Tim, that argument falls apart when you consider shralping turns, which is advanced rider territory. Sorry, I just don't buy it. The way trails are built these days, reinforcement in areas where braking occurs is way better than it used to be, which perhaps mitigates damage by all user groups, but still...the 'e-bikers get more mileage and therefore do more damage' is, to me, just another example of anti-e-bike rhetoric put out there by people grasping for arguments, with - so far - absolutely no data to support it.
April 23, 2020, 1:10 p.m. - Pete Roggeman
Tim, that argument falls apart when you consider shralping turns, which is advanced rider territory. Sorry, I just don't buy it. The way trails are built these days, reinforcement in areas where braking occurs is way better than it used to be, which perhaps mitigates damage by all user groups, but still...the 'e-bikers get more mileage and therefore do more damage' is, to me, just another example of anti-e-bike rhetoric put out there by people grasping for arguments, with - so far - absolutely no data to support it.