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Dude, that's pretty poorly written 😛
As inflammatory as you were trying to be by mimicking me, I actually agree
with much of your take. In particular that they should not be referred to as
mountain bikes. Have they though? Perhaps that meets the definition of a straw
man argument. Correct me if I'm wrong. In any case, I don't think they should
be called mountain bikes either, and grandfathered in as such.
The one place where I disagree is that there should be no presumption about
access, either for or against. If e-bikes are to be pre-emptively banned,
there needs to be some reasoned justification for it. If banning was done out
of presumption it's no different to acting on superstition.
Jan. 11, 2017, 12:06 p.m. - Nat Brown
#!markdown Dude, that's pretty poorly written 😛 As inflammatory as you were trying to be by mimicking me, I actually agree with much of your take. In particular that they should not be referred to as mountain bikes. Have they though? Perhaps that meets the definition of a straw man argument. Correct me if I'm wrong. In any case, I don't think they should be called mountain bikes either, and grandfathered in as such. The one place where I disagree is that there should be no presumption about access, either for or against. If e-bikes are to be pre-emptively banned, there needs to be some reasoned justification for it. If banning was done out of presumption it's no different to acting on superstition.