On: Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike

[jjav]

> These are mopeds at best. Electric motorcycles at worst.

These are very far from that. This LeMond ebike has a 250W motor. Any moderately strong cyclist can put out more than 250W. Very strong riders can do double that. And the motor assists cut off at 20mph.

Even a weak cyclist like me (~180W FTP) can trivially do 20mph on a regular bike if the trail is flat so that's hardly a high speed.

[mulmen → jjav]

Ebikes are awesome. We need more of them. But we need to treat them like what they are, motorcycles.

My first moped topped out at 25mph and that was only on flat ground. I never even considered riding it on a bike path.

Most cyclists on bike paths are not going 20+ mph without breaking a sweat for 20-30 miles like these ebikes do.

People are going to get hurt and it will do further damage to the already tarnished reputation of two wheeled personal transport in the US.