Stan is BikeRadar’s content editor. Stan works on everything from content strategy and breaking news to evergreen updates and long-form features. Stan started working in the bike industry in 2018, writing content for some of the sport’s biggest brands, before moving to BikeRadar in 2020. With a degree in design history and a master’s in writing, he has worked as a freelance writer and journalist for the past nine years, writing reviews, essays and interviews for many art, design and literature publications, as well as appearing on radio. A road cyclist at heart, Stan has undertaken foolhardy pursuits such as 300km overnight audaxes, and you’ll likely find him cycling through Essex from his home in East London.

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    6 days ago

    "In April, Zweirad Industrie Verband (ZIV), the German cycling industry association, published a paper with these recommendations:

    • A support ratio of 1:4, where a rider’s 100W power output is matched by 400W from an electric motor
    • A maximum assistance power of 750W <…> Although Bosch is just one of 140 members in the association, some have said that Bosch is exerting influence over the position to protect its place in the market. <…>

    ZIV’s position has been interpreted as potentially blocking the development of heavier e-cargo bikes. Disabled people or those who cannot generate sufficient power could also struggle to use ebikes if ZIV’s recommendations are implemented."

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      If the ultimate goal is to regulate speed and size, power output as a multiple of rider input is an interesting wag to measure that for “normal” ebikes. Not necessarily good, but interesting. Specialized advertises their bikes like this: “2x You” or “4x You”. Part of what makes it interesting is that I don’t know how manufacturers could figure out your power output on a bike that doesn’t have a torque sensor. My Specialized has a power/torque sensor, but many of the bikes I test rode only had cadence sensors.