2016 Currie iZip catalog

[Paul E.]

Nice looking stuff... except that only Metro and Zuma have throttle any more: all others now have only a stupid "boost button", I guess to comply with whatever California legal idiocy.

https://sites.google.com/a/currietech.com/help/izip/izip-e3-protour/3-marketing-support/catalog

 

[48v]

Nice looking stuff... except that only Metro and Zuma have throttle any more: all others now have only a stupid "boost button", I guess to comply with whatever California legal idiocy.

https://sites.google.com/a/currietech.com/help/izip/izip-e3-protour/3-marketing-support/catalog

Woah, throttle is going away in ebikes? Why does Zuma and Metro get to keep it?

 

[Ann M.]

No folks, this has nothing to do with the CA legal stuff. Currie Tech has always had different styles of ebikes; some with throttles, some without. And now, for some of their pedelecs they added the button throttle. BionX has used something like this for years and its works just fine. If you have multiple levels of pedal assist then you don't really need a throttle; however, some folks like it. The traditional twist throttle is not easy on the wrist if you are holding it all the time and generally had a simplistic battery gauge that's really not needed with the standard consoles that most ebikes use now. The Zuma and Metro models have both pedal assist and 'tag' twist and go, throttle.

 

[Paul E.]

And now, for some of their pedelecs they added the button throttle.

Umm, no: iZips all had a throttle. They didn't add a button throttle, they replaced a throttle with a button. A "boost button" sounds like something that gives a temporary boost of max power instead of regulating the power like a throttle does and it might be still allowed even under a legal throttle ban.

 

[PowerMe]

The Path+ has been redesigned to use the Shimano Steps mid drive system (250watts).