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The most common safety risks that we come across in our daily work around bicycle safety, technology and operating instructions are also published by us in articles in the leading German special-interest magazines TOUR (Europe's road bike magazine no. 1), BIKE (Europe's mountain bike magazine no. 1), MYBIKE and EMTB in order to make this information, which is important for the industry, available to a wider public.

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RadMarkt Spezial, 09/2016
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For they know what they do

With regard to the pedelec modification issue there is still a knowledge gap in the specialist trade. Many retailers know what they are allowed to do and are familiar with the consequences, others are not yet really aware of this issue. We explain further below the points to be taken into account. In addition, we will go into another topic, the retrofitting of normal bicycles into e-bikes.

What can be stated in general is that the issue is manageable, but care must be taken. Experts in technology expect risks for specialist shops which have changed the fittings of e-bikes without observing the rules.

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The list of replacement parts was developed to answer the questions realistically and with the necessary technical care. It was worked out by the German manufacturers association (Zweirad-Industrie-Verband - ZIV) and the German retailers and workshops association (Verbund Service und Fahrrad - VSF/ Bundesinnungsverband - BIV) together with the renowned test institute Zedler. The initiators state: “The guidelines aim at German bicycle dealers and workshops and serve as recommendations for pedelec components (models up to 25 kmh) that can be modified at their’s own discretion and other components for which they need the manufacturer’s release.”

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Author: Michael Bollschweiler

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