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South Park's e-bike episode skewers America's youth e-bike backlash — and gets some of it right

South Park's Season 29 premiere centers on a 10-year-old Cartman getting a $2,000 Class 3 e-bike and terrorizing his town, satirizing real debates over kids on fast e-bikes. The episode lands some sharp observations about irresponsible riders shaping public perception, but also misses key nuances of the e-bike debate.