I believe Ebikes are already banned from moab I'm holding out for fat tire disc cyclocross bike, that would be the coolest.

The Cycle Path wrote on 02/11/15 at 12:09pm:


I'm fine with this.

But then, the prohibition or law against an activity is only as effective as the enforcement of.

Seeing where this is heading. I am somewhat curious.

Will everybody's rig suddenly be suspect, every time they off-load it at their favorite trail? And what to do once somebody is identified as having such a bike? Is it a police matter, or a social one?

For a place like Cane Creek or the White Water center, enforcement shouldn't be difficult. If reported. But then it's sort of like the leash law. At trails where no on-site authority exists, it will be substantially more difficult.

Do we have a bouncer?

IntheBush wrote on 02/11/15 at 3:05pm:


I think it's both.  Politely tell them they are not allowed on the trails.  If they come back, get their tag number and report it to the local PD.

Good points and good analogy.  I think where they differ is most people when told they can't ride a vehicle somewhere tend to listen better than telling people they can't run their off leash dog at a park.  There are signs at Fisher Farm that say "Motorized vehicles prohibited in the park."  (Except the parking lot, of course.)  Actually caught a couple on Segway's years back.

I've been hard line in the past about the whole off leash thing at Fisher.  Now I don't care so much...except on the mtb trails.  I've had a few close calls where a dog ran in front of my or a friends bike and almost caused an accident.  Heard of a couple of isolated instances where riders were bitten but never reported it.  When I asked why, they always said "I didn't want to make waves. " 

Impaler 58 wrote on 02/13/15 at 3:08pm:


You're on the forums an awful lot for a guy that's on his feet all day.

shoot, I'm gonna try me some moto-cross, since it's such an easy and social sport. Probably there's no work involved to race. And here I've been wasting my time on pedaling

Robert C. wrote on 02/16/15 at 6:27pm:



Here to stay this time.  Shimanio has been doing it for a while on road bikes and it doesn't seem to be going away.  They do offer the high end groups either way.

XTR is available as Di2 electronic.  Lots of $$$ however.

It's just a matter of time.  Frankly I'm excited about it, I think this would be fantastic on MTB's... less wires/cables to work around linkages.  Eventually I'm sure it will all be tied together with a network... maybe 'Bike-tooth'... i.e., your suspension lockouts, dropper post, shifting, all controlled on one wireless network... effin cool.

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electric shifting bikes............hell I just now got indoor plumbing !

The Cycle Path wrote on 02/11/15 at 12:09pm:


Never say never. I can see a day where people with limited physical capabilities (handicap and elderly for example) will get e-bike exemptions and gain access to anywhere a pedal bikes treks. That will be the tip of the sword. Are you gonna deny grandma the chance to huck the knar?