User Selectable E-Bike Class.

[Stefan Mikes]

Why couldn't the throttle couldn't be disabled once it is switched to Class 1 or Class 3?

Because it never is?

 

[Chazmo]

Driver facing cameras are supposed to become law pretty soon in the US. Insurance companies paid off the politicians for that one. There is an uprising to repeal it. We shall see.

Oy!

 

[Biplaneguy]

I admit I can't quite understand it. So you are happily riding on the throttle with your feet stationary on the pedals in Class 2. Then you click to switch to Class 3. Will the throttle be disabled? I do not think so! Throttle and 28 mph makes it a motorized bicycle.

On my Radster, I don't think it can be switched while in motion. Class 1 disables the throttle, and class 2 works like you'd expect (throttle to 20 mph). In class 3, throttle will still take you to 20 mph but no more; to go any faster you have to pedal, and pedal assist cuts out at 28 mph. The Radster also has a fourth setting which tops out at 25 mph for NYC riders.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

On my Radster, I don't think it can be switched while in motion. Class 1 disables the throttle, and class 2 works like you'd expect (throttle to 20 mph). In class 3, throttle will still take you to 20 mph but no more; to go any faster you have to pedal, and pedal assist cuts out at 28 mph. The Radster also has a fourth setting which tops out at 25 mph for NYC riders.

That sounds proper!

 

[Bobsiii]

All the new imposing regulations makes the switchable class bikes more desirable to me anyway. Get them while you still can before some moron in government changes the rules making them unavailable. As long as your ride and act respectable with it, like and adult should, there should be no one the wiser. Two months ago I picked up a new bike just for this very reason, class 1,2,3, and off road mode switchable, capable of 28 mph with both PAS and throttle and NO over the air updates to reduce or change my setting or top speed, this one is a keeper for sure, and I enjoy riding it like a responsible adult.

Thx for giving me something else to worry about, over the air updates for my Velotric D3. And here I was zipping around in Custom mode, loving the responsiveness, trying out gravel trails, not a worry in the world.

Wish I believed that couldn’t happen.