Old 03-16-23, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Troul
Why can't you manually do the pedaling to travel at those speeds with your children being pulled behind you?
because it takes a sustained power output of 750 watts to go even 12mph up a 10% grade with a total load of 275lb? there are these things called hills. and headwinds. and i don't necessarily feel like getting a massive workout every time i take the kids somewhere? and it's absolutely perfectly legal for us to do so, whether you'd rather we be in an SUV or not.
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