Comment by groone
4 years ago
In my opinion the throttled e-bikes should be treated as bicycles as long as they have pedals and are under 25kg and 250W power.
That would legalize my e-bike that I have used for 14000km in city saving a lot of carbon emissions and not sacrificing much as I can park it in bicycle stand.
Of course going faster than 20-25km/h in pedestrian traffic (where bicycles are allowed) is extremely dangerous. But from my experience going fast in car traffic 35-40 km/h (where bicycles are allowed) is safer than chugging along slowly as cars don't have a need for overtaking between traffic lights.
Is that with or without the weight of the battery ;)
With the battery. Normal bicycles can be as light as 8 kg when using carbon frame. Should be able to fit your battery in a 25kg bike if trying very hard.
Not this battery :) Anyway, agreed, 25 kg would be a nice upper limit to have. The bike I have weighs in at 29 kg with the original battery, now it is somewhere between 35 and 36.