New York City’s speed limit on electrically assisted bicycles will go into effect next month, Mayor Adams announced Wednesday.

The speed cap, first reported in June by the Daily News , will make it illegal for any e-bike to go above 15 mph in city bike lanes. The limit will go into effect on Oct. 24.

Currently, most legal e-bikes are legally limited to a 20-mph top speed in New York City. However, the fastest and most powerful e-bikes, known in the industry as “Class 3″ bikes, have been allowed to travel up to 25 mph on New York City’s streets and bike lanes.

Citi Bike’s rental e-bikes — the gray bicycles that populate many a bike lane in the city — have already been made slower. As previously reported by The News , the bike-share program’s parent company, Lyft, agreed to lower the

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