So long as it stops at 15.5mph I’ve got no issue with em.
Soon as it goes over that under assistance it’s a motorbike imo and in the eyes of the law and should only be ridden under the same conditions
Alot of the it’s a motorbike crowd have obviously never ridden one. For a start many don’t have a throttle (Inc mine) I have to pedal or it says **** you and cuts out . Then there’s the amount of effort – sure I could soft pedal and it would do all the work but then my ride would be short for all the juice from thine battery would go away
I have absolutely no doubts that I can ride anywhere any time quicker than. My eapc but my eapc is for 2 things – those days after big rides where the ride too work will be painful(ie recovery and not using the car) and for going out shopping for a week’s shopping or other big things and not taking the car
Couple of observations are that car already don’t expect you to be doing 15.5mph in certain places ie uphill so ive seen a 200% increase in left hooks – ie it never happened to me before and twice it’s happened on the eapc
Now if you were to be riding a chipped or speed pedelec as they are known….on the public highway and had such an accident . You’d be on a termite ridden wooden leg for a position.
I’m waiting for January 2017 fingers crossed we get the legislation we sorely need to differentiate between electric motorbikes (not bicycle based) s-pedelecs(which still need a 30mph speed limit (due to brake and tire and other limiting factoes) and minimum safety equipment/safety checks and importantly licence and registration imo) and then the eapc can carry on below.