07-21-2017, 11:29 PM
I think there are a lot more mopeds in Montreal than in Ontario. Regs might be an issue. Also, driving a car in downtown Montreal is probably worse than in downtown Toronto, and people drive smaller vehicles in Quebec anyway. Somehow I especially noticed the number of mopeds on my most recent trip.
ebikes: Some look like mopeds, while some look more like regular bikes and you wouldn't notice unless you were specifically looking and curious about why that guy is just leaving you behind in the dust with little apparent effort. This is especially the case when you convert a regular bike by adding a motor. Ebike conversions really aren't mopeds; the pedals aren't vestigial.
I'm not super comfortable with remaining behind a line of cars (and in front of more cars that may come). It feels to me like there's more potential for traffic interactions and is inconsistent with the bike box philosophy where you want to get ahead of the cars.
ebikes: Some look like mopeds, while some look more like regular bikes and you wouldn't notice unless you were specifically looking and curious about why that guy is just leaving you behind in the dust with little apparent effort. This is especially the case when you convert a regular bike by adding a motor. Ebike conversions really aren't mopeds; the pedals aren't vestigial.
I'm not super comfortable with remaining behind a line of cars (and in front of more cars that may come). It feels to me like there's more potential for traffic interactions and is inconsistent with the bike box philosophy where you want to get ahead of the cars.