Originally Posted by
trailangel
OK, let us take it up a notch.
Notice this says "Trail Management"
Ebikes are not allowed on trails.... even a lot of push bikes are not allowed on USFS trails.
Forest service roads and fire roads are not trails.
When I ride class one ebike in National Forest on roads... closed off to public vehicles, USFS and County personnel wave to me.
Such as roads to service repeater and broadcast towers.
I kinda ran into this when the Forest Service saw fit to require organized bicycle rides to get a permit to go through National Forests, even though they were on State roads not on National Forest roads (short answer ... they had no right to demand a permit).
I think whether motor vehicles (which includes e-bikes) are permitted on trails or roads depends on that particular Forest's "m
otor vehicle use map." I believe one is published for each National Forest, so you'd have to look up the map for your jurisdiction.
Forest service roads and trails are defined here.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/36/212.1
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