RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - E-bikes offer teens freedom and a new way to get around, but pediatric trauma experts say the battery-powered bikes’ speed creates major safety concerns. When young riders are seriously hurt, the consequences can be life-changing, according to Corri Miller-Hobbs, injury prevention outreach and education coordinator at VCU’s Children’s Hospital. “It could be a missing tooth. It could be a cut on the face. It could be a broken bone somewhere.