I truly hope to see many, many more of these on bike paths and roads in the near future. They bring the joy of bikes and motorcycles (two things I love dearly)

I truly hope to see many, many more of these on bike paths and roads in the near future. They bring the joy of bikes and motorcycles (two things I love dearly) to a whole new audience, are ecologically sound, and extremely efficient. However, as an avid mountain biker I hope we can keep them as far from our local trail systems as possible. They're destructive to the trails, and allow people to end up on trails far ahead of their skill level. Running out of battery 3 miles from home on a city street where you hop on a bus is one thing, running out 3 miles down a steep hill away from civilization with the sun going down is how inexperienced people get killed. Ebikes are mopeds by another name, have been around for decades, and have never been allowed on trails. Lets keep it that way.