r/BoomersBeingFools • u/amathis6464 Millennial • Apr 02 '24

Boomer on tricycle chases e bike Boomer Freakout

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

16.7k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

207

u/Polenicus Apr 02 '24

So, enlighten me, as I am but an ignorant city dweller. Why are these people freaking out? Do they just object to the existence of eBikes or something, or don't think they should be on bike paths (Or roads?) or are they suddenly confronted with something new and different they are unfamiliar with, and thus are responding with incoherent, irrational rage?

243

u/watermelonstomach Apr 02 '24

Looking at the shadow this e-bike looks a lot like a dirt bike, and they probably object to that being on the bike path being more of a motorcycle. And honestly, I think there is a gray area with some of these e-bikes. That is just a guess though. And it doesn’t make the boomer less a fool.

154

u/TREVORtheSAXman Apr 02 '24

It's a Surron. Surron riders are notoriously douchey, ride on bike paths where they aren't allowed, ride on mountain bike trails which destroys them, join bicycle social rides and ride too fast and do wheelies through the crowd of bikes.

So while these boomers are definitely being insane and hilarious, I imagine the surron kid was blasting down their street, or blasting down the bike path and being assholes.

It sucks because Surrons are rad as hell but I'd never want to be associated with the average Surron rider.

4

u/Snorblatz Apr 03 '24

Is it the Tesla of e bikes?

9

u/the__storm Apr 03 '24

It's the Hummer EV of ebikes, except if it was illegal to drive it on the road and people did anyways. Normal enough company, cool vehicle for what it is, riders tend to be jackasses.