Girl died after being flung off fixed-gear bike at multi-storey car park in unfortunate misadventure: Coroner

SINGAPORE: A 13-year-old girl lost control while riding a fixed-gear bicycle and was flung off the device, falling six floors to her death at a multi-storey car park in what a coroner called an unfortunate misadventure on Friday .

The teen watched her friends ride the bicycles and wanted to try it out. She had learned to ride a conventional bicycle about a year ago.Her friend helped her adjust the seat, but the 153cm-tall teen was still too short. She got on and rode the bicycle from deck 6B to deck 7A, but had difficulty managing the bicycle, saying it had been some time since she rode a bike and did not feel very confident.

The deputy director of the Active Mobility Group under the Land Transport Authority said that LTA has always treated fixed-gear bikes as normal bikes with no restrictions to purchase and use. Experienced riders, however, often choose not to install brakes, using the backpedalling function to stop the bike instead, but this requires much force and power, said the coroner.

I just read the article, its soo sad. Young life gone just like this.

Fixed gear bikes belong in the velodrome. Make it mandatory to install brakes for the bike to be road legal

An advisory must be issued so that consumers know about the product and how to use it safely.

Didnt this happened b4 Or am i just dreaming..

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