The Steinsapirs sue Rad Power Bikes over their daughter's death
08-07-22, 01:17 PM
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My turn to weigh in.
The news story has "chunks" of any factual information missing. This is typical of the times paper. They no longer do journalism. Dont make up your mind on what happened other than the actual facts of (sadly) a girl is dead.
My own personal experience is that self assembled consumer direct bikes almost ALWAYS have at least one safety fault when they show up at my shop. Who knows how many that bike had.
While some people can ride a passenger on a rack that isnt design to carry passengers and no footrests for their feet, that doesnt mean its a good idea. Their lawsuit may be thrown out on that technicality alone.
There are many people that I cringe about wanting a test ride. Then there was the 8 yo boy that I eventually sold a Yamaha e-mtb, that I had no qualms about letting him ride a class 3 Raleigh Lore. That kid could ride! Even kids have different skill levels. As a teen I gave my friends rides in the basket of my cycle truck. It was just like a load of Sunday newspapers.
Its just another nuisance suit where legal wrangling happens because someone can sue a company that may have deep pockets.
It will be interesting to see if it goes ahead or just quietly disappears. It could have an effect on consumer direct sales if they find out that self assembly curse is part of the fact finding for this case.
-SP
The news story has "chunks" of any factual information missing. This is typical of the times paper. They no longer do journalism. Dont make up your mind on what happened other than the actual facts of (sadly) a girl is dead.
My own personal experience is that self assembled consumer direct bikes almost ALWAYS have at least one safety fault when they show up at my shop. Who knows how many that bike had.
While some people can ride a passenger on a rack that isnt design to carry passengers and no footrests for their feet, that doesnt mean its a good idea. Their lawsuit may be thrown out on that technicality alone.
There are many people that I cringe about wanting a test ride. Then there was the 8 yo boy that I eventually sold a Yamaha e-mtb, that I had no qualms about letting him ride a class 3 Raleigh Lore. That kid could ride! Even kids have different skill levels. As a teen I gave my friends rides in the basket of my cycle truck. It was just like a load of Sunday newspapers.
Its just another nuisance suit where legal wrangling happens because someone can sue a company that may have deep pockets.
It will be interesting to see if it goes ahead or just quietly disappears. It could have an effect on consumer direct sales if they find out that self assembly curse is part of the fact finding for this case.
-SP
How many people would trust themselves to assemble their car from a kit? Would it be as safe as buying it fully assembled from the dealership?
08-07-22, 02:32 PM
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My turn to weigh in.
The news story has "chunks" of any factual information missing. This is typical of the times paper. They no longer do journalism. Dont make up your mind on what happened other than the actual facts of (sadly) a girl is dead.
My own personal experience is that self assembled consumer direct bikes almost ALWAYS have at least one safety fault when they show up at my shop. Who knows how many that bike had.
While some people can ride a passenger on a rack that isnt design to carry passengers and no footrests for their feet, that doesnt mean its a good idea. Their lawsuit may be thrown out on that technicality alone.
There are many people that I cringe about wanting a test ride. Then there was the 8 yo boy that I eventually sold a Yamaha e-mtb, that I had no qualms about letting him ride a class 3 Raleigh Lore. That kid could ride! Even kids have different skill levels. As a teen I gave my friends rides in the basket of my cycle truck. It was just like a load of Sunday newspapers.
Its just another nuisance suit where legal wrangling happens because someone can sue a company that may have deep pockets.
It will be interesting to see if it goes ahead or just quietly disappears. It could have an effect on consumer direct sales if they find out that self assembly curse is part of the fact finding for this case.
-SP
The news story has "chunks" of any factual information missing. This is typical of the times paper. They no longer do journalism. Dont make up your mind on what happened other than the actual facts of (sadly) a girl is dead.
My own personal experience is that self assembled consumer direct bikes almost ALWAYS have at least one safety fault when they show up at my shop. Who knows how many that bike had.
While some people can ride a passenger on a rack that isnt design to carry passengers and no footrests for their feet, that doesnt mean its a good idea. Their lawsuit may be thrown out on that technicality alone.
There are many people that I cringe about wanting a test ride. Then there was the 8 yo boy that I eventually sold a Yamaha e-mtb, that I had no qualms about letting him ride a class 3 Raleigh Lore. That kid could ride! Even kids have different skill levels. As a teen I gave my friends rides in the basket of my cycle truck. It was just like a load of Sunday newspapers.
Its just another nuisance suit where legal wrangling happens because someone can sue a company that may have deep pockets.
It will be interesting to see if it goes ahead or just quietly disappears. It could have an effect on consumer direct sales if they find out that self assembly curse is part of the fact finding for this case.
-SP
08-07-22, 02:36 PM
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I don't think there was much journalism to be done in this case. They basically published a press release from the parents though. People do seek closure by suing. Like I previously said, I don't know what the parents expected from radpower. They are apparently successful lawyers, would they really advise one of their clients to talk to a person that might think the client had injured?
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08-07-22, 03:03 PM
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Interesting (to me), The Electric Bike Company (I drive past their store in Costa Mesa, CA from time to time and stopped to look at their bikes once, delivers their bikes completely assembled AFAIK (in a massive box). Might be the wave of the future as I think someone mentioned.
08-07-22, 11:06 PM
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This is from Radpower's store website in Berkeley, Ca. Apparently they are trying to differentiate between online/build yourself bikes and their built-in-store bikes. Interesting.
08-08-22, 09:32 AM
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Look at the forums where you have sooo many people who have no grasp of how to adjust their brakes!
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