Thanks for the information.rareposter wrote: ↑11 Jan 2024, 8:52amFor e-bikes, yes.francovendee wrote: ↑11 Jan 2024, 8:32am What sort of bikes are they. I understand there is a maximum of 25 km/h across all the EU member countries?
But you can buy higher powered ones called s-pedalecs which are legally classified as mopeds and have to be taxed, registered and insured.
https://ebiketips.road.cc/content/advic ... he-uk-1637
They're not the same as e-bikes much as the media just classifies anything from legal e-bikes (pedal assist, 25kmh cutoff) to pedalecs to all manner of modified bikes as "e-bikes".
Back to the OP, for s-pedalecs, you do need specific tyres and brakes because they go much faster and they're very heavy.
For a normal legal e-bike - it depends. Some of the "e-bike specific" stuff on the market is nonsense, some of it kind of makes sense. Tyres on e-bikes have a lot of extra weight and torque going through them so they need to be at the heavier/tougher end of the spectrum but actually some of the heavy duty touring tyres are broadly the same as e-bike tyres anyway. General rule is to go as big (wide) as possible though and, while you might not *need* e-bike specific tyres, it's a good idea to avoid anything really lightweight. The extra weight doesn't really matter cos there's a motor doing a lot of the work!
The tyres on my e-cargo bike are specific (it came with them from the shop). Massive wide things designed for the extra weight that it carries and super durable.
So in reality they are electrically powered motorbikes not ebikes.
I'd expect the requirement for tyres for these would be very different.