Plenty of people ride bikes on these roads with no assist. You can definitely get a moped though. Nobody is stopping you from doing that. You just can’t also ride a moped on a bike path, and that’s for a good reason.
I have no idea what point you’re trying to make. I ride my bicycle (not ebike) on the roads I was referring to all the time. But I also now need to commute to work on those roads, and those roads are not so busy with bicycles that an ebike - at practically any speed - would be a problem.
From what others have said, it sounds like that’s an extreme outlier situation, and I should just use my car.
… I do. I can ride on this quiet country road and on the wide shoulder of the other road. But a 20 mph ebike means a 30 minute commute, and there are no showers at work.
Plenty of people ride bikes on these roads with no assist. You can definitely get a moped though. Nobody is stopping you from doing that. You just can’t also ride a moped on a bike path, and that’s for a good reason.
I have no idea what point you’re trying to make. I ride my bicycle (not ebike) on the roads I was referring to all the time. But I also now need to commute to work on those roads, and those roads are not so busy with bicycles that an ebike - at practically any speed - would be a problem.
From what others have said, it sounds like that’s an extreme outlier situation, and I should just use my car.
@limelight79 @socsa No, you should have safe options for riding an ebike for your commute.
… I do. I can ride on this quiet country road and on the wide shoulder of the other road. But a 20 mph ebike means a 30 minute commute, and there are no showers at work.
@limelight79 30 minutes? Sounds ideal.