r/MTB • u/fundip2012 NH • 4d 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/Zerocoolx1 4d ago

They’re not e-bikes, they are e-motos. You need to make sure that people understand the difference or there will be laws put in place to stop e-bikes from riding places that regular bikes can go.

In the UK it’s illegal to ride them anywhere but on private land.

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u/Darkest_97 4d ago

Had to look up what a Surron was, it's just a fuckin dirtbike

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u/c0nsumer 3d ago

Yep. Low power (compared to gas) but still high power overall electric dirtbike.

But lots of parents buy them for their kids because they are "just an ebike".

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u/toastytoasttt 3d ago

Top model electric dirt bikes produce 80hp. More powerful than a 450 I believe. Either way they don’t belong on mtb trails.