E-bikes are a thing

Ebikes??

  • I have never ridden one

    Votes: 101 39.5%

  • I have ridden one for over an hour on a trail and I’ll never buy one

    Votes: 11 4.3%

  • I have ridden one in a trail for over an hr and I am considering one

    Votes: 20 7.8%

  • I’ll never give up my analog bike but I’ll still get an ebike

    Votes: 39 15.2%

  • Did he just say analog bike?

    Votes: 40 15.6%

  • My knees are failing and an ebike in inevitable

    Votes: 18 7.0%

  • My next bike will certainly be an ebike.

    Votes: 21 8.2%

  • I’ll never own an ebike, even when I’m 90

    Votes: 25 9.8%

  • Ebikes cause more trail damage than analog bikes

    Votes: 10 3.9%

  • Ebikes have no more trail impact than a traditional bike.

    Votes: 69 27.0%

  • I hate anyone on an ebike

    Votes: 7 2.7%

  • Anyone on a bike is a friend of mine, ebike or not

    Votes: 98 38.3%

  • I’ve been seeing ebikes in the woods regularly

    Votes: 59 23.0%

  • I’ve never seen an ebike on the trail

    Votes: 15 5.9%

  • It's called an Acoustic bike

    Votes: 16 6.3%

  • “I may consider one after my body is all used up and broken"

    Votes: 68 26.6%

  • I already own an off-road Ebike

    Votes: 42 16.4%

  • I have no interest in an e-bike

    Votes: 14 5.5%

  • Arguing against ebikes is kerfuffle

    Votes: 19 7.4%

  • I like Matty no matter what he rides

    Votes: 25 9.8%
  • Total voters
    256
jdog said:
www.nj.com

This New Jersey rule will save owners of low speed e-bikes money

Owners of the slowest e-bikes will not be required to insure them under a new state law that requires all e-bikes to be registered and licensed.
www.nj.com www.nj.com
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/05/this-new-jersey-rule-will-save-owners-of-low-speed-e-bikes-money.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawR66g9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4VHZJcm00Z3VJTllsaU1Nc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTE0NzcxNTY5MjI4MDYxAAEeh8DKUzImPHPlRsNeumPUK6EHlFJ_-pubd4xx7a0He2wc0W3hdouW_pI1j-I_aem__deYzUSHhT0r9V70y6cH3A
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Still can't get over how no one involved in this knows everyone is on a Class3 bike. Even all of the bikes in all of the Reels on IG using to promote Class1 and this law are Class3.Even the Bikingfireman is on a Class3 🤣
 
Steve Vai said:
Still can't get over how no one involved in this knows everyone is on a Class3 bike. Even all of the bikes in all of the Reels on IG using to promote Class1 and this law are Class3.Even the Bikingfireman is on a Class3 🤣
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I was trying to explain the class difference thru pictures to my in-laws, but it's like explaining an eggless omelette.


Same clueless stares too.
 
Never once desired an emoto because i knew it would cause issues and here we are
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My son cruises the neighborhood on his 32mph e-scooter and no one bats an eye. His buddies on e-motos (some only go up to 28mph) have been given warnings by our local PD. I know both are equally dangerous if ridden recklessly but perception and news fodder are fueling a lot of the rage. None of these kids are weaving in and out of traffic or blocking cars and pulling wheelies on the boulevard.
 
a.s. said:
My son cruises the neighborhood on his 32mph e-scooter and no one bats an eye. His buddies on e-motos (some only go up to 28mph) have been given warnings by our local PD. I know both are equally dangerous if ridden recklessly but perception and news fodder are fueling a lot of the rage. None of these kids are weaving in and out of traffic or blocking cars and pulling wheelies on the boulevard.
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Even worse it… It’s completely gutted the bicycle Industries’s ability to sell pedal assist bicycles.

The fact that they’re both called E Bikes (e-motos and pedal assist) has completely villainized what we have sold in volume previously
 
jdog said:
Even worse it… It’s completely gutted the bicycle Industries’s ability to sell pedal assist bicycles.

The fact that they’re both called E Bikes (e-motos and pedal assist) has completely villainized what we have sold in volume previously
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Except the bicycle industry has started making bikes that are more powerful and faster than most e-motos while hiding under the guise that it’s somehow different. It may have been the case in the past, but now every new generation e-MTB will be over 750 watts and multiclass. The call is coming from inside the house 🤷
 
a.s. said:
My son cruises the neighborhood on his 32mph e-scooter and no one bats an eye. His buddies on e-motos (some only go up to 28mph) have been given warnings by our local PD. I know both are equally dangerous if ridden recklessly but perception and news fodder are fueling a lot of the rage. None of these kids are weaving in and out of traffic or blocking cars and pulling wheelies on the boulevard.
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"We don't need their kind in Clark or Scotch Plains."
 
I nearly got hit by one of those things. I was stopped in Hoboken traffic and I see one of those coming down the hill towards me and the rider was struggling to stop the thing. It was all loaded up with whatever cargo he was transporting along with the weight of the bike and himself it's no wonder that thing had a hard time stopping. The rear wheel was totally locked up.
 
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