Rear wheel skidding is downhill. Going uphill does not skid. Your comparison is BS. What is the energy on an ebike skidding for equal comparison \(it is heavier thus more energy\).
You are going to lose this debate.
I think ebikes are bad news and will only allow people to unjustly earn the "up" portion for the downhill that only contributes to further and faster erosion. Moreover, I suspect ebike riders are most likely not "committed" types that understand riding or are skilled at it. These types scare me the most since they are most likely not prepared for the riding, expecting what is involved......
Europe and North America are two entirely different beasts, and over here, by and large, most real riders don't like them or approve of them.
The biggest problem for me, is that to a neophyte whom buys an ebike thinking it will make things easier getting up will realize, often the hard way, it does NOTHING to help on the downhill, where the skill, effort, fitness and ancillary factors that are EARNED are not gained on an ebike. These people are more likely to skid \(with your wrong comparison previously noted\), braid, ride improperly and give real bikers a bad name. If you can't get up, you most likely can't go down, for me.
To me, an outright ban is what I want to see. Since the power factor of the ebike is not regulated, what is to stop full MX bikes that are full electric from bike trails? What is the difference if the only difference is whether the bike is electric assist, electric or pedal only? The duty here is to stomp it out now before it gets any steam.
For anyone whom works on trails, imagine on Fromme, say, where an ebike could do 3 laps to the pedal riders one simply on the no effort going up. That is 3 times the wear, erosion on a trail that it could normally hold. Want a good example of this \(a trail overridden due to overexposure\).....CBC on Seymour. Shuttle only, everyone did it to start...got ridden way too much relative to what it could support. Imagine this on ANY trail if the portion of ebikes was 50% to pedal bikes. No thanks.
March 9, 2018, 5:13 p.m. - Peter Leeds
Rear wheel skidding is downhill. Going uphill does not skid. Your comparison is BS. What is the energy on an ebike skidding for equal comparison \(it is heavier thus more energy\). You are going to lose this debate. I think ebikes are bad news and will only allow people to unjustly earn the "up" portion for the downhill that only contributes to further and faster erosion. Moreover, I suspect ebike riders are most likely not "committed" types that understand riding or are skilled at it. These types scare me the most since they are most likely not prepared for the riding, expecting what is involved...... Europe and North America are two entirely different beasts, and over here, by and large, most real riders don't like them or approve of them. The biggest problem for me, is that to a neophyte whom buys an ebike thinking it will make things easier getting up will realize, often the hard way, it does NOTHING to help on the downhill, where the skill, effort, fitness and ancillary factors that are EARNED are not gained on an ebike. These people are more likely to skid \(with your wrong comparison previously noted\), braid, ride improperly and give real bikers a bad name. If you can't get up, you most likely can't go down, for me. To me, an outright ban is what I want to see. Since the power factor of the ebike is not regulated, what is to stop full MX bikes that are full electric from bike trails? What is the difference if the only difference is whether the bike is electric assist, electric or pedal only? The duty here is to stomp it out now before it gets any steam. For anyone whom works on trails, imagine on Fromme, say, where an ebike could do 3 laps to the pedal riders one simply on the no effort going up. That is 3 times the wear, erosion on a trail that it could normally hold. Want a good example of this \(a trail overridden due to overexposure\).....CBC on Seymour. Shuttle only, everyone did it to start...got ridden way too much relative to what it could support. Imagine this on ANY trail if the portion of ebikes was 50% to pedal bikes. No thanks.