Originally Posted by 350htrr

1; E-Bike; with throttle, you only need to push/twist the throttle and you go, (tho you can still pedal normally).
2; E-Bike; with crank rotation sensor, you need to only rotate the crank and don't actually have to put much pressure onto pedals and you go, (tho you can pedal normally).
3; E-Assist; with pressure sensor in hub axel, you go nowhere, unless you pedal the bicycle normally... Just like riding a normal bicycle with a wind at your back.

10Lbs pressure onto the pedals gets you 3.5Lbs of pressure added onto your ten pounds of effort on level 1, if you only put

1Lbs pressure onto the pedals you will only get 0.35Lbs of assistance added to your one Lbs of effort...

Originally Posted by BikeArkansas

I named this before. The mayor of North Little Rock (the town with the best bike paths) was asked about electric bikes. He said "no motorized vehicles" MEANS no motorized vehicles. No one left not knowing what he meant.

There is your one area. However, what is a "legal" e-bike? An electric motor is an electric motor, right?