Originally Posted by
speedy25
Sorry I'm late to this party. I havent had much time to poke around on here lately.
Basically all the negative commentary you hear about e-MTB is flat out WRONG.
They dont destroy trails
They dont lead to more accidents
My response when some ignoramus starts spouting innuendo, is declaring a new winner in the jumping to conclusions competition....and there have been some new records set recently! When they get banned, its because of people who havent got a clue and someone scared them. Get out and educate the people who run the parks. People For Bikes has some good resources. Even IMBA changed their stance last year when they realized they were wrong.
The only bad part about something new is that it could get popular and spoil it for all the luddites.
-SP
The vast majority of whining that takes place about e-bikes, in my experience here but mostly on MTBR, falls into three categories:
- there's a general assumption that the presence of e-bikes will galvanize land managers and the public against any kind of mountain bike access. I've never really seen a rational explanation as to why they think that.
- they're easy to modify, and every e-biker will modify his/her bike to turn it into a 700 horsepower roosting trail-destroyer that will be indistinguishable from a Class 1 e-MTB.
- the self-righteous wing that views e-bikers as "cheaters", and are offended by people riding bikes on "their" trails without putting the sweat equity that they believe is crucial to the hobby.
bullcrap