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E-Bikes Are Real Bikes—and They’re Great for Everyone
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My primary mode of transportation is a bike and IMO not all e-bikes are real bikes.
Pedal-assist sure but if there is a throttle (and pedaling is optional) then I consider it a moped.
Not that I’m opposed to mopeds…
That's true. We don't have throttle-controlled bikes here because they are legally considered mofas, but mofas with pedals basically don't exist here so there's no overlap.
What’s a mofa ?
In Denmark, a mofa is a 25 kmh limited moped-style vehicle and a license can be acquired extremely easily and at a younger age than other licenses. It is treated almost like a bicycle in traffic in that it shares most laws and goes on the bicycle paths. A moped is 45 kmh limited and requires a far more expensive license. They are explicitly not allowed on bicycle paths and follow rules more akin to a motorcycle.
Historically, mofas used to not require a license and were smaller with pedals connected to the rear axle. Now mofas have no pedals and are just mopeds with a much lower speed limit.
Basically a moped but slightly different such that I wasn't able to find a 1:1 translation. It's a German abbreviation for motor bicycle and they are limited to 25 km/h.
mofa deez n-