The ebike class 1/2/3 concept is stupid puritan nonsense driven by cyclist jealousy and serves only to limit the usefulness of ebikes as car replacements.

  • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The thing that most of the people here seem to overlook is that class 3 bikes exist because of EU legislation that came into effect in 2016. They are required to have a license plate, insurance and the rider has to have a license and a minimal age of 16.

    Belgium seems to be the only country to allow them on regular bicycle infrastructure in the EU but the Netherlands are experimenting with that too.