That electric assist carries some fairly serious wallop; the bike has a standard speed of 15mph, and a top speed of 30—which is almost certainly more than you need to make it through the commute ...

To wit, any motor bike that can’t go more than 30 miles per hour can be rented with just a car license in the Golden State. Some states are even more lax when it comes to motorized vehicles.

The X-Class 52V comes with a custom-designed, 1,000 W, 52 V Bafang rear hub motor with a peak power of 2,000 W, enabling the e-bike to reach around 36 mph (58 kph).

As for the 30 MPH top speed, I used to be able to do that with only a small amount of help from gravity on a road. I could do 25mph on a flat for around a 1/2 mile. A road bike would have let me ...

This motor actually allows the bike to go a little over 30 mph on a flat road in its de-limited ‘race mode’ with some pedal assist, but by default, it’s configured to the federal limit of ...

The maximum speed for Citi Bike e-bikes was previously 18 mph. Mastro rejected a plan proposed by Citi Bike to add speedometers to the e-bikes, leaving it to riders to follow the 15 mph speed limit.

The city previously did not have a specific speed limit for e-bikes and followed the state’s rule, which allowed speeds up to 25 mph for certain e-bikes. Citibikes cannot go over 18 mph.

The city previously did not have a specific speed limit for e-bikes and followed the state’s rule, which allowed speeds up to 25 mph for certain e-bikes. Citibikes cannot go over 18 mph.