I appreciate your position, David. But, please explain, exactly why
yours is not a scooter. You state it has pedals bike brakes, bike
wheels, a bike seat. Those are certainly bike characteristics but do
they really make it a bike? If you use only the throttle and don't
pedal, are you riding a bike? One can certainly design a scooter with
pedals, small bike-like disc brakes, and spoked wheels. Is it a bike?
The new all-terrain bikes have fat tires the size of motorcycle tires.
Are they bikes?
These are subjective viewpoints and open for disagreement. I think the
answers will become more clear when bike ways are full of e-bikes with
people not pedaling or, perhaps, riding up hill in a bike lane and
sideswiping an unassisted rider.
I have seen only a e-bikes on the road so far. It is currently not a
problem in my area. That said, I think there will be a explosion of
popularity with them (which is a good thing) and along with that comes
problems.
Peri
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From: "EVDL Administrator via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: 14-Sep-15 1:29:09 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Questions answered> Should you buy an electric
bike?
On 14 Sep 2015 at 14:23, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
However he glosses over the distinction between an e-bike and a
scooter. What is the difference? I'll state that the difference is
that an e-bike requires you to pedal at all times and assists the
pedaling so that you get a small percentage multiplier force added to
your work.
I don't think it's that simple. My Ezee Quando looks and rides just
like a
bike. It has bike pedals, bike brakes, bike wheels, a bike seat.
The European Quando version required pedaling, because of EU laws.
Mine
doesn't. Pedaling is 100% optional, though pedaling gets me more
range.
Still, it is most assuredly NOT a scooter.
Why this matters is because, without the distinction, there would be
a
lot more traffic in bike ways with a lot more speed variability.
Have you witnessed frequent problems with this? I may be mistaken, but
I
don't think that many e-bikes go radically faster than conventional
bikes
unless they're user-modified. Modification is done by a small minority
of
gear-head owners; even I haven't tried it.
One of the intriguing things about e-bikes is how much they really ARE
like
bikes. Most are not even really what I'd call mopeds. They are bikes
in
every way except that they have electric assist. I know of no ICE
equivalent to an e-bike.
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator
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