Originally Posted by 350htrr

Yes, Some E-Bikes ARE mopeds, and are/can be ridden like mopeds... Those are NOT, E-Assist bicycles... They are E-Bikes, Masquerading as E-Assist, a TOTALLY different breed... E-Assist, a legal E-Assist... needs to be, MUST have to be pedalled, to get anywhere... And a good one like a BionX meters out the assist, you put 10 LBs of pressure onto the pedals you get 35% 3.5Lbs of assist, you put 1 Lbs of pressure onto the pedals you get 0.35Lbs of assist added to your pedalling effort... Sounds like/just like using the gears to do the same thing. Get a % of assist/increased torque per every gear...

EDIT; I don't blame anyone for misunderstanding what a LEGAL E-Assist bike is, even people who ride E-Bikes don't understand the difference sometimes... Probably because of N Americas lax rules, allowing E-Bikes like that one to masquerade as E-Assist bikes... JMO as I see it.