer?

Electric bikes have been around for yonks.

Flinty997 · 07-08-2021 11:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117719123#Comment_117719123

Chinese manufacturer that started selling them into US and EU in 2020.

I suppose the battery tech has fallen in price and dramatically improved in the last few years.

07-08-2021 11:59pm

The basic Fiido's go for around 550. 2 weeks dole for an honest lad or small change to a dishonest one.

magicbastarder · 08-08-2021 12:01am

it's all schoolkids - 16 or thereabouts - i see on them around here.

secman · 08-08-2021 12:03am

3 apprentices in our company got them on bike to work scheme, working on a hotel site in Dublin City centre. Cost €580 each. So not all scobies in fairness.

magicbastarder · 08-08-2021 12:05am

mod note - i changed the thread title on that principle.

d51984 · 08-08-2021 12:06am

And they can be chipped now too, uber eats guy told me his one goes 48kph. Madness, deathtraps.

AndrewJRenko · 08-08-2021 12:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722079#Comment_117722079

Has the dole increased dramatically, or did you miss out a week in your calculation?

08-08-2021 12:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722111#Comment_117722111

Maybe I did?

Etc · 08-08-2021 12:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722107#Comment_117722107

It’s a disgrace Joe

Suckit · 08-08-2021 12:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722107#Comment_117722107

This is on sale for €599 with free delivery, and there is a code floating around somewhere to get it discounted to €560.

65kph! :eek: That's a proper death trap. The battery looks like a water bottle holder. Not a bad looking bike to be fair (imo) without the motor.

The guy in the video says there is an electric motor starter in the box that allows you to turn it on, and no need to pedal, just rotate the grip. It's inside the box separate because 'some countries don't allow the motor to be installed'... in other words, illegal or at best, massive safety issue.

https://www.geekbuying.com/item/ELEGLIDE-M1-Electric-Bike-7-5Ah-250W-Motor-Mountant-Bicycle-Dark-Blue-461060.html

AxleAddict · 08-08-2021 2:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722177#Comment_117722177

Nope. The wording on the title is very confusing - it could do with some punctuation - but when you dissect it, what it actually says is:

25km/h Max speed

up to 65km Max Range

magicbastarder · 08-08-2021 9:25am

Yeah, I doubt a 250W motor would be capable of that.

DaveyDave · 08-08-2021 10:43am

How are these Fiido bikes allowed on the roads if they don't require continuous pedaling? Don't agree with them at all, seems one or two pedal strokes and then they can be ridden around like little mopeds. I guarantee if they had to be pedaled these lads wouldn't want one.

25kph is fast when it's teenagers going around on footpaths and barely have bike skills. I've seen loads of people nearly crash them because they couldn't stop properly or navigate around people. It's a mode of transport for a lot of them so they don't necessarily have bike skills to go with it.

cletus · 08-08-2021 11:11am

They're allowed by default. The fact that they're not actually legal makes no difference if that is not enforced

Rechuchote · 08-08-2021 11:58am

They'd be deathtraps if anyone was riding them that fast. I mostly meet the kids on them stopped at red lights, and they drift off around the same speed as myself. I've never seen anyone going particularly fast on them, though of course my experience may not be universal.

magicbastarder · 08-08-2021 2:18pm

"25kph is fast when it's teenagers going around on footpaths and barely have bike skills."

some of the teenagers around here have bike skills i'm jealous of.

cletus · 08-08-2021 3:08pm

25kph is about 15mph. Hardly breakneck speeds. Also, are they all on the footpath? Any time kids on bikes comes up on this forum it always seems to be "scobes" "scrotes" and dangerous cycling

griffdaddy · 08-08-2021 5:26pm

I'm a fiidophile and I'm neither a teenager or a scrote. It's a great way to get around, really eats up cross city cycles.

mrcheez · 08-08-2021 5:34pm

How much are other e-bikes of similar style? Is it just Fiido that make these specific small wheeled ones that have shot up in popularity?

magicbastarder · 08-08-2021 5:44pm

you can get other bikes of a reasonably similar size, but not for the same price i reckon. volume probably helps with their pricing; i don't know if they're as popular elsewhere as they are here though.

MojoMaker · 08-08-2021 8:12pm

Cool little gadgets - I'd love one.

Poor image at the moment though as they are regrettably mostly ridden by the aforementioned cohort.

This kind of transport makes a lot of sense in a city environment, and look to be a lot safer than e-scoots (would also love one).

What are all those small-wheeled bikes you see the cool kids using in Dublin?

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