Yamahas core design philosophy drives our designers to create products that blend and balance person and machine, and we have created a unique ride characteristic on all of our power assist bicycles, said Drew Engelmann, Yamahas Power Assist bicycle group sales and marketing manager
DEFINITION OF AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE The Consumer Product Safety Commission defines a low-speed electric bicycle as a two-or three-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden by an operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per hour. MOTOR The most common types of motors found on electric bikes are front hub, rear hub, and mid-drive
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