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On the juicedbikes.com site’s promotional photos, the CCS2 clearly has a class 3 sticker on the frame.

One thing I’ve learned is that there are a gazillion different ebikes of every imaginable type!

Thanks Over50, the commute is pretty flat, suburban with moderate traffic and few lights, with a painted line separating a bike lane from a 35 mph road. I hope to commute a few times a week, but I won’t be able to do it every day, but it’s Montana so there’s plenty of places to ride for fun...

One other issue I’ve been reading about is that, even on Class 2 bikes that are supposedly limited to 20 mph, you can raise the top assist speed in the settings. For example, Rad bikes (apparently) can do this.

That’s interesting. I haven’t come across any 28 mph bikes that don’t have a throttle - I’m not saying there aren’t any, but none are on my radar right now.

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense, and also makes me lean towards not focusing on top speed as a factor in buying.

Thanks for the info rich c, it seems my statement about “40% faster” is not the practical reality, which makes me lean towards the 20 mph bikes, or at least to not worrying about the top assist speed as much.

I’m researching my first ebike, and one of the decisions I ran into is the top assist speed of the bike. As I understand it, Class 1 & 2 ebikes have assist that max out at 20 mph, whereas Class 3 bikes max out at 28 mph. It’s quite a big difference, I think: The faster ones are 40% faster. At...