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I read on pinkbike a lot of stuff about eMTBs. How they are more accepted here
in Europe than in the US or Canada. I don't think it is true. Most e-Bike
Riders here are old people using these bikes to ride longer distances. But I
never met a single e-Biker on a real singletrail.
And lets be clear about this, our law in the german Alps says: No motorized
vehicles are allowed.
So ebiking on singletrails is forbidden over here. Right now it is no problem,
because you can rarely see a eMTB in the forest.
But we should not be too restricted about ebikes. They are a great tool for
older people, or for people who are no longer able to ride longer distances. A
friend of me uses his Levo to just ride the normal trails he always rode. He
is no longer able to ride these distances because of a disease. Should this be
forbidden?
Jan. 10, 2017, 12:08 a.m. - MaWa
#!markdown I read on pinkbike a lot of stuff about eMTBs. How they are more accepted here in Europe than in the US or Canada. I don't think it is true. Most e-Bike Riders here are old people using these bikes to ride longer distances. But I never met a single e-Biker on a real singletrail. And lets be clear about this, our law in the german Alps says: No motorized vehicles are allowed. So ebiking on singletrails is forbidden over here. Right now it is no problem, because you can rarely see a eMTB in the forest. But we should not be too restricted about ebikes. They are a great tool for older people, or for people who are no longer able to ride longer distances. A friend of me uses his Levo to just ride the normal trails he always rode. He is no longer able to ride these distances because of a disease. Should this be forbidden?