E-Bikes are becoming more and more popular. You will see reviews and ads for them in most mountain bike magazines, and small shops popping up all over. They are used in everything from road bikes to commuters. And that's good, everyone on a bike, right?
Wrong!
The Moab Bureau of Land Management recently announced that E-Bikes are not allowed on mountain bike trails.
Example sign
This is sure a polarizing decision. The general arguments are as seen below:
Names changed to protect the innocent
The general arguments are:
- This is good
- A bike with a motor is a motorcycle, stay on motorcycle trails
- E-bikes tear up trails
- E bikes will create more traffic than the trail can handle
- This is bad
- Everyone should have access
- E-assist bikes are not like motorcycles
These arguments all make sense, right? A bike that provides a 30% boost for someone with a leg injury can't be all bad?
Simple E-bike
Not simple E-bike
It will be interesting to see if this ban moves to more trails outside Moab like Fruita in the future. Until then:
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