The ebike class 1/2/3 concept is stupid puritan nonsense driven by cyclist jealousy and serves only to limit the usefulness of ebikes as car replacements.
The ebike class 1/2/3 concept is stupid puritan nonsense driven by cyclist jealousy and serves only to limit the usefulness of ebikes as car replacements.
My town says it forbids Class 3 ebikes on the trail system but I've yet to see a checkpoint
Shouldn't it just be a speed limit??
Exactly. We have service paths along canals that once we're used to pull barges. Now they are popular bicycle connections because of the straight and flat path they offer. Class C bikes were prohibited to take these roads for a while but now they changed regulation to limit the speed along these paths to 30 km/h (19 mph).
cant really enforce that like you can enforce not allowing a type of bike
They're not enforcing that either lol
Class C bikes have a license plate in the EU.
Some things don’t truly have an enforcement mechanism but are intended as public guidance
yes, I was being cheeky
It's basically impossible to enforce, but it does mean that most ebikes available for sale are class 1.
agreed, I see it as more of an after-the-fact issue, like if some shithead is burning down the trail at 28 mph and there's an incident, they'll nail em with that plus whatever other charges