Bike Friday, known for its folding bicycles, has announced the All-Day, an electric bike that weighs just 33 pounds and folds in 20 seconds
Bike Friday, known for its folding bicycles, has announced the All-Day, an electric bike that weighs just 33 pounds and folds in 20 seconds
250w nominal or peak? Seeing people has been saying Bosch 250w motor is good enough kinda feels like it’s nominal, and i’m using 250w nominal which imo is enough. I also live on hilly area, and my bike is heavy as heck, it’s still able to pull me in pedal assist mode, which i wouldn’t be able to climb it myself.
The fact that you don’t even know is exactly what I’m talking about. It’s peak - the regulation is pretty clear that you can’t just put a button “Push this to comply”, the motor must not be capable of outputting more than 250W. Or else stay off the public road, sidewalk included.
It seems that hardly anybody cares because there’s all but no enforcement in most countries. But as I understand it from much sleuthing, there’s been some cracking down in some places, notably France. So who’s to say what’s coming next year? Personally I’m not wasting a thousand euro if it’s to get pulled over and fined, or to get in trouble trying to cross a border while touring, or (worst of all) to find that I’m uninsured in an accident.
And now this about trains. Hardly surprising there’s gonna be problem if people are trying to pass off 1kW motorbikes as ebikes.
In the UK anything over 250w would be considered some kind of motorcycle. To be an ebike the motor can only be pedal assist and cuts out over about 15mph.