Talk:Pedelec

EU law and original research
This article seems to take it for granted that Directive 2002/24/EC somehow requires member states to treat pedelecs like pedal bikes. But all the Directive does is exclude low powered electric bikes from its ambit. It doesn't say anything about how member states should treat such bikes. It just exempts them from complying with EU safety standards. — Blue-Haired Lawyer t 10:55, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Photo "Deutsche Bahn pedelecs": Product placement?
The photo gives the impression Deutsche Bahn is offering pedelecs on a large scale.

But according to http://www.bahn.de/p/view/service/fahrrad/call_a_bike.shtml "In Stuttgart und Aachen stehen Ihnen während der Radsaison außerdem Pedelecs zur Verfügung." (meaning: During the bicycle season pedelecs are offered in Stuttgart and Aachen.) the offer is only in two cities - according to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Gro%C3%9F-_und_Mittelst%C3%A4dte_in_Deutschland of ranking by inhabitants no 6 and 29 resp.

Question is: Is this picture product placement for (the mainly non-pedelec) service "call-a-bike" by Deutsche Bahn or for the bikes of Riese und Müller?

Besides: For a lemma saying "According to the National Bureau of Statistics in China more than 100 million e-bikes are on the road." and "... about 600,000 pedelecs on the road in Germany." a photo from China should be more representative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.24.109.234 (talk) 22:49, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

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Confusion
I have serious doubts about how the term Pedelec is generally understood. We seem to have a situation in which all bikes equipped with an electric motor are known as e-bikes. To distinguish between the two categories,i.e. the ones limited to 25 kmph and those limited to 45 km, the faster bikes are known as pedelecs or speed pedelecs. This is a case of the general public and maybe the manufacturers themselves ignoring legislative efforts and adopting other terminology. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 16:55, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Schematics
These two schematics are not informative and if they ever did convey any meaning, I would say they are now obsolete. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 17:13, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Bias, advertorial tone
The article has an advertorial tone and seems to advocate for "pedelecs." Phrases like "growth has been spectacular" are obvious hyperbole. Phrases like "should be classified as bicycles and not mopods" suggests the article is here to promote a particular position about pedelecs.136.219.6.75 (talk) 13:20, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

The Netherlands
"However, any pedelec where the power assistance is triggered by merely turning wheels rather than pedal motion ... " What does this mean? S C Cheese (talk) 17:20, 25 September 2022 (UTC)