Assertion: electric motor | /r/CapableOf | provide assistance
Facets:
value: to the rider
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Pedelecs are much like conventional bicycles in use and function — the electric motor only provides assistance, for example, when the rider is climbing or struggling against a headwind.
text: A class 1 electric bicycle is a bicycle with pedals whose electric motor only provides assistance to the rider when using the pedals and stops assisting when the bicycle reaches 20mph; a class 2 electric bicycle is a bicycle with pedals whose motor can drive the bicycle entirely on its own, but will not assist the rider above 20mph; a class 3 electric bicycle is identical to a class 1 electric bicycle, but is capable of traveling up 28mph before the engine stops assisting the rider AND is equipped with a speedometer.