Recent content by gromike

Yes, for the riding you do. You ain't lived until you have experienced a bidirectional throttle.

It seems to me that a rear direct drive hub motor would give you everything you want, and weigh less too. Direct-drive motors and less weight! Maybe a first.

Looks like NJ will become known as the electric scooter state.

I have a couple of 750w bikes that are fed up to1500w. Outside of selling an ebike, it's not about watts but maximum powered speed.

So is your argument that because you are disabled you should be allowed to operate an ebike above the mandated maximum speed of an ebike? That was not what the OP was advocating.

No need to argue your point. Ride 30+mph all you want. Just when you do, turn your pedals and try to fool the cops. :rolleyes:

Do you have a PAS sensor on your bike's crank axle. That's what I'd check, making sure it's undamaged, properly mounted, and plugged in.

At the end of the day, an ebike traveling over 28mph utilizing motor power is not a legal ebike. As far as the over 60 thing: you're doing long posts mid-week. Fits the profile of someone who's not pulling the plow. But the actual reason for my throwing that into the post was that a high speed...

No way am I going to do 90 rpm, Probably about mid-seventy is my top end.

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For the riding that you do you make a great argument for an electric motorcycle. And over sixty was in reference to age. Motorcycles with pedals are stupid.

People do get balance problems and can't ride two-wheelers. Many kinds of disabilities. As far as going 35mph on an ebike when you're over sixty: vaya con dios.

If you're not doing the hard stuff, any bike will do. We were trail ridding our ten speeds before the invention of the mountain bike, so I'm rather casual in that regard.

20mph on throttle is the max speed nationally. If your doing 28mph with motor assist your "legal" ebike does not have a throttle.

I have worn a baseball hat under my helmet many times, but once some guy said doing that negates the MIPS function.