Setting a speed limit on bafang mid drive

guerney

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As you see picture, i live in Exeter and they keep taking bikes. probably you’ll say those are illegal. most of them it is but they don’t know how to check bikes and couple of guys lost bikes because of display shows more than 15.5mph. so we don’t know what tl do. that’s why i try to cut speed of my bike to don’t get trouble by police.

Thanks for advise, but unfortunately when they make a test for a bike we can’t touch it. so that means if im not wrong ‘there is no way to cut speed when wheel on the air’
That's a social media post, not news, from the 16th March, not yesterday, and it says nothing about no-load pedal assist speed limit tests!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1059452319549641&set=pb.100064546485923.-2207520000

What tosh.:rolleyes:
 
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saneagle

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As you see picture, i live in Exeter and they keep taking bikes. probably you’ll say those are illegal. most of them it is but they don’t know how to check bikes and couple of guys lost bikes because of display shows more than 15.5mph. so we don’t know what tl do. that’s why i try to cut speed of my bike to don’t get trouble by police.

Thanks for advise, but unfortunately when they make a test for a bike we can’t touch it. so that means if im not wrong ‘there is no way to cut speed when wheel on the air’
Can you find out who is the policeman in charge of testing ebikes, and get their details, then I'll write to them to explain why that test is invalid?

All three of those bikes seized have dinner-plate direct drive motors in them. Whatever test the police did would result in those bikes getting seized.
 
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cococof1st

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Apr 11, 2025
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That's a social media post, not news, from the 16th March, not yesterday, and it says nothing about no-load pedal assist speed limit tests!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1059452319549641&set=pb.100064546485923.-2207520000

What tosh.:rolleyes:
Mate i dont know what u wanna see or know but if you dont believe me please come to Exeter, i will give you one bike and go street have a look for officers or probably they will find you anyway. They dont share pics for each bike.
 
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cococof1st

Finding my (electric) wheels
Apr 11, 2025
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Can you find out who is the policeman in charge of testing ebikes, and get their details, then I'll write to them to explain why that test is invalid?

All three of those bikes seized have dinner-plate direct drive motors in them. Whatever test the police did would result in those bikes getting seized.
They just walking on the streets and try to check whole bike and if you are lucky, just got you and touch everywhere on bike.
Unfortunately we can not any details about who is gonna check bikes, but if we all send same mail about valid bike check we could get response or some solution.