Originally Posted by
KPREN
Maybe and maybe not. Depends on the bike, the speed you expect and you. 750 watts is way better than a human can do but still totally pathetic from a power transmission point of view. Even a 20" push mower has more power than 750 watts.
Current e bike laws disproportionally favor petite riders but then, so does biking in general.
The EU Laws do a MUCH better job
at differentiating between a moped/or motorized bicycle...
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Here in the N American continent, companies seem to have won the governments approval, to sell mopeds/motorized bicycles and
Legally call them bicycles... Well, what they should have done, ( the government legislators) is license some of these motorized bicycles
as bicycle to people who can "prove" they Need it for medical reasons, (if you need a 1,500 watt motor, no problem,)... , All others
need to get a moped license, or ride lower powered E-Bikes that "actually"
do fit in the category or an E-Assist bicycle... again . JMO.
