The Amflow MTB has a boost mode, from 750 to 1000 watts for up to 30 seconds. This is a current model.We had them in the past on a few models. Boost levers we called them, so you would have 10 or 15 seconds max support to either overtake another rider on a hill, use it for hillstarts of fly off at the trafic lights. Current top 3 systems in the EU do not support those.
Are they legal in the EU or UK? Do people find them useful? Are they frequently abused?
these were used on bikes from 2002 till 2023 completely legal as a booster function by the EN15194
Nothing good.
True, but the regulations they force to be enacted will remain.
Exactly. They will leave a legacy we're not going to want. So the best plan by far is to find a reasonable way to deal with them now.
Just like the "temporary" tax that never goes away.
West coaster here. I'd never actually seen a kid doing the whole wheelie thing on a Surron-like vehicle until about 2 weeks ago. I do see Lime Bikes/scooters being abused and driven recklessly fairly often.
Sounds like a clueless grandmother who needs to know what the heck she is buying her grandkids. These are not toys. Kids can be killed.
The divorced mother and father were in on it too. I will take it down to around 600 watts after removing the throttle and limiting the speed. I will also have the kid and dad take the CHP eBike training and certification class. That certification of safety training with the laws and the report of how the bike is legally Class 1 tuned with go in a ziplock under the seat at all times. It sounds by the grandmother's decryption to be a 2.5 kilowatt motorcycle now. She told of a battery the size of two gallons. I will talk to the kid today. The dad and mom and kid will need to sign an affidavit that Class 1 tuning will not be altered until he is 16 and it can become a legal Class 2. That all needs to be submitted to the Judge.
How on earth did that happen? Throw a rock in her eye? Anytime I am passing a person I notify them with a fairly loud bell chime and I slow way down.
Me too. It is earbuds while looking down at a screen whilst meandering sideways on the path into oncoming flow. Zombies in public. Sometimes with a dog on a 12-foot leach. Some cyclist zombies have screens with earbuds as well.
I saw that segment too, and I pretty much agree with your take. A lot of those e-bike accidents seem to be a mix of riders going too fast and drivers not paying enough attention. In the clips they showed, it really did look like the cars pulled out without checking properly — classic case of not expecting a bike to be moving that quickly.
the cry of a liberal do gooder" we need a law" we are already strangling under the rule of law now,the next thing you know,the "brownshirters" will elect a "fuhrer" after"motorrad bt" "nacht"!
