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It’s achievable for you and me and pretty much anyone who has been riding bikes for any length of time.
On the flat yes... but outside of Holland its limited by brakes and common sense going downhill and bikes stop slower going DH than up.
Regardless of power I'd expect to see more accidents from 63 year old's that hasn’t ridden a bike in 20 years to take the caption on the photo
There are 22.5m bikes in the Netherlands – more than the 17.1 million people who live there.
I think its fair speculation that most of the younger generation were already cycling and the increased numbers of bikes is largely eBikes and largely older people.
sorry this link might break
https://www.statista.com/statistics/620866/sales-volume-of-new-bicycles-in-the-netherlands/
Number of sold e-bikes in the Netherlands increased
In 2019, the vast majority of bicycles sold in the Netherlands were were either city bikes or electric bicycles. That year, approximately 330,000 city bikes were sold, whereas the total sales volume of electric bikes had reached over 420,000. Over the last five years, the volume of sold city bikes decreased annually, while the number of newly sold e-bikes was growing fast.
I can't find a breakdown by age but it seems sensible that most of these extra eBikes were bought by older people and the primary driver was people who hadn't ridden a bike in 20 years?
If they were limited to a peak power of 250W, which is what I suspect legislators intended, then the top speed would be significantly limited naturally.
And the top speed would be limited at a different level for different people, some could hit 25kph on a 5% hill and others couldn't. Some would come to a standstill on a steeper hill. e-MTBs wouldn't work. ...some might be ok with that : )
@jameso, honestly, you’re using a lot of words to say, ‘I can’t prove what I’m saying, but surely the industry wouldn’t be that underhanded?’
I'm only showing how the regs work as far as I understand them and I'm sure my clarity could be better but I've tried to explain enough. It's not a simple system of regulation that's for sure. But it's pretty clear to me why limiting peak power isn't required or a good thing for epac design scope, and it isn't necessary in this topic as tampering Vs repair issues aren't solved by changing the current regs.
Now that we only have to worry about the battery, life becomes much easier. The peak power is simply the voltage multiplied by maximum amperage that can be supplied
Except transformers and dc-dc converters exist so the battery current and voltage can easily be increased before input to the machine/motor.
Yet that is what Bosch state…
Tuning isn’t just some trivial offence
Tuning is breaking the law, there’s no doubt about it!
If it's only used on private land it's not an offence. Bosch are just not giving people the get-out clause too easily (but I'm not missing their double standards re your points about diesel testing).
What I should have said is
The act of derestriction itself isn’t illegal
because you mightif you only use it on private land.
jamsco
What I should have said is
Not really, You're just a helpful bloke not a 20 Bn a year corporation with PR/Comms/Legal and marketing.
It's a multinational corp I expect to actually get it right... not deliberate FUD and the same page has more lies on it.
but I’m not missing their double standards re your points about diesel testing.
Bosch is just a random corporation in this... TBH the reason I picked up on this specific was trying to find their actual warranty.
(which I still didn't find) but after decades working in multinational corps I don't find anything exceptional...
This is EXACTLY how I expect multi-national corporations to act. They don't sit and wait for legislation they seize it and control it... they form cartels and offer the same low bars and they pay off and run the standards to benefit them.
The relevance of this is a multinational corp that is on one hand claiming its being pressured by legislation and on the other publishing lies (that support their "we are being pressured" claim).