You’ve also got to be putting some effort in to get over 20km/h
i ride regular bikes and an ebike and while getting to the 25km/h cutoff on the ebike is easy thanks to the assist, going much faster is very much harder as the bike itself is incredibly heavy (compared to a normal bike), so cruising along at 20-25km is both comfortable and easy, plus safe. as cool as it would be to be able to go faster with motor assist, idiots would ruin it
Regular rider here too. I forgot about the cadence sensor ebikes that you can basically ghost pedal to the engine cut-off. I'd still argue that it's more effort than twisting a throttle, but that's just me being pedantic. My ebike rides don't even trip the auto workout function on my watch.
I'd love the 32 km/h limit from NZ, you definitely feel the weight when you hit 26 km/h on a heavy bike with fairly wide gear spacing. Still, all it'll take is one accident taken out of context for the pitchforks to come out
i ride regular bikes and an ebike and while getting to the 25km/h cutoff on the ebike is easy thanks to the assist, going much faster is very much harder as the bike itself is incredibly heavy (compared to a normal bike), so cruising along at 20-25km is both comfortable and easy, plus safe. as cool as it would be to be able to go faster with motor assist, idiots would ruin it
Regular rider here too. I forgot about the cadence sensor ebikes that you can basically ghost pedal to the engine cut-off. I'd still argue that it's more effort than twisting a throttle, but that's just me being pedantic. My ebike rides don't even trip the auto workout function on my watch.
I'd love the 32 km/h limit from NZ, you definitely feel the weight when you hit 26 km/h on a heavy bike with fairly wide gear spacing. Still, all it'll take is one accident taken out of context for the pitchforks to come out