Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

[DaveMatthews]

Lovely, you can see its very steep by the angle of the trees, I often tell people to use that as a guide when viewing lens flattened out terrain

Good point!

 

[DaveMatthews]

Went out for another quick jaunt today. Weather even nicer than yesterday!
No pics to speak of except for this one I took at the park. First time seeing this...



Thanks a lot to whomever screwed that up...

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Went out for another quick jaunt today. Weather even nicer than yesterday!
No pics to speak of except for this one I took at the park. First time seeing this...



Thanks a lot to whomever screwed that up...

Yeah, we had a sign like that go up at a nearby park just in the last month. Grrrrr.

In your case, they're telling us who screwed it up. The graphic they chose for an "ebike" is a Surron-like e-moto.

The dishonest e-moto manufacturers and dealers who've perpetuated that false equivalence are the main culprits. And the parents who put 14 year old males on them and turn them loose on the world have been their dupes. I wish a plague on all of them.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Yeah, we had a sign like that go up at a nearby park just in the last month. Grrrrr.

In your case, they're telling us who screwed it up. The graphic they chose for an "ebike" is a Surron-like e-moto.

The dishonest e-moto manufacturers and dealers who've perpetuated that false equivalence are the main culprits. And the parents who put 14 year old males on them and turn them loose on the world have been their dupes. I wish a plague on all of them.

Admittedly I see an increase in those Surron type machines. Never seen one at that park, but have seen numerous scooters (except for today).
I "didn't see" the sign, and did my regular route anyway. Will need to think about returning. Yeesh...
And yes, I completely agree with your synopsis. Short sighted greed ruins it for all...

 

[BlackHand]

Yeah, we have a similar sign in our park. Weirdly, only restricting ebikes on the walking track surface. I guess ebike tires are harder on the track than bike tires?

I bet your sign has as shaky a legal footing as the one in my town. Ours references a city code that prohibits motor vehicles in city parks and ebikes are specifically not motor vehicles according to state law.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Yeah, we have a similar sign in our park. Weirdly, only restricting ebikes on the walking track surface. I guess ebike tires are harder on the track than bike tires?

I bet your sign has as shaky a legal footing as the one in my town. Ours references a city code that prohibits motor vehicles in city parks and ebikes are specifically not motor vehicles according to state law.

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Ours might have a firmer legal basis. Carlsbad's enacted a lot of ebike-related laws since 2022. Most have been reasonable responses to the explosion of ebikes in public places. Sad to see this new application, however.

They might be trying to protect the track from the kids who think that every surface that CAN be marred with donuts and rooster tails should be. We have quite a few of those kids around here.

 

[BlackHand]

They might be trying to protect the track from the kids who think that every surface that CAN be marred with donuts and rooster tails should be. We have quite a few of those around here.

Yes, probably

Ours might have a firmer legal basis. Carlsbad's enacted a lot of ebike-related laws since 2022. Most have been reasonable responses to the explosion of ebikes in public places. Sad to see this new application, however.

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They might be trying to protect the track from the kids who think that every surface that CAN be marred with donuts and rooster tails should be. We have quite a few of those around here.

Probably. I can still still count on my hands the number of e-motos I've seen in our little downtown. They are a little more common up in the residential neighborhoods.

I would have no problem with banning all bikes since it is a walking exercise path. No reason for anyone over, say, a 4 year old with training wheels to be biking on that track.

 

[6zfshdb]

Ours might have a firmer legal basis. Carlsbad's enacted a lot of ebike-related laws since 2022. Most have been reasonable responses to the explosion of ebikes in public places. Sad to see this new application, however.

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They might be trying to protect the track from the kids who think that every surface that CAN be marred with donuts and rooster tails should be. We have quite a few of those around here.

They are vandals who don't care about laws, let alone a sign.