i was consulting the retail association when they were drafting the Regulation. Our proposal was : no wattage limit. Speed kills, not power. And there is a physical limit to power: consumption goes up exponentially with power, pretty soon you would need a trailer with batteries. We at least...
They don’t need to change the law, the law is quite clear. if your bike support goes above 25km/h, you are no longer riding a bicycle, you are riding a moped. An uninsured moped, a non type-approved moped.
if you ride a derestricted bike on a public road, you deserve the same punishment as the...
The law indeed defines a pedelec as
pedal cycles with pedal assistance which are equipped with an auxiliary electric motor having a maximum continuous rated power of less than or equal to 250 W, where the output of the motor is cut off when the cyclist stops pedalling and is otherwise...
I know about August: parents have an appartment in Fuengirola. What would be the best period for the trip? I'm fairly flexible, as I'm working in projects abroad with a long on/off cycle.
I basically need to figure out what the longest unsupported stretch is. If it is more than 150K, I\'m...
The 6A charger doesnt charge 50% faster than the 4A, that's not how it works. The bottleneck is the battery's capacity to absorb the charge. The 0-80% usually only takes little time (about an hour, even with the 4A), the problem is always the last 20%. So do your trip planning around that 0-80%
I've started bikepacking with the ebike last summer. So far I have done mainly weekends. The 'limited'range of the battery adds simply another navigation challenge to the journey, I don't find it a downside. You constantly have to fight the temptation of using boost to climb that hill. With a...
If you managed to round a hex slot, put it in a vice, get a bigger Torx bit and hammer that in the hole. Remove with pliers and you now have a torx fitting for your bike