Originally Posted by
Camilo
As another point, I still don't understand why electric motors of any sort are OK on non-motorized trails. Non motorized is non motorized, period.
I think it depends on the power and speed. There is no noise or pollution to consider with a small electric motor. I don’t see any problem with a 250W speed limited pedal assist e-bike. On my local MTB trails I now see quite a few e-MTBs and they don’t cause any more or less issues than normal MTBs. They are not even faster unless climbing. Same goes for e-road bikes. But here in the UK, e-bikes are quite strictly regulated on power and speed. I’ve yet to see anything dangerous on road or trail.