• Mardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      The problem here is if you live in a place with hills and want bike paths to be major transportation pathways that serve double-digit percentages of the population, you need to.

      Grandma is not cycling unpowered for 10 min up a 10 degree incline to get to the shops, even if she can in principle do that. As long as speed limits are enforced, it’s fine to have a motor.

        • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          A better solution might be capping the power output of the rider and motor combined at something like 300W (ie a good sustained effort for a strong cyclist), and disabling power assist if the rider breaks that threshold.

          This is almost exactly what is done in the country I live in and it seems to work, the only difference being that it’s capped at 250w rather than 300w lol

          So that’s what I was trying to say, but I should have been clearer