Sujet : Re: e-bikes are low powered motorcycles, not bicycles
De : frkrygow (at) *nospam* sbcglobal.net (Frank Krygowski)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 22. Apr 2024, 04:07:17
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On 4/21/2024 4:09 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
A motor doesn’t make it a motor bike other than the very narrows of
definitions.
From a pure logic standpoint, I think that statement is precisely backwards. A bike with a motor is quite obviously a motor bike. The manufacturers lobbied legislatures very heavily to carve a very narrow exception into the laws, for legal and sales purposes.
Which is not to say I totally condemn eBikes. There are legitimate uses for them, and I suspect many of us will someday require them. But they are problematic in several ways.
I definitely think the upper speed for power assist is far too high in the U.S. I think eBikes should give no assist above 12 mph.
-- - Frank Krygowski
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