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Old 09-17-2019, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Dude View Post
to clarify "electric bikes" isn't the correct terminology. The electric bike that the thread is originally talking about, a firefly with a bosch middrive motor is a pedal assisted electric bike. As in, the rider must be pedaling for the motor to be engaged. There are laws that apply to them. They can only go up to 20 or 28mph. After that, the motor doesn't provide any power.

Also, stop calling people fat.
I thought we were calling them ebikes not electric bikes which is an entirely different thing because ebike means pedal-assisted electric bike which is a more accurate description of an ebike than an electric bike.
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