I’ll see your ebike and raise you a non-electric bike.

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I can ride quite a bit faster with my ebike than I can analog. Locked 28mph vs. 15-17.

Where I live, they’re only allowed to assist to up to 25km/h (about 15.5mi/h), so I can ride a lot faster with a normal bike.

What kinds of limits are there for (e)bikes where you are?

Here, for electric bikes, they have an age limit of 15 years and a BAC limit of 0.5‰.

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So you can ride any bike on the road that is class 3 (<750w/<28MPH). No license, no insurance, and as far as I know, you can be as drunk as you like. Although the Surron-style e-motos are a rampant problem around here. Cops don’t do much around here.

That’s quite fast, do they cause many accidents?

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I don’t have any statistics. They certainly can. These are the rules in most of the world in regards to ebikes.

That’s a shockingly low speed limit for pedal assist tbh

You can blame the EU for that:

pedal cycles with pedal assistance which are equipped with an auxiliary electric motor having a maximum continuous rated power of less than or equal to 250 W, where the output of the motor is cut off when the cyclist stops pedalling and is otherwise progressively reduced and finally cut off before the vehicle speed reaches 25 km/h;

Bikes that do not comply with that are classified differently, and at least here, have to be registered as motorcycles/mopeds. Which won’t go through, as, for example, the brakes are typically not motorcycle-grade.

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