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Plus there are vests already designed for that powering technology.

An alternator? ;)

Whilst I agree with your general point, being pedantic, with your legal e-bike or a push bike you are not limited to the "road speed limit". That is specifically for a motor vehicle, which a bike is not and a "legal" e-bike is also not in the eyes of the law. Well, it is till somebody shakes the...

I don't think the issue revolves around higher speeds on roads, but in areas shared with pedestrians, shopper, those stopped in conversations and where children, dogs, strollers etc are found? Whilst Chris only uses roads, many others do use non road areas where cycling, though not cars, is...

The issue however is bringing this into precincts, shared way, etc for anyone with the wherewithall to buy a pedelec. With a powered speed of 20 mph the freedoms and lack of restrictions, we enjoy, would IMO be short lived. We don't have a big issue with self powered individuals doing so now...

In the final analysis what will kill it, is that nobody other than those cyclists that want to be motorised to go along our paths, tracks and through our precincts at 20 mph, will want to mix with those cyclists doing so. Be very grateful we can at up to 16 mph, though worry with the growing...

Thank you all, David in particular for such a comprehensive response.

Now uninhibited, are we poised for a massive and imminent drop in the retail cost to purchase imported e bikes? Please just the asked question, not the politics either way.

Surely if you wanted an ebike to go faster under electric drive, than the 25kph of our bikes, then you can you go the "S" bike route, with its own additional requirements and limitations? Personally, I am happy enough to accept the modest restriction we have for the big ones we don't have. I...

I have used a socket at an eatery, and recently at one in Emsworth, "The Greenhouse Cafe", saw a group of four e bikers do just the same. Clearly this was pre arranged and they came with short 4 way extension lead and their individual chargers. The group two couples, were doing a long distance...

The reality remains that e-bikes use such a small amount of energy that even a battery holding three quarters of a "Unit" only costs pence to fully recharge. Thus a partial top up has even less value, and still yields several 10s of miles. Unless the business model is based on massive...

As the tone of some answers also hint, I think the OP has misjudged the magnitude of "range anxiety" with our e-bikes, unlike an EV we can still pedal it. Again, unlike cars we have IMO quite a range, relative to the typical user's journey. Clearly there are exceptions, but these are far from...

Too many eggs in one basket for me just at the moment, "nice" as integrating things might be. In engineering I pay for, I tend to be conservative with a little "c", liking my issues to be in individual, affordable and ideally serviceable packages. However, very keen for the trailblazers to move...

None, though I can't see a possible link here with the order of coupling or uncoupling the charger? However, if it is relevant, nearly without exception the battery is charged when removed from the bike.

The manual for our Kalkhoff Agattu Impulse 2, states the charger is first connected to the battery, before the charger is connected to the mains. And for disconnecting the charger is disconnected from the mains before the charger is disconnected from the battery. There is IMO zero ambiguity in...

No direct help unfortunately, but there has to be a "business opportunity" waiting for "adaptors" enabling the use of the available Chinese crank drives, in place of defective drives of various, but limited brands?

The answer might be related to a lubricity issue and or noise? It has to be realised, metal on metal gearing has its own issues and brings its own complexities. Addressing these with a wet sump option would bring its own challenges. From the picture the plastic has failed structurally, though...

Showed he saw the bike, the intended purpose.

This LINK seems to know the regulations.

I came to this from decades of conventional road cycling. I tried both rear hubs and crank motor drives, the latter with several brands. Now my experience is about 10 miles of hub drive and several thousand on our crank drive, the imbalance being down to much preferring the experience and...