e bike classes
2023-01-11 18:13:43.598707+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Bicycle Retailer on who's going to regulate Class 3 electric bikes, on the differing state definitions of classes of electric bicycles, and at the Federal level what falls under CPSC vs NHTSA purview:
A 2002 federal regulation, 16 CFR 1512.2(a)(2 defines e-bikes as a type of bicycle with a motor no larger than 750 watts and “whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a motor … is less than 20 mph.” The regulation was an early key to developing the e-bike category outside NHTSA regulations.
But Class 3s go to 28 mph, you recall. To quote Jon Lovitz’s character in "A League of Their Own," “Well then, this would be more, wouldn't it?”
Except that there's some disagreement over the pedal assist parts, especially with PeopleForBikes.