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How to Have a Constructive Conversation about e-Bikes
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:45:54
Publish Date: 2019-08-29 16:40:44
Description:

What do politics, religion, and e-Bikes have in common? They’re all topics that get people extremely worked up, often result in name calling, and are rarely productive. And this needs to change, because e-Bikes are not going away, so we need to figure out fast how to have more constructive conversations about e-bikes — and, in particular e-mountain bikes.

To this end, we’re talking today to Dave Wiens, the executive director of the International Mountain Biking Association, to help clarify what all the fuss is about; identify what the biggest issues are with e-mountain bikes; present the concerns that advocates — and the opponents — of e-bikes most need to understand; and lay out what the best way forward looks like.

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • Current debates about e-Bikes (2:26)
  • IMBA’s role and stance (6:03)
  • What groups does IMBA hear from the most? (11:42)
  • Arguments against e-bike trail access (13:13)
  • Arguments for e-bike trail access (24:11)
  • Why distinguish between classes of bikes? (26:47)
  • Have there been many on-trail issues with e-bikes? (36:12)
  • What’s the best way forward? (41:10)

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