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Same. The city tried the same thing and people LOST THEIR MINDS over it. It was astonishing. The city caved and rolled it back so the cagers could keep driving at high speeds.

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I've been through a couple of 100/500 year flooding events and trails that were designed correctly to shed water were untouched while roads were getting nuked. Using storm damage as a reason to ignore user damage is a strawman. Besides the impact of bike and ebike tires on the ground, the...

I've never had a CK headset go bad or even slightly bad. I've passed them onto multiple frames, beat the living crap out of them and they still work like new. I probably have one or two that are edging up on 30 years old. His products are expensive and worth every penny.

Proof? IME, whoever is moving faster is legally obligated to avoid the slower, no matter if they're idiots. The only time I see this reversed is in car vs bike collisions where the bike rider is always the loser and drivers get a slap on the wrist at most.

You're completely wrong if you think that land managers don't understand how weather impacts their trails. One of the biggest problems I see is that there haven't been any actual studies conducted that accurately show the impact, or lack thereof of ebikes on trails, or on other user groups, so...

Indeed. This is the USFS finally getting around to taking a look at ebikes and how to incorporate them into their existing trail systems. It cuts both ways. In the positive, it more accurately defines what is and isn't an ebike, which helps with management, and how a district can allow them on...

The ebike industry, in the US anyway is split into the existing bike companies who make almost exclusively Class 1 mtbs. They only care that the Class legislation allows them access to some singletrack trails. They'd prefer all trails, but since Class 1 ebikes are so stealthy, everyone rides...

But they do! They want the ebike industry to make more money, that's it. ;)

Exactly. They aren't even an "independent" organization any longer entirely funded by the BPSA, they are now officially part of BPSA, their only concern is selling more bikes.

CA ebike law doesn't state that ebikes aren't motorized for the record, it clearly states that ebikes have motors. It does allow them to ride most places that bikes can, and not have to be treated like a motor vehicle though, which is the key to everything good...

More increasingly subtle class definitions only serve to muddy the waters even more, no non-ebike riding citizen has a clue about what to call any two wheeled vehicle with an electric motor and pedals other then an ebike. Cops aren't much better, if at all. There should be three types electric...

Just buy fork mounts then bolt them to a board, or directly to the floor if that's your thing. You can get fork mounts for every type of fork. https://www.ebay.com/itm/234077893360?hash=item36802132f0:g:XRAAAOSwzoVg42EF

I'd venture the vast majority of the ebikes sold in the US are out of compliance with the CSPC regs, no one is checking in the real world. The Class system also requires self-certification, in some states including penalties for falsification, which again, is routinely ignored. I've read your...

So, your enforcement idea is reliant on some branch of the federal govenment testing all ebikes for compliance, which is exactly the same thing that would have to happen with the Class system. Which has never been done with the CPSA regulation, or with the Class system, either at the state...

How is it enforceable? Having a single hypothetical power limit is just as unenforceable as the Class 1-3 hypothetical power limits.

IMO, there aren't any 750w motors, just motors people claim are 750w. I wouldn't sweat it. This is worth a watch on how muddy the waters are.

Class 4 doesn't exist, as you surmised, it's just used as a placeholder for everything that isn't Class1-3

Yep, and they aren't looking to the feds for guidance.

Pedelecs are hugely popular and successful in Europe for commuting and transportation, a far greater % of the population uses ebikes in Europe than here. I'm not arguing that people don't want to go faster, most people do in general, including here, but you're stating an opinion, not a fact...