The bikes offer riders added range, mobility and approachability. But they also potentially bring an added element of increased speed to mixed-use trails that are already buzzing with activity.
From left, Rephel Martin from Georgia, Jimmy Hendrix of Colorado, and Shalaya Morissette, co-workers from the U.S. Department of Energy Minority Business and Workforce Division, ride e-bikes past Weschester Lagoon during a break in their schedule on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Their work in Anchorage was done, but with return flights scheduled for later in the afternoon, the trio of visitors wanted to do some exploring in the few hours they had remaining.
“Hiking is great but you can only hike so far in so much time,” Hendrix said. “ e-bike, we were able to do 20 miles where we may have done 2-3 miles hiking and were able to see so much more. In a place like , you can really put some miles in and see some things.” As long as they have functioning pedals that allow for the e-bikes to be self-propelled and have motors that generate less than 750 watts of power, they are categorized as bikes and not with other powered vehicles like mopeds or motor scooters.Anchorage already had in place a law — AO-2016-67 — that allowed low-speed e-bikes, less than 20 mph, on local sidewalks, trails and pathways.
She and her husband Bob Gray were visiting Anchorage from New Zealand in June and rented e-bikes to get around town. Regular riders on the coastal trail back in their home of New Plymouth on New Zealand’s North Island, she planning a big trip to bike on the South Island next spring.“I’ve got a health problem and it makes it just so much easier to get out and use,” she said.
“The standard customer is a little bit of everybody really,” he said. “It’s everybody from the cycle freak who is already riding 100 miles a day ... and then the person who hasn’t bought a bike in 10 years. So it’s really hard to kind of put a finger on who is that customer. It is all across the board.”
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