micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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Does a bike powered by a 1000w BBSHD? Probably not. That should be treated like a moped. Licenses shouldn't be required in places that are unwakable, and lack adequate public transport. But you certainly shouldnt be riding them in trails.
A 250-500w mid drive like the tsdz2? If kept at a lower gear I don't see why not. Especially for disabled or low-mobility riders.
Even then it matters less what you're running and more how much power you feed it, but people are assholes and will abuse anything you let them.
Low power ebikes should be allowed on trails.
This 100%. And the trend is moving in this direction, if this news from a while back is any indication. There, the US Forest Service made the following conclusions for Tahoe National Forest:
And: