The overpowered bikes which are listed in post #154 a re Not designed for road use. This means that if a rider chooses to ignore regulations and ride such a machine on the roadways ... the manufacturer is not at fault.

As (I think) [MENTION=101834]njkayaker[/MENTION] noted (post #150), the police cannot and do not try to enforce consumer protection laws ... all they can do is issue traffic citations if they see actual offenses occur.

I can absolutely guarantee you that there are no organizations of producers or promoters of e-bikes which are devising these regulations and lobbying to get them enacted ... on Mars .... (or on the paper or the cheese Moons.)

It is not a conspiracy, it is a random concatenation of unexpected occurrences which just happen all to favor the people trying to make a quick killing on e-bikes.

And Mr. Hski .... the first article which only referenced but didn't quote some study (which no one has subsequently found, to demonstrate if it was misquoted or misinterpreted) claimed that e-bikes offered more overall exercise ... or whatever.. I did nto bother reading the other cited studies ... but i did note this note:

(Post #143 From PubMed:
Quote:
Health benefits of electrically-assisted cycling: a systematic review

Results: Seventeen studies (11 acute experiments, 6 longitudinal interventions) were identified involving a total of 300 participants. There was moderate evidence that e-cycling provided physical activity of at least moderate intensity, which was lower than the intensity elicited during conventional cycling, but higher than that during walking. There was also moderate evidence that e-cycling can improve cardiorespiratory fitness in physically inactive individuals. Evidence of the impact of e-cycling on metabolic and psychological health outcomes was inconclusive. Longitudinal evidence was compromised by weak study design and quality.

Which categorically proves that bouncing on an e-bike is more taxing than sitting on a couch ... but the studies were so poorly designed, no one can say if it even matters in the long run.

As I mentioned earlier, we al know all this. E-bikes are varied, people are varied, exercise routines and needs ... and the exercise equipment in no way determines the outcome of the exercise session. What did that dude say ... " full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”