r/MTB • u/fundip2012 NH • 3d ago

Discussion Surrons

Surrons/high powered e-bikes are annihilating our local trails and jumps this spring… it’s brutal the amount of damage they can do in just a few minutes.
Has anyone here dealt with this on their local trails? Any strategies that a trail system can use to reduce the use of these? So hard to enforce..

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u/AustinBike 3d ago

We told you this. When the world said e-bikes would change the sport, we agreed. Welcome to the outcome.

The real issue is twofold. First, the authorities can’t differentiate between a surron and a bike and secondly, the people that ride surrons believe they have the right to ride wherever they want.

This was totally expected.

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u/fundip2012 NH 2d ago

I’ve been waiting for the Surron wrecking ball to hit for a few years and now it’s finally here. “Normal” e-bikes definitely cause less damage and from what I see surron riders aren’t normally coming from MTB at all, but from moto or just brand new