LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoCalifornia Wants to Put License Plates on E-Bikes and Slow Them Down. Cyclists Are Not Happy About Itguessingheadlights.comexternal-linkmessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Wants to Put License Plates on E-Bikes and Slow Them Down. Cyclists Are Not Happy About Itguessingheadlights.comLuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square237fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarequips@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoCause its stupid. Regulate the bikes so they perform like regular bikes and forget about it. People don’t buy ebikes to go fast, they buy them to make hills easier.
minus-squareSirActionSack@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThis is a weird take. Some people are definitely buying ebikes to go fast. And a kind of stupid take. If the bike can go up hills easy it can go fast easy. The limits are all in software and there’s abundant evidence that software limits are easily circumvented.
Cause its stupid. Regulate the bikes so they perform like regular bikes and forget about it.
People don’t buy ebikes to go fast, they buy them to make hills easier.
This is a weird take.
Some people are definitely buying ebikes to go fast.
And a kind of stupid take. If the bike can go up hills easy it can go fast easy. The limits are all in software and there’s abundant evidence that software limits are easily circumvented.