Originally Posted by
Classtime
Every once in a while someone has to point out that electrically powered two wheeled vehicles are not bicycles. Bicycles are powered by pedaling and/or gravity. Bicycles powered by motors of any kind are no longer bicycles. They are motor bikes. Yes, they can be "legally" classified as bicycles per instructions of industry lobbyists but that does not change the fact that e-bikes are powered by electric motors.
ps. there is a forum for e-bikes.
This post gets the "send her back!" award for the day.
I commute on either a push bike or an eike depending on the day. On the ebike I'm still thinking about stuff like carrying cargo, weather protection, dealing with flats, and many other issues that are common fare on the "Commuting" forum.