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E-Bikes Are Real Bikes—and They’re Great for Everyone (www.bicycling.com)
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pedal assist and max speed that pedal assist works until (I want to say 18kph, but I might be wrong) is how it works in Japan and it seems to work fairly well. Anything bigger or with a throttle must have a plate and be registered as a moped.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That is roughly the rule in the UK but few people follow it and enforcement is minimal. Plus a lot of people just don't understand the laws on them in the first place.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It got to be such a problem in the big cities, especially with those rental scooter (as in kickboards or whatever, not actual motorbike-style vehicles), that they cracked down hard. A Chinese tourist even got arrested for using one of those powered suitcase things that exist for running afoul of the law (particularly because it was on a sidewalk).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    32kph in Canada (since the post references Toronto) for pedal-assist (level 1) e-bikes.

    This makes even the limited / legal ones little fast, but not beyond what a human is capable of.

    Unfortunately It’s very easy to de-limit the inexpensive ones or the DIY ones and there’s no checking. :/

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