Originally Posted by
Polaris OBark
In other news, I have noticed that my conventional bikes don't transmogrify into scooters every time I decided to coast. It could be that the Chris King hub noises somehow interfere, or, much less likely, the prediction might somehow have been in error.
You are saying, since they too can coast, cars are bicycles. One could pedal mopeds and no one called them bicycles.
Being able to coast your normal bicycle derives (nearly always) from pedaling (human power). So, it's still "human powered" when coasting.
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There are a bunch of laws restricting access to certain facilities to "nonmotorized vehicles". The e-bikes you have to pedal (that don't have throttles) might exist (in part) to allow them in such places (by them being "motor assist").
(I suspect there aren't many bicycle clubs that allow the don't-have-to-pedal types.)
It would be easier/cheaper for the manufacturers to not have models with and without throttles. So, there's has to be a compelling reason to have both.