I’m a person living in a rural area and have to either go by train, the nearest station being 15 mins away by car and the trains having a schedule that keeps fluctuating.
Or have to go by car where it takes 60 mins to get where I need to go. I wouldn’t want to get a late pickup or anything outrageous just something to get me places.
I’m not a car enthusiast or anything like that.
That’s amazing, although in the EU rules are more strict on ebikes. Especially with ones over a certain limit. They can only really go max 25/h and if they go over they become by law a vehicle and need a license plate and a driving license to drive.
25km is so frigging slow. My wife has a normal bike and she has to slow down for me (on ebike) to catch up. I don’t understand why they didn’t make it 30km/h, plenty of people cycle that fast.
I can cycle faster than 25km/h with my pedelec by using my legs. The bike does not stop me from going faster, there is just no motor support then.
Polish law is nuts.
Yeah that’s a bummer. I’d say an ebike might still be a good idea. Even at 25km/hour you can still get places pretty fast, and if you are in a rural area where you have a lot of ground to cover its way more sustainable long term as a day to DAT option than regular cycling. Some days its just hard to go for a 20km bike ride just to get some veggies and bread, you know? Ebikes make that trip much more pleasant and less tiring.
I agree, I think my top speed on a bike is like 18km/h