in the United States, electric bicycles under 750 watts can go on many national park bike trails where motor vehicles are otherwise prohibited, because Ronald Reagan said something along the lines of "you must be crazy if you want me to ban something less powerful than a horse" in regards to motor-bikes, so 1hp is the cutoff
Just needed to share I have a 750 watt electric bike my partner @multioculate and I built together out of an aliexpress kit, a bandsaw, and a 1980’s Fuji road bike I pulled out my mother’s trash… let me tell you 750 watts is not uhhh week when the total weight of the thing zooming is maybe 200 pounds…
Do ask me if you want to know more about why we needed the bandsaw