New Jersey's New E-bike Law

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(03-05-2026, 03:30 PM)Sidewinder Wrote:  GirishH, you are the voice of reason, lol...

Did I ever tell y'all about the trials riding competition at the 'Triangle T Ranch' in the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona? That ranch is where John Wayne used to go to chillax and get away from his superstardom, lol. I went to see the trials riding contest while I was living in nearby Benson, AZ, and some of the bikes were ebikes, right? Those bikes performed admirably when climbing huge boulders... I'm talking about nearly vertical rock faces on some of those boulders, up to 10' or 12' high! The largest obstacle was closer to 20' tall, but it was not vertical, just steeply sloped. Great contest, and some good riders too!

There's a school of thought which claims that trials ebikes actually have MORE power right off the bat, hence they can climb better than gas-powered bikes! Seemed likely as I was watching the contest from my grandstand seat (perched atop a boulder, lol). No noise either from the ebikes, they'd just blast off from the ground and go right up those steep boulder faces! I recall one brand: Beta Electric Trials Bikes, reportedly the "future" of trials riding. Dunno whether that claim will be substantiated, but I must say I was impressed with the performance of those bikes! There were other brands there, I just remember the Beta brand because I'm a former technical rock climber, lol.

Somehow, I'm having a hard time envisioning John Wayne riding an ebike, lol... I'm used to seeing 'The Duke' ride a horse in Westerns! Any revenue collector---er, I mean COP---who pulled over 'The Duke' would probably keep a copy of the autograph (citation).

John Wayne could always put a horse head on his handlebars if he wanted.

[Sidewinder]

Right... like a rocking horse.

Here's a photo of my "money-laundering operation"---which has nothing to do with ebike laws in New Jersey---but I'm sure there's plenty of corruption in that state, so money-laundering may exist, lol. I was doing laundry this weekend and I forgot to check my jeans pockets, so an envelope with $1200 cash went through the cycle... made it into the dryer, where the envelope disintegrated. Upon opening the dryer door at the end of the cycle, I found C-notes scattered throughout my clothes and towels, lol.

   

Oh, well, at least the money is clean... no filthy lucre here, lol. Note my state-of-the-art flip-phone atop the laundered bills! One of these days, I'll break down and buy a smart phone! Or maybe I'll die first, lol...