The thing I have noticed about ebikes is that they enable people who don’t normally ride a bike to do a decent day out in the hills and enjoy themselves.
Why would that be a bad thing?
Noone said they were a bad thing.
Nope they are not a bad thing.
My wife tried one but just didn't get on with it, far far too heavy to be nice to ride.
I don't want one because most of my riding is a weekly 2 and half hour charge around, just wouldn't be worth doing on an ebike
@bikesandboots
I get what you are saying but people I encounter on hire bikes don't appear to have the skills and ambition to cause serious problems for trail management. They seem to stick to double track used by vehicles and one person we encountered was walking an ebike down a descent in Glenn Tannar because she was concerned about riding it.
The more people who get out on bikes and enjoy riding responsibly the better.
It wasn't just hire bikes I had in mind.
The forces that result in more people are out on bikes are massively bigger than those working on responsibleness. You can't compete with capitalism. So overall I'm not in favour of getting more people out in the countryside on bikes or also foot.
