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His entire rant seems to boil down to this: " Legally if an ebike in the US has more than 750W it must be registered and insured as a ‘motor vehicle’ and have t
by lnanek2 10y ago
His entire rant seems to boil down to this:
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Legally if an ebike in the US has more than 750W it must be registered and insured as a ‘motor vehicle’ and have turn signals, mirrors and lights. That’s just not gonna happen with any of my ebikes.
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It's not that what he wants in terms of power isn't available without building it yourself, it's that it isn't available without safety features. And maybe it shouldn't be (and I say that as an avid rider with two bicycles, street and racing, and two scooters, 50cc and 250cc).