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Originally Posted by rusnak
I guess it's not something I'm looking for per se. I just see all of these interesting looking bike trails interlaced into the neighborhood. They turned the old Sugarpine railroad easement into really neat bike trails. You can only run or take a bike on them. And you can't really take a motorcycle on them, or my Polaris. I think that would be frowned upon. I already drive the Polaris in plenty of places where I'm not supposed to. But you can take a "bicycle" pretty much anywhere. A traditional bike has limitations too. Like you really don't want to be out peddling around in 105F degree heat. I think an e-bike hits it's stride on a 5-mile ride. Less than 1 mile you can take a bike. And over 5 and I think you need a motorcycle or car.
And one of my friends takes her e-bike literally all over town. It's the removal of limitations that I like. You can ride an e-bike right up to any building in town.
The Sport model matches the Cayman and Macan, lol. I like the design and integrated lights a lot.
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You know I am a big time cyclist and think I am still racing based on the way I ride. There are no easy days for a stroll. There are no place or distances a bike can't go IMO. An E bike still require some pedal input or assist. We have one for my kid but he no longer rides it. Since I bought the Grizzly
https://arielrider.com/products/grizzly, I ride it to many places near the house, usually within 10 miles. Its plenty fast with globs of torque. I spin front wheel with 1/2 throttle input on tarmac, dry all day long. 50 mile range with just battery power, no pedal or any human assist including some uphills. Good thing about this bike is that its really a moped or a weak 80-100 CC motor cycle. The loophole is the pedals so its an assisted bicycle in our state therefor no lic or registration is needed. Unlock it and it will go 38 mph with full throttle. I think its perfect in and around the trails you described.
Sugar Mt Railroad. You aren't talking about the one couple miles south of Fishcamp? That's one of my favorite train ride. If so, how much of that track did they remove?