Home built and no class stickers¿

[Dewey]

Update: Bolton ebikes sell Class decals/stickers for DIY kit motor riders in those states that have adopted the 3-class BPSA/PfB model ebike legislation.

 

[tomjasz]

Update: Bolton ebikes sell Class decals/stickers for DIY kit motor riders in those states that have adopted the 3-class BPSA/PfB model ebike legislation.

I'll report back on the quality. $5 each! Ouch!

 

[Dewey]

I'll report back on the quality. $5 each! Ouch!

Mine arrived promptly, you get 2. I applied it, went for a ride, looked at it when I came back and I must have touched my shoe against it because there was a scuff mark and the ink ran. Not enough to obscure the writing but I applied a piece of 3M paint protection vinyl film on top, I recommend doing this upon application.

 

[tomjasz]

I recommend doing this upon application.

What a joke. $5 each! I have custom cloth patches done for less.

 

[onlineaddy]

Update: Bolton ebikes sell Class decals/stickers for DIY kit motor riders in those states that have adopted the 3-class BPSA/PfB model ebike legislation.

$10 now for a bundle of 10 at various classifications

 

[tomjasz]

$10 now for a bundle of 10 at various classifications

But they are extremely low quality stickers.

 

[Dewey]

But they are extremely low quality stickers.

True, put vinyl tape over them and it works

 

[tomjasz]

True, put vinyl tape over them and it works

For the price, I shouldn't have to.

 

[6zfshdb]

I print out this label and cover it with clear packing tape:


It's lasted for 2 seasons so far but is easily replaced if necessary.

 

[Ken M]

Not sure if that's supposed to be a joke or sarcasm. This is a serious conversation, however I had my neighbor made one just to be safe!

I think a lot of people are sarcastic about the stickers because no one really thinks that is how ebike compliance should be enforced. It has to be enforced at the time of 1st sale and the 3-class system, while claiming to provide clarity, has essentially done nothing but confuse everyone.

The technically simple federal CPSC definition for a low speed electric bike was great and lobby money from EU tried to legislatively capture the regulation but it's doomed to fail...

This is how the federal definition should be interpreted and why it's a good specification...
Full spec drive system power is permitted below 20mph which is important to many applications like cargo bikes and sustaining average speeds up hills (ideal for ensuring commuting merit of an ebike to reduce travel times without increasing top bike speeds). Per CPSC clarification, this definition limits dynamic power that a LSEB drive system (motor alone) can provide - technically limits motor power above 20mph per the maximum sustained speed, nominal rider weight, and level surface constraints. It does not provide a maximum assisted speed for when a LSEB is being powered by a combination of human and motor power as the speed-based power limit effectively limits maximum speed via physical limits of human power to ensure traditional maximum bike speed essentially unchanged.

That is the true interpretation of the definition and if just considered as a tradition "bike" by the states the legislation works far better then the People for Bikes 3-class silliness that was 100% about EU harmonization and not about safety and clarity as claimed.

 

[Ken M]

$10 now for a bundle of 10 at various classifications

Better idea, sell a sheet of all kinds of power, speed and class variations and let the buyer pick the one they like best. Have to give People for Bikes a lot of credit for an incredibly well thought out legislative idea....leave it to the spandexters.