• Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    That’s not really an argument against e-bikes though, it’s an argument for lowering the maximum speed they’re allowed to reach using assistance from the motor.

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        1 year ago

        The problem here is if you live in a place with hills and want bike paths to be major transportation pathways that serve double-digit percentages of the population, you need to.

        Grandma is not cycling unpowered for 10 min up a 10 degree incline to get to the shops, even if she can in principle do that. As long as speed limits are enforced, it’s fine to have a motor.

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            A better solution might be capping the power output of the rider and motor combined at something like 300W (ie a good sustained effort for a strong cyclist), and disabling power assist if the rider breaks that threshold.

            This is almost exactly what is done in the country I live in and it seems to work, the only difference being that it’s capped at 250w rather than 300w

            So that’s what I was trying to say, but I should have been clearer lol