I’m a person living in a rural area and have to either go by train, the nearest station being 15 mins away by car and the trains having a schedule that keeps fluctuating.
Or have to go by car where it takes 60 mins to get where I need to go. I wouldn’t want to get a late pickup or anything outrageous just something to get me places.
I’m not a car enthusiast or anything like that.
That’s amazing, although in the EU rules are more strict on ebikes. Especially with ones over a certain limit. They can only really go max 25/h and if they go over they become by law a vehicle and need a license plate and a driving license to drive.
25km is so frigging slow. My wife has a normal bike and she has to slow down for me (on ebike) to catch up. I don’t understand why they didn’t make it 30km/h, plenty of people cycle that fast.
I can cycle faster than 25km/h with my pedelec by using my legs. The bike does not stop me from going faster, there is just no motor support then.
My ebike is incredibly heavy, it’s really hard to cycle without power. It’s got a large, heavy battery and thick tyres.
Polish law is nuts.
Yeah that’s a bummer. I’d say an ebike might still be a good idea. Even at 25km/hour you can still get places pretty fast, and if you are in a rural area where you have a lot of ground to cover its way more sustainable long term as a day to DAT option than regular cycling. Some days its just hard to go for a 20km bike ride just to get some veggies and bread, you know? Ebikes make that trip much more pleasant and less tiring.
I agree, I think my top speed on a bike is like 18km/h