Comment on E-bike rules in Australia will soon change with possible ban on sale of bikes faster than 25km/h
Nbard@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoIt really reads like you’re going to the hardware store for orange juice.
If a bike isn’t doing what you need / want it to, then the answer is not a bike.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Please explain what you think the appropriate solution is, then, and why it’s better than mine.
Nbard@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Well OP is saying that legal ebikes will be insufficiently powerful for what they need. They don’t have a car, so assuming they don’t want one they could look at a moped, a motorbike, scooter bikes, all of which will provide more power and be street legal.
I’m in Victoria, where we’re already limited to 250w and have been the entire time, so I’m seeing a lot of arguments against bike regulations fall flat on their face.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Right. And they’re saying that although 250 W is insufficient, 500 W would not be. And that 500 W would be perfectly safe because you’re still not going to get crazy high acceleration, and it’s a separate issue from the max speed (which is capped by law regardless of the power).
And then you’re saying “250 W isn’t enough for you therefore ebikes are not good enough for you, therefore there’s no reason to be arguing in favour of 500 W.” It’s begging the question.
Nbard@aussie.zone 1 week ago
That’s not accurate at all The 500w have only been legal briefly due to a loophole. They were never meant to be so.
So to posit your position back at your - a 500w bike won’t do what I need, why can’t I have a 1000w?