E-bikes could get faster, more powerful and not require pedaling, in a move announced today by UKGOV. Cycling organizations are opposed to the plans.
E-bikes could get faster, more powerful and not require pedaling, in a move announced today by UKGOV. Cycling organizations are opposed to the plans.
Just so you know, ebikes sold in Europe don’t have a hand throttle, because laws.
But also, most ebike manufacturers use generic motor controllers.
Is there a small panel somewhere on your ebike? Take it off and see if there’s a small aluminium box in there with dozens of wires coming out of it.
Chances are, one of those sets of wires ends in an unused black plug, with a red, a black, and a green wire going to it.
That’s the throttle plug.
Any old generic throttle from Crapazon will fit it. You might have to swap the wire colours.
Enjoy :)
People who do this kind of stuff are the reason the rest of us can’t have nice things. Same as with Surrons fucking up bike trails and then getting all ebikes banned from there.
If I remember correctly, they are allowed to have a thumb throttle if it’s capped at 6km/hr (which is still very handy for starting, especially on a cargo bike). On a generic Bafang/similar motor controller, that’s a purely software limit that anyone with a programming cable can change.
It’s trivial to make most adjustments to these bikes. Disabling speed limiters etc.
It’s still illegal however
I’m not suggesting someone should actually, like, go ahead and do it because it’s so easy, Mr GoodyTwoShoes
Idk how it is over there but here police have a very clear understand of what you can and can’t do with an ebike and you will probably be stopped.
Bear in mind, Europeans don’t live in a fascist police state and the police are pretty unlikely to shoot you for having a throttle on your bike 🙄
Most of our cops don’t know the laws, so if they shoot you it’s just for fun.