Electric Bikes On Colorado Trails

Colorado parks and wildlife is a nationally recognized leader in conservation outdoor recreation and wildlife management.

Electric bikes on colorado trails. The game changing order issued aug. Colorado springs allows class 1 e bikes to operate on urban trails. This northwest arkansas city holds 28 miles of trails accessible to class 1 e mountain bikes and more than 200 trail miles across the region. Previously electric bicycles where often forbidden from cycling trails in national parks though class 1 e bikes were allowed in some areas.

The state of colorado co statute has three classes of electric bicycle. This statute was expanded to add the 3 categories or classes of e bikes. Class ii is for bikes that provide electric power whether or not the rider is pedaling but stops providing. Section 42 4 1412 and for electric bikes as defined in c r s.

Cpw issues hunting and fishing licenses conducts research to improve wildlife management activities protects high priority wildlife. The agency manages 42 state parks all of colorado s wildlife more than 300 state wildlife areas and a host of recreational programs. Definition of electric bike. Your guide to mountain bike hubs with singletrack and adventure routes accessible to e mountain bikes.

The trail etiquette for e bikes is the same as for all other bicycles yield to equestrians and hikers on shared use trails. Jake roach the ceo and co founder of quietkat e bikes poses with a 2020 jeep branded e bike atop eagle s boneyard trail which does not allow electric bikes. Quietkat e bikes are designed prototyped and sold at headquarters in eagle and roach is rallying his users to support a rule that widens access for e bikes on public land. 29 gave blm and national park service managers 30 days to craft new trail rules that no longer classify e bikes as motorized.

Electric bikes propelled by both pedal and throttle will be more common on colorado s bureau of land management trails after an order issued by interior secretary david bernhardt. But it s just a bike. The trails are super accessible. Class i is for pedal assist with maximum of 20 mph electric assist.

While many towns have restrictions on whether electric bikes are even allowed on single track thin trails reviewer stephanie pearson had a blast on specialized s first pedal assisted mountain. Information on secretary s order 3376 increasing recreational opportunities through the use of electric bikes 2019. Colorado state electric bike laws definition legal operation.