Instead of a regular Friday Evening LAB ride, we’re putting on a demo day!
Come ride some shiny new Scott bikes including:
Strike 940
Spark 950
Genius 930
Bold Linkin
Bold Unplugged
Friday, July 26, 5-8pm.
McIntosh Run: Osprey Trailhead.
519 Alabaster Way, Halifax, NS, B3R 1X6.
Heads up, you can’t ride e-mtbs at Mac Run.
Why is that again?
I assume that this land use agreement precedes the popularity of modern ebikes and should likely be revisited and renegotiated (I hope it does anyway, if it doesn’t, that feels a bit silly that ebikes are lumped in with motorbikes and such). Soon enough, there will be nearly as many users of those bikes as regular bikes and it will be wrong to keep them from using the trails. I highly doubt anyone will bother paying heed to that rule, anyway.
There’s plenty of ebikes in use in BC and on Quebec trail systems and FAR more users on those trails overall, so it can clearly be done without too much conflict.
Great question.
I’m curious to see the data that was used to arrive at the decision to exclude class 1 e-mtbs.
An IMBA study showed that trail damage from class 1 e-mtbs was not significantly different from mountain bikes. Results from the field experiment show that, under this set of conditions, soil displacement and
tread disturbance from Class 1 eMTBs and traditional mountain bikes were not significantly
different, and both were much less than those associated with a gasoline-powered motorcycle.
Surely there has to be some concrete data out there after years of usage.
Maybe a thread all its own.
that was a blast. shout out to Scott and Long Alley!
That was awesome! I def have quite a few acoustic bike years ahead of me but the e-bikes were fun!
oh my, I didn’t even think about the e-bike thing, a little late now but apologies if that was not kosher!
Thanks to everyone who came to ride & chat! I had a blast (the fancy Bold Linkin didn’t hurt) and from what I heard from everyone y’all did, too! The Scott rep was super impressed with the crowd, turnout, and the trails, too.
Here’s a few snaps:
