Thoughts on Sports

Protected bike lanes on a major artery like El Camino would really open up riding over longer distances on the Peninsula.

The laws are coming for “e-bikes”, but it’s not vanilla e-bikes that are even the thing that strike me as the most dangerous: it’s the e-motos (very fast electric dirt bikes) and e-scooters that have really made me take notice. And there are so many form factors that regulating what can use the bike lanes is going to be difficult.

I agree with this article, which basically says that CA Assembly Bill 1557, which tries to limit the legal amount of power an e-bike can be rated for to a certain wattage number, is well meaning, but misguided. I’m all for clear classification and regulation of e-bikes, but this isn’t it.

There really does need to be a more clear separation between true e-bikes and e-motos. E-bikes get enough controversy on their own; they don’t need the extra ire that e-motos draw.

Wow, how disappointing. Given how popular this program was, it’s sad to see its demise. And the money going instead to a car-centric program is insult to injury.

This is a fun, non-photography related essay from Johnston, well worth your time.

This thing looks really good. But, just as I feared, this video has them riding on trails where Class 3 e-bikes are illegal. We have a hard enough time trying to get trail access for Class 1 e-bikes, and people doing 28 MPH on these things is going to get all e-bikes banned from trails.