As a side note, and essentially reserved to EU/Italian nostalgics, there is now a small firm retrofitting the Piaggio Ciao as an e-bike: https://www.ambraitali

As a side note, and essentially reserved to EU/Italian nostalgics, there is now a small firm retrofitting the Piaggio Ciao as an e-bike: https://www.ambraitalia.it/cosa-facciamo https://www.ambraitalia.it/cosa-facciamo For those too young to remember the times, in the '70's the Ciao had become a synonym of "moped" as much as Vespa was a synonym of "scooter" and was ubiquitous. The finally assembled thing will probably be way too heavy if seen as a bike, but on the other hand the original Ciao was designed for 40 km/h speed, so at 25 km/h body, wheels and brakes should be "safer".