Ban the bike!
A petition, already signed by two furious residents, is circulating with the aim of convincing California State Parks to shut down electric bicycles being used to ferry surfers to and from Lowers and San Onofre.
E-bikes have become de rigueur for surfers in San Clemente, including but not limited to US Olympic hero Kolohe Andino, eliminating the need to pilot trucks short distances around the pretty little neighbourhood, as well as providing a sweat-free way to negotiate the trail to Lowers.
A few pedestrians have been hit by ‘em, and there’s been a collision here and there between bikes, but a small price to pay, I think, like the people dying of catastrophic blood clots ‘cause they gobbled up the Astra Zeneca vaccine.
You gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette, as they say.
As per Kyle Stevens’ petition.
E-bikes have negatively impacted the serenity of the Trestles and San Onofre area by creating an unsafe environment for park users on trails, beaches, and paved pathways. The walkway off Cristianitos Road next to San Mateo Point leading south into the park has become heavily used by e-bikes often traveling at a high rate of speed while mixing with pedestrian foot traffic. Often the e-bikes are being driven by children too small for the bikes who have little ability or knowledge of how to safely navigate this area without putting others at risk. Dirt and sand trails in the area have the same situation occurring as well. Many of these e-bikes are traveling at 30 mph and some are modified to go up to 40 mph. These are speeds equivalent to gas powered scooters, motorcycles, and other motorized vehicles which are already prohibited in the aforementioned areas. California Parks regulates and often prohibits e-bike usage in state parks in other areas. The same should be done at San Onofre and Trestles before another serious collision takes place.
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Funny how there is an ad for SONDORS.com right smack in the middle of this article.
SONDORS are good though.
I have an XS and it’s great.
We were riding along the hard sand all winter, watching the light show, talking to rock stars.
It would be fun to ride it down to Trestles or along the beach from Sano, if that’s allowed.
That walk gets tired after the 1,000,000th time.
Tram for Trestles …… Surely with all the rails that have been crossed and snorted in the region there is possibly a place for light rail from Town to Trestles …. Mind the Gap ?
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Thanks Mine ….. one shouldn’t underestimate the importance of bottom curve in modern surfing …. Definitely inspired me to get to the beach as often as possible .
Two fold issue, number one- park Rangers hate them but don’t want to open Pandora’s box and chase entitled toe heads for the entirety of their 10 hour shifts. It’s a problem happening all over So Cal. Additionally, there’s no budget to assign staff to focus on e-bikes. Many times there’s a single (sworn) Ranger/ officer on duty for an entire State Park.
Umm, well, can we just let the air out their tires while they’re in the water?
Well, maybe they could put a cap on 5 tickets a day but make them super expensive fines.
That might cut it down a little if some of these guys don’t want to take a chance.
Put a metal turnstile thing at the top of the trail. Done. Or, send Malibu Carla down there to sort it out.
Click bait fail.
WTF in this article has anything to do with Khloe being “public enemy no.1”?
Mommy won’t let little Kai get a motorcycle but she can’t wait to get him and ebike for Trestles though they live in Cypress Cove
Pave Trestles
What about flying cats?
Could we add riders for SUPS, Air matts, and soft tops to this legislation?
Lowers is the most written about wave for wave adjacent stuff than any other wave in the world. Triangulating lowers.
Maybe a tram system would be a better way to ferry as many surfers as possible to Lowers?
Someone got a permit to run a tram in the 1980s and there was significant pushback. My my my how things change.
Just read a News Post this morning, there’s a call to ban E-bikes at Moonlight Beach in San Diego.
Look like you guys started a movement.
This is why Americans are the world’s hillbillies.
The smartest and dumbest people on this planet are American.
If someone gifted me an e bike I think my opinion would change drastically, but for now, fuck ’em
Very liberal use of the word “hero” being used here: “US Olympic hero Kolohe Andino”
Yes Hero used to be someone who risked their live to do something exceptional for the common good ….. but now a Hero is someone who turns up at an incident wearing a uniform ?
Another howler from the euoroskip
Manly’s Tom Treb was a hero at State of Origin …. Putting his body on the line
The people working in the stadium , dressed in uniforms , just turned up to do there jobs , like the QLD team …. who may have been on strike or on a go slow ?
For starters, you parked on the wrong side of the freeway.
Better than E- cigarettes.
Make it roller blades only.
Surfing as a pursuit is not capable of bending with technological advance such as this. The whole thing is already blown up and overcrowded beyond the acceptable. The result is that places like Trestles, Malibu, Rincon, etc are sacrificed to the masses and whatever BS comes along with that. You can’t save these places, either accept that they are fucked or don’t surf there. I personally prefer the latter.
Sounds good to me. It would probably lessen the crowd a bit.
Two immediate advantages come to mind:
A) Less moms/dads with cameras toting their homeschooled 12 year olds down to the beach every weekday and flooding the lineup. That shit is ridiculous. Make those lazy groms and their mommies walk or pedal their asses in.
B) Would be nice to see Yadin Nicol and his entitled little shit kid have to walk or pedal their boards and camera gear down to the beach. Those two are the WORST.
Would you rather be an e-bike or Chloe Andriano de souza.
Chlo-e-bike.