Electric bikes are becoming more and more popular worldwide, but are subject to strict laws and regulations to make them legal to ride in public. We already know how fun they are to ride, but just how fast can you ride an unrestricted e-bike? We took Hank and Conor to a private race track to compare it to the speed of a road bike.
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How fast do you think we can get the de-restricted motor to go?
Makes cycling fun again!
e bike speed would also be limited by the tires and brakes i mean they would hold up but for how long
it's like a show who will swallow 30 sandwiches faster, no? But why, if you can just get pleasure! Sure, these guys are equally sick right now …
only 60… look, thats impressive. by all means. but there are electric scooters… scooters… not mopeds, not vespas, actual, stand up scooters… that can reach 100kph. so uh, yeah good work? but unrestricted my fkkn arse.
The Test was a little Unfair, The Motor Just ads too much POWER. Should Ebike against EBike!
Fun video. You guys rock. I want a road ebike that can hit 80mph
They are fast for sure , even uphill !
happpend to build me own bike , hubb motor goes up to 750w, lil illegal but i dont care. its fun and i reach like 60kmh when i pedale hard on higest gear
Do this against a current pro
should made a video about velomoile vs e-bike
Are e-bikes sold in the UK still restricted to 15 MPH? Was interested in going for an e-bike next but not when the only benefit is an easier time going up hill. I assume I would have a harder time on the straights due to the extra weight when i average 20 MPH currently?
whoops i accidentally turned off my limiter what are you gonna do cops catch me?
To be fair, nobody in the US cares about those limits. Ride whatever you want just don't be an asshole.
What's sad is my ebike I built for $1000 (including battery) would blow this ebike away
Unrestricted mine today for a try. Is a 30kg e bike. Fat tyres. Went max of 27 miles an hour! Only a 250w motor lol. Installing hydraulic brakes and an accelerator on it
Jesus Christ loves you, he laid down his life on the cross and rose again three days later, so that all who receive him would not perish in their sin, but be set free from sin, and have everlasting life.✝️
there is an easier way to remove the constraint.. and I did it completely by accident. When I was modifying my mother's bike, I mistakenly programmed the on-board computer to the wrong wheel size and now her electric bike accelerates to 50 km
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Buy a Damn motorcycle if you want to go faster than 40 km/h…
You should have tried a Bafang BBSHD (runs 70km/h easily) or CYC X1 Pro. Both have also more torque and both are commonly used in the E-Bike community.
It’s very easy to do. Can be as simple as removing one wire! And yes you should all do this!
Why would they make manual bikes way faster but set e bikes down to nothing. Stupid laws.
Why didn't you swap bikes you morons!
No!!!!……..it's restricted to 15 mph not kilometres. We use miles per hour in the UK. I don't know anyone that uses kph in the UK. Why would we want to use kph when cars go at mph speed. Don't confuse people with European speeds.
I just got an e-bike and I think 20mph is a bit silly. I wonder if it was an arbitrary number. I can go faster on an acoustic bike. The extra weight of the e-bike makes it hard to push it much higher than 20mph with no assist.
whats the point of seating like that on an ebike 😀 a bafang bbs02 750w can do 55kph but the reality is bike brakes make sense up to 40kph, plus no frame rigidity on speeds like that etc
E-bikes do deserve the bad rap but that's due to the lawmakers not the manufacturers
25km/h limit is absolutely ridiculous
If it was like 40km/h no one would be complaining about them
The 25 mph restriction law is nonsense just because something is the law doesn’t mean it’s right or fair , a few politicians decide to pass a law and thousands of bike riders are forced to obey it
And how long will your battery last ? …😉
It's not hard to do 🤟
can you advise how to derestrict that canyon model?
so 48 vs 60 kph?
Why didn't you mesure time? Dissapointing
If your thinking abt getting a SpeedBox get one! I got one for my trek rail e and I can do 45 mph cruising. It’s so much fun and the laughs when I over take people in cars is amazing!
Initial response: Got this bike for my friend. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxUiL0GnyDjP32RJdd660sP8mZk4CRLTCJ Delivery was fast. And the friend was surprised I would order it when she had never suggested she wanted anything but the pedal bike she had. She has now ridden the bike two times and gives it a 10 and says it is very fun. We have some hills in our town that are very challenging to climb on a typical bike. But tonight she went up with the pedal assist and loved it. I was way behind on my standard bike, huffing and puffing. Now she is no longer lagging behind me. This thing is powerful enough that a person could go around town without any pedaling. She likes to get some exercise so on flat ground she hits the red button to turn off pedal assist and only uses the twist throttle when she's in a tough spot. The bike looks good. It is really a very nice bike for the friend. Now for me, when I get an electric bike, I'm twice her size and will be looking for a bigger watt motor and battery. But this one is just wonderful for my friend. I am happy with this purchase.
What would have happened if it was restricted??
The vibes of Hank and Connor are exceptional
Riding a bike is more fun than driving a car, healthier for you, doesn't add pollution to the atmosphere and saves on gas.
Might as well just get a 50cc motorbike, cheaper 😆
We know what they can do. There are electric scooters and motorcycles You change the frame to a bicycle, and boom, ebike
don't you love seeing man in tights
I live in Costa Rica. Here we are allowed 1200 watts and 56 KPH without peddling. But the e-bike or e-scooter must have functional pedals. We have many inclines of 30 to 35%. One known at 41%/ I am 76 years old and 183 pounds. With my 1200 watt RAM Mia E-scooter I can go up a 21% hill at 38 KPH without peddling. The posted speed limit is 40 KPH and traffic about that speed. I feel far more comfortable if I am within 10 KPH of other traffic and posted limit. Only Hwy 1 and 2 have speed limits in excess of 50 KPH. A 250 or 350 watt motor would not cut it here. 1000 watts at least is needed. I believe e-bikers as well as vehicle traffic would be much happier lifting the power level of e-bikes and only restricting the speed. Meaning the e-bike could do the allowed speed on level ground as well as up hill and down hill.. My RAM Mia looks much like a Vespa Scooter. I am going to tune the controller to full power, I believe 2000 watts and the speed likely 75 KPH; . Until I was 70 the hills were no problem and could do 60 MPH on mountain bikes, even faster on a racing bike, even at high altitude in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
25 km an hour? I can do that on a loaded touring bicycle. No wonder people from the UK still move to Canada. FML.
ebikes are limited to 15 mph in the uk? Do cars have speed limiters too?
Ever hear the foklore story about John Henry…a man who challenged a steam drill with a sledge hammer? At the end John won the race but laid down and died from the effort, illustrating that machine would ultimately dwarf man's efforts and make them obsolete. Ebikes are not just the future, they're now and much to th dismay of racers, they will change the landscape of cycling forever
Peace,trek or cervelo one day to see what a racing bike could do no e peace.
Peace,and if someone got a racing bike to give please because I can't afford it ,let me now in the talk peace.