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This looked odd to me, so I checked. (Perhaps I'm suspicious when I see ANY benign or reasonable thing attributed to George W. Bush. :) ) Well, it's partly right. Not recently, but in 2002, there was an act that moved regulation of e-bikes from the transportation department to the Consumer...

Those reasons make sense, flecc. Let me offer another possibility too: From one point of view, the present system is just a silly mistake. It governs speed by measuring the rotation of the crank, which is only indirectly related to speed, rather than the rotation of a wheel, which is...

Why not ... I've been thinking, in my own slow and muddled way, about the power phase out issues that flecc so clearly explains, and it seems to me that there's a relatively simple way for manufacturers to deal with the problem. To oversimplify: In order to still be considered bicycles...

I just got an extra Panasonic battery for my new Flyer, and was a bit surprised that it didn't come with some kind of case, or at least a cap to cover the terminals. I'm thinking that I could just wrap it in a water-tight nylon bag and strap it to my rack. Is there a better way? How do...

Erik, I don't know the price of the HS version--I didn't seriously consider it. If I understand correctly, that version is not considered to be a bicycle under Swiss law, and so you get into a different, and more restrictive regulatory regime, requiring special licensing and barring you...

I have one, and they're lots of fun to ride. Almost anyone who can remember to turn it on (i.e., anyone brighter than GWB) can be riding confortably in a few seconds, and feel like an expert after an hour. Whether they're practical or not depends on where you live and where you need to go...

Biketec Flyer T8 premium. They're made here in Switzerland, and they're avaialble in lots of bike shops, though it still took 2 months to get one in my preferred size and trim. This is my first electric bike--I haven't been riding since I got to Switzerland because I'm not up to the hilly...

I'm in nearly the same position as Hermann, and I agree with everything that's been said so far. I just took delivery on my new Flyer T8 (standard motor, premium trim), and am generally very pleased. But there are a couple to things I'll need to re-learn. Before I read flecc's exceptionally...