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Re:Show HN: Long Range E-Bike by mdp2021 on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:56PM (#29202394)
You are strongly suggesting it yourself, that if not for the speed the difference would be negligible.

The other factor dividing the two realms in practice is control: in a bicycle the speed is directly a function of leg activity: does the "legs independent" motor-bicycle offer the basically same degree of control?

Re:Show HN: Long Range E-Bike by dylan604 on Friday November 12, 2021 @01:46PM (#29203029)
In pedal assist mode, the motor stops when you stop pedaling. So it is the same concept. In full throttle only control, obviously it is not even the same.