Comment by dncornholio
4 years ago
E bikes also have a dial, all it does is it limits the speed when it stops accelerating. You can dial the bike all the way up, peddle but not apply any force and still accelerate to top speed.
4 years ago
E bikes also have a dial, all it does is it limits the speed when it stops accelerating. You can dial the bike all the way up, peddle but not apply any force and still accelerate to top speed.
Where I live that would be illegal for an e-bike, that vehicle would be classified as an e-scooter.
Doesn't any Batavus E-Bike does this? That's were I got my (limited) experience from.
That depends on what you mean by 'dial it up', do you mean a throttle? If so then that's illegal. If it is just a 25 kph bike then you can feather the pedals and it will go up to 15 or so and above that you'll have to work for it.
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Interesting. So you're saying that they have to keep pedaling, just not very hard? My only experience is with the Lyft e-bikes, where high speed required actual work for me.
yes, as long as i kept rotating the crank with my pedals, it would power me forward, regardless of rotation speed
Interesting! Thanks.