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Based on my experiences riding in regen it would be about 60 miles to get my 342 Wh full. For the new Turbo battery it would be 1.5x that.

And one that you look good wearing. Although with this price you start already worrying more about cracking the helmet than your head.

Depends also how the owner has been charging it during this unused time. The battery should be charged every 3 months or so even if not used. The battery may "charge up just fine" but there is no telling what the true capacity is before using it long enough.

It is this definition that Specialized apparently used to justify the sale of a 28 mph bike in the US (added bold): Consumer Product Safety Act by updating 15 U.S.C. Chapter 47 Section 2085 (b) Definition For the purpose of this section, the term "low-speed electric bicycle" means a two- or...

In the Turbo at least the battery management software functions so that it turns off support at 3% (lights still work) so that people dont drain them all the way. But I doubt that yours suffered any from that single incident and most likely it was not all the way drained even if it turned off...

No such bolt holes on MY13. That sounds like a lot of streching after only 600 miles. Mine must be way past that with 1000 miles more.

Ive heard a similar story of an attitude against installing a stand in a bike store. Dont get it. I have a two leg stand. Old enough, I guess.

Ok, thanks for that. Indeed, there is something going on in the NL. But luckily helmet makers are awake and "making an effort in developing a helmet specifically for speed e-bike usage. It must look like a bicycle helmet, but have to meet the ECE-2205 standard for motorcycle & moped helmets."...

That article discusses NL laws which make a mc helmet compulsory. They also state that it remains to be seen if rest of EU will follow and refer to the type approval regulation entering 2017 whereby s-pedelecs will be L1e-B or mopeds. I don't know where that year comes from because in the...

Which regulation do you mean about helmets? I am only aware of 168/2013 and its supplementing regulations which will enter into force 1.1.2016. With it all e-bikes need to be type approved. S-pedelecs, for example, will have a weight limit of 35 kg (70 lbs). The power will be limited as stated...

Ok, report back when you have experiences with the HPC.

Isn't that HPC suboptimal for touring; at least I dont see a way to put a rack on it. Why dont you get an ST2; that will be speedy, although not 45 mph, and it has a lot of range and a rack. Also, you dont have to register it. I bet you can even get it on Amtrak without a hassle because it does...

Looks like an interesting read. First time I heard of this hike, beautiful scenery. Would be interesting to do this 2600 mile hike, but I read it requires about 5 months and visas are only for 3 months. I dont know if a mountain bike would be feasible even if they were allowed but apparently...

The Danes have a different strategy with bikes and trains.

Just browsing thru some Amtrak pages. Indeed they quite bluntly say "Motorized bicycles are prohibited." The customer could try to interpret "motorized" as gas motor only (which would be logical because of fire hazard) and try his luck checking an ebike in. I doubt no one will even notice some...

Here mopeds are permitted on some bikelanes. The modern scooters are very quiet, like ebikes almost and you only notice them when they are already at your side. My fear scenario as a biker is doing an sudden side move at 20 km/h, e.g., to dodge a pothole, and at the same time a scooter is...

That was easy! Was there a registration inspection? I would have thought they give you grief about the missing brake light or something. But glad it worked out so smoothly.

The device/software is available only to dealers so unless you can find a cooperating dealer you have little choices. The software that needs modding with the diagnostic tool and sw is in the battery so as long as you have the battery the mod can be done. Why do they refuse to do it? You can...

I'll try to articulate. Registering the contraption as a MC you will lose many of the benefits of the bike, which is being able to ride in bike paths away from the heavy traffic -> much more dangerous and stressfull.

Thus the question follows: why would you want to pay that much money for a bike that you can't use anywhere but in private areas or some woods yet most likely not be able to use that max speed even then. One way could be to try to mod the bike into motorcycle by installing DOT tires, DOT lights...