I don’t think it’s really an e-bike once you put a throttle on it. Then it becomes an e-moped, which is a fine thing to exist, but fundamentally a different kind of vehicle
That is incorrect: If there’s a throttle on it, it can absolutely be a class 2 e-bike (at least in many if not most places), as long as it as functional pedals and does not exceed ~20 mph on the throttle.
If it goes faster than that, then yep, it’s an e-moped or some other variant depending on the design.
I get where you’re coming from, but the fact of the matter is, a throttle does not necessarily make something not an e-bike.
I don’t think the person is necessarily disagreeing with the technical designation, but highlighting that they believe that is a bad classification scheme. I have to say that I generally agree.
Depends on where you live. Significantly flat area? Totally unnecessary. We have some 21% grade hills, and when you are behind five cars at a red light, you can’t even push off to get started because it’s so steep when hauling groceries or kids.
The throttle is the only way you can get the first stroke in to engage the motor as you also use your legs. Ebikes/escooters make up a huge portion of our micromobility culture.
It’s also part of the reason why bike culture never really took off here until electric bikes/scooters/onewheels became affordable.
I don’t think it’s really an e-bike once you put a throttle on it. Then it becomes an e-moped, which is a fine thing to exist, but fundamentally a different kind of vehicle
That is incorrect: If there’s a throttle on it, it can absolutely be a class 2 e-bike (at least in many if not most places), as long as it as functional pedals and does not exceed ~20 mph on the throttle.
If it goes faster than that, then yep, it’s an e-moped or some other variant depending on the design.
I get where you’re coming from, but the fact of the matter is, a throttle does not necessarily make something not an e-bike.
I don’t think the person is necessarily disagreeing with the technical designation, but highlighting that they believe that is a bad classification scheme. I have to say that I generally agree.
Depends on where you live. Significantly flat area? Totally unnecessary. We have some 21% grade hills, and when you are behind five cars at a red light, you can’t even push off to get started because it’s so steep when hauling groceries or kids.
The throttle is the only way you can get the first stroke in to engage the motor as you also use your legs. Ebikes/escooters make up a huge portion of our micromobility culture.
It’s also part of the reason why bike culture never really took off here until electric bikes/scooters/onewheels became affordable.
Thats only a minor engineering problem. Non cheap e bikes use torque sensors instead of rotation sensor to engage the motor.