Originally Posted by
Lombard
I see plenty of "e-bikes" on the MUT's and there is often no actual pedaling going on. And no, not downhill. They are flying along at 20mph. I believe most e-bikes have different modes including a throttle mode where you don't need to pedal.
They're easy enough to modify to work w/o pedaling. Other models/brands require only sham pedaling (turning the cranks with no real force) to activate the 'assist'.