Finnish law treats 250W pedelec the same way as bicycle meaning that I’m allowed to ride it pretty much anywhere - even on private property. Mopeds however I’m only allowed to ride on public roads or on private property if I have a permission from the land owner.
The moment bicycles become as powerful as mopeds is when they get banned from most of the places where I ride now and that’s because of “ebikes” like this. This will very likely include low powered ones as well.
I have nothing against electric mopeds - just don’t call them bicycles and don’t screw up things for cyclists by pretending to be one.
There is a thing called Hypershell I have been looking into. It is a exoskeleton for you hips and thighs. The 1000w one has 30k range and the reviews say it really helps going up hills. I live in a very hilly part of the world and here most forest service areas do not allow any powered bikes. It says nothing about an augmented human.
We allow people to ride horses on the road without a license, and they can sustain around 7hp or 5.2kw, why shouldn’t we have similar limits for ebikes?
The only difference is horses are ridden by rich people.
Finnish law treats 250W pedelec the same way as bicycle meaning that I’m allowed to ride it pretty much anywhere - even on private property. Mopeds however I’m only allowed to ride on public roads or on private property if I have a permission from the land owner.
The moment bicycles become as powerful as mopeds is when they get banned from most of the places where I ride now and that’s because of “ebikes” like this. This will very likely include low powered ones as well.
I have nothing against electric mopeds - just don’t call them bicycles and don’t screw up things for cyclists by pretending to be one.
There is a thing called Hypershell I have been looking into. It is a exoskeleton for you hips and thighs. The 1000w one has 30k range and the reviews say it really helps going up hills. I live in a very hilly part of the world and here most forest service areas do not allow any powered bikes. It says nothing about an augmented human.
Yeah, they’re definitely unique classes that shouldn’t be lumped in together.
We allow people to ride horses on the road without a license, and they can sustain around 7hp or 5.2kw, why shouldn’t we have similar limits for ebikes?
The only difference is horses are ridden by rich people.
I’m talking about forest trails. That’s where most people ride MTBs. Obviously I have zero issue with people riding electric motorcycles on roads.