Brussels Bans Bigger e-bike Motors for all Europe

[flecc]

Report from Bike Europe on this link.

 

[mike killay]

Some interesting new saddles by Velo also, Specifically addressing e-riders needs.

 

[indalo]

Report from Bike Europe on this link.

Am I correct Flecc in thinking that this report is simply verification of the rumours we have heard about from time to time over the last couple of years?.....or is there anything different or new in there?

Indalo

 

[eddieo]

"2.as for bicycles and light electric vehicles with an electric motor that can propel the vehicle itself which do not weigh more than 25 kg: exclusion from the type-approval for motorcycles and inclusion in the regulatory framework of Machinery Directive + EN 15194"

So does this mean that bikes like the Tonero with a throttle will need type approval as they are over 25kg

also this article makes no mention of German S class bikes. As even Bosch have a 350 watt bike out for this season...So Germans can have what they want but the rest of us.....

 

[flecc]

Yes, Indalo, this is a restatement which emphasises their position. I posted it to show how the calls for more power etc are worthless, there is no appetite for change.

That mention of 25 kilos Eddie is for the proposal for alteration, not for the favoured law. If it was accepted, the Tonaro would need type approval. The Tonaros will have to change anyway when the EU regulations come fully into force here if the commission doesn't change it's mind, since their independent throttle will be illegal. They will have to become pedelec.

The S class bikes etc don't come into it, since they are in different classes which require registration, number plates etc in Germany. So they are a form of motor vehicle, not pedelec e-bikes as far as the exemption law is concerned

 

[eddieo]

"The S class bikes etc don't come into it, since they are in different classes which require registration, number plates etc in Germany. So they are a form of motor vehicle, not pedelec e-bikes as far as the exemption law is concerned"

what is rthe chance of an S class bike here then do you think?

 

[flecc]

I think very little chance Eddie. Britain seems set on ever more speed restrictions and our vehicle laws are generally on the intolerant side like most of our law.

Best illustration is the way Britain insists on helmets being worn by riders of the BMW C1, while elsewhere governments have been happy to exempt that model which doesn't need helmet protection for riders.

I suppose the upside is that our roads are the safest in the world.
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