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I agree about the top speed, 25mph on a trail is dangerous for everybody involved.

I want more than 750w of power, not to go faster, but to get up to speed faster after a stop sign/etc. If we could more quickly accelerate up to the limit, we won't be impeding traffic as badly, and it's less of a burden to actually come to a complete stop.

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I bike every day, and I generally always make it through the intersection before any of the cars at the light. You've got much more torque on a bike, starting up in a low gear shouldn't be an issue.

That may be but it's also considered poor practice (and poor fuel efficiency) in a car to just step in the gas and peel out from a light.

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