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Thanks to those who’ve had the patience and civility to answer seriously the belligerent, uninformed rants of anti-eMTBs. You’ve my admiration.
Simple in more ways than you think.
If you read hundreds of comments filed in opposition to eMTBs with the NFS, NPS, and BLM in the last few months, what you discover is that most, maybe 90%, are in opposition to ALL mountain bikes. To our opponents, a bike is a bike. We are all on vehicles, mechanized machines. That is what they see and don’t want on non-motorized trails.
Mountain bikers, whether they ride mechanized or motorized, are always going to have to defend their trail access. We don’t do that by throwing eMTBs under the bus, as too many trad mountain bikers do.
Short-sighted and ignores their own history.
A unique perspective. Perhaps to fake news fringe battery-powered e-motors burn fossil fuels and contribute to global warming?
I’ll add this for others who take the issue of access to dirt trails seriously. The most common reaction of mountain bikers who try an eMTB for the first time is that it feels and handles just like any other mountain bike.
