To the contrary, I do not like what People for Bikes has done by pushing the state 3-class ebike legislation. I'm the one trying to get the CPSC to preempt that legislation because I think it was poorly conceived because it was intended to benefit a few large players (like Bosch) and eventually allow registration and insurance requirements on speed pedelecs / Class 3 ebikes as happened in Europe. There was zero merit to parsing the single class in the federal LSEB definition into 3 classes and the claims People for Bikes made about "clarity and safety" as just complete false claims for those that drink their koolaid. The elegance of the 2002 federal LSEB definition as a "bike" is best for the long term adoption of ebikes in the United States. State 3-class legislation should bother anyone that believes that ebikes could help with climate change and health efforts. When I read those claiming that class 1 is the only way ebikes were given trail access I just can't help but engage in the debate as that is pure nonesense.sounds like you work for...
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