Originally Posted by
Leebo
OK. point taken. I'm coming from a mt biker background. Motorized vs not. Where is the line? 250, 500, 2,000 watts? How to tell by looking? You can't. 4-8,000 K full on electric dirt bikes are a thing. Slippery slope once started, IMHO.
And I'll agree there are fair points in the prohibition direction as well. To me, acceptable is pedal assist that cuts out over a speed that any moderately fit person could accomplish on a bike. I.e., the bike helps you, but no more than a fit person could ride under their own abilities.
I just view looking at it as any motor is the same as a 250cc dirtbike throwing rooster tails is a bit simplistic. I worked with a older guy who had gone through a few surgeries who had an ebike (who couldn't really ride a regular bike), he was tamer on it than me without a motor, I just see no reason to exclude him from accessing natural resources that his tax money also supports in the way I can.