Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I'm late to this, but I would like to discourage discussion of electric mopeds like that in this subforum. Endless sphere is full of posts about electric mopeds*, which are only going to cause problems for people with class 1,2,3 ebikes.
*I believe it is technically an electric moped in any state that has laws about ebikes, and not the pejorative label that people like to give to real ebikes.
I hope the Mod(s) will enforce this rule even though I have posted pictures of some builds that were greater than 750w; I'll try to remember not to do it again. The price of these illegal bikes (
AFAIK, they are legal only on some off road trails in CA) has decreased; this is exhibited by "bikes" like the Talaria (about $3K for a 50 mph vehicle with foot pegs, not pedals). My wife was on a local hiking trail and encountered about 20 of these punks riding randomly around her. She is no shrinking violet, but was scared.