Who said anything about more powerful motors......its a software change not a motor/power change
Petition for law change - Ebike Assist Limit
- Thread starter jowwy
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snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
There was nothing in the wording of the petition about special consideration for enabling people to keep abreast of their "buddies".
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
As the assistance speed limit is set by an EU Directive, isn't this discussion a bit pointless?
(At least until October 31st or whenever the next deadline will be?)
(At least until October 31st or whenever the next deadline will be?)
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
If that happens at 15.6mph why would it not happen at 20mph?
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
If you want ebikes to be allowed to travel at motor vehicle speeds, that's fine by me - so long as they have registration plates, periodic safety examination, compulsory insurance & rider licencing and are forced to ride in the road and NOT on cycle tracks or shared use paths. There's enough irresponsible idiots tearing around on two wheels as it is, without adding to it.
neil earley
Guru
- Location
- Neath
My view is the restriction on 250w which is under powered ,still restrict to 15mph but need more oomph getting up them steep hills ps there's a saying
Don't knock it in till you try it !
E assist is good for us old folk on here
Don't knock it in till you try it !
E assist is good for us old folk on here
Levo-Lon
Guru
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
It would but there's a simple fix for that: a petition to raise the cut off to 24.4mph.
I would remove it altogether and just govern motor and wattage which is also within the legislation. Then they can be ridden at any speeds.......its only the assist speed thats governed. Above that if you have the leg power to keep a 24kg ish mtb going then all.power to the people.
More people using them to commute, less congestion on the roads, less pollution from petrol/diesel.......all win win
A lot of normal bike riders travel up to 20 mph, I presume you wouldn't be happy for them to have, registration plates, periodic safety examination, compulsory insurance & rider licencing,
(some people think this is a good idea) you still have to pedal ebikes.
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winjim
Smash the cistern
Some of the logic used on this thread doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. As we've seen on several 'top speed' threads, it's perfectly possible for a regular road bike to be ridden at speeds in excess of 100kph. Maybe we should set the ebike cutoff around that value.
And I know that these petitions enable everybody, including those without a lawyerly or political background, to engage with democracy, which is a good thing, but does anybody ever proof read the damn things?
And I know that these petitions enable everybody, including those without a lawyerly or political background, to engage with democracy, which is a good thing, but does anybody ever proof read the damn things?
There isn't but that would be one of the advantages of raising it to 20 mph, at least one person in this thread has cited that as a reason, see post #20.
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Reminder - even if the cut-off is set at 20mph you would still have to PEDAL to attain that speed. We are not discussing motor bikes. How about this - a higher limit for eroad bikes, lower limits for ehybrids - to reflect the reality of the way these unassisted bike are ridden - then I could keep up with my buddies on long stretches when the speed drifts up over 15 mph
