What is legal?

[Chrisc]

i have been reading about what is legal to ride on the road as far as electric bikes are concerned.

this is what it says on the department of transport website:

"Maximum continuous rated power output of the motor shall not exceed

- Bicycle: 200W - Tandem Bicycle: 250W - Tricycle: 250W"

what does that mean?

can i buy a bike with a 250w motor or 300w?

the reason i ask is because i am a heavy lad i would think i would need a more powerful motor but would that make the bike illegal?

any ideas?

chrisc

 

[NRG]

The search engine is your friend . This come up quite often on the forum, here's one thread that may help answer your Q.....

http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/5958-legal-limit-200w-250w-can-anyone-explain-simple-words.html?highlight=British#post77310

 

[flecc]

You can safely buy a 250 watt rated one, most are that now, but no higher. 300 watts rating is illegal.

Technically it's still a 200 watt limit in Britain at present, but the law revision in hand will make that 250 watts very shortly.
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[Tex]

just don''t get caught!