Originally Posted by
DMC707
So an e bike can allow even a person in moderate shape to survive a 25-30 mile ride. Lots of people do that with regularity on non motorized bikes though
but now there are more people riding 25-30 miles of trail. And those people doing 25-30 miles on normal bikes can do many more miles.
This is not really a complicated concept: Triple the mileage someone covers (something you say is a good thing) and you triple the amount of trail wear they contribute. Also, by increasing the range, you increase the use of more remote trails that preciously had less use and needed less maintenance.
And while eBikes can increase the amount of trail used per rider, they don’t increase the number of volunteer hours per rider, or club memberships per rider. Or trail advocates per rider.