More than half of the cases presenting to the St Vincent’s emergency department in Sydney had self-reported speeds of more than 25km/h

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“You don’t understand the power of an ebike until you get on one,” Dr Tony Grabs warns.

Grabs, the director of trauma at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, cites a patient who jumped on a rental ebike after a night of drinking with friends – the first time she’d ever been on one.