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Re:First 100 miles on my E-Bike by yilunzh on Saturday December 30, 2017 @09:56AM (#16035479)
Yeah, in the US, my understanding is that the regulation is much looser relative to the rest of the world. You can have a maximum of 750W with a top speed of 28 MPH without pedal assist, which in my view is plenty fast for a bike. The problem is that because US is such a small market for EBike that most are imported with European specs. In the US with straight and open roads, they just aren't fast enough
Re:First 100 miles on my E-Bike by cjensen on Saturday December 30, 2017 @02:01PM (#16036785)
No. In the US the top speed is 20mph [1].

The author's bike is not street legal. It's classified as a motorcycle under US and Arizona law.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws#United_S...