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Originally Posted by Sliver
Nah, I disagree. They have no ownership rights for the trails. I mean, I understand feeling ownership over them since they put a bunch of work in, but they have to be realistic and acknowledge they don't actually own them anymore than I do. They can ask me not to ride them and I'll politely ignore them. An ebike does absolutely no harm to the trails.
Do I help maintain them? No, but that's because I don't have time. I don't even live there...but hopefully I'll have more time in a few years and then I'd gladly help.
You know, two weeks ago I brought my hedge trimmers out to my condo complex in Canmore and trimmed all the suckers off all the trees. I'm happy to pitch in when I want to see something improved. Filled an entire dumpster with clippings. Was easier than raising it with the board and cheaper than having everyone pay a landscaping company...it bothered me so I took care of it. I didn't then go swing my dick in everyone's face and claim some sort of superiority over the landscaping because I pitched in. I did it because I wanted to and I expect nothing in return. Bike trail maintenance volunteers need to adopt the same attitude.
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Sure, but is that much different than you not actually owning the lawn in front of your house (in the city easement) but you still put effort in to take care of it, and probably get pissed when dogs leave dead grass patches and feces you have to deal with?
If a group has decided they don't want a particular something on something they built with their time and money, would you not respect that? Like "huh, fair enough, I'll go ride over here" even if you think the exclusion is irrational? Have you looked into the reasons why they don't want e-bikes to see if they are actual rational reasons you hadn't considered? I know you have changed our mind on many topics around here when people explain the reasoning(and many you have not!) so just curious if you have looked into it. And I don't know all the logic for every trail, either. But I'd love to never see the throttle only ones again on the Legacy Trail.