I suspect noone gives a rat's ass about your illegal ebike either. It's like the author wrote this article to show how cool he is for flouting the law. I'm als

I suspect noone gives a rat's ass about your illegal ebike either. It's like the author wrote this article to show how cool he is for flouting the law. I'm also not really sure what he's arguing for. That manufacturers of complete ebikes should just sell bikes that can't be ridden legally on the streets? They'd be sued if they did that. As a DIY builder you can take that chance, as a business selling to the public you can't. If you disagree with the ebike restrictions, you should be focusing your efforts on the politicians and public servants that make those policies. Also, I'm not sure "ebike" is a good term for what the author is talking about. It's firmly into e-moped territory and possibly an electric motorcycle. Which is not to say that bikes more powerful than the legal limit can't qualify as ebikes, but when you're pushing 2500W through your motor, the addition of pedaling won't even register because it's such a small fraction of the total power, so it's really not a bike. All that said, the US has it really easy when it comes to ebike regulations. You can go to 750W! That's enough for an e-bike. Over here in europe we're limited to 250W which really is ridiculously small. I have a 500W motor on my bike, putting it firmly into illegal territory but it's still definitely a bike.