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Utahns turn to e-bikes as alternative to high gas prices

As gas prices and inflation continue to hurt the wallets of many Utahns, some are turning to e-bikes as a way to save some money and still get around town.To get more news about ebike for sale, you can visit magicyclebike.com official website.

"Electric bikes are the hottest segment in the industry," said Tommy Murphy, who is a buyer at Al's Sporting Goods. "They're fun that's what you've got to remember, they're fun."Right now with the gas prices and inflation and the economy electric commuter bikes we can't keep them in stock," Murphy explained.To get more news about e bike, you can visit magicyclebike.com official website.

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"I've saved a lot of money," said e-bike owner Bryson Siddoway. "I mean my electrical bill has gone up but it's been very insignificant compared to what gas prices are right now."All e-bike owners have to do is plug the bike into an electrical outlet for a charge before they can start riding the bike.

"The price of gasoline we're all feeling it," said Murphy, "So now with the electric bike, it is a cheaper option to get into all you're doing is plugging it into your wall of the garage."

With sales going up, the e-bike business says this is just the start in what may be the next big mode of transportation.

"The electric side it is the hottest segment," Murphy said. "The growth there is it's gonna be a strong couple years and electric I don't see it slowing down."Ultimately, the legality of e-bikes on public lands is likely to be settled in the courts.

A decision is expected soon in a lawsuit seeking to block the NPS e-bike policy filed by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last year allowed the case to proceed, ruling that NPS had made a “nonsensical” argument in trying to get it dismissed.

In arguing for a dismissal, NPS said PEER should have to challenge each decision made by park units where e-bikes could be used instead of being allowed to proceed with its litigation against the agency.

Such an “outcome is nonsensical,” Contreras said in his ruling (Greenwire, March 31, 2021).

The lawsuit has already prompted one change. Last June, then-acting NPS Director Shawn Benge issued a memorandum directing park officials to “reconsider” their past approvals of e-bike use on park trails and roads. But Benge told park officials that his memo did not “dictate the substantive result of this reconsideration.”

PEER senior counsel Peter Jenkins, who’s handling the case, called it “a wobbly move by the park service” and said it showed “they recognize they have a bad legal mess on their hands created under David Bernhardt.”

“Having inherited so many legal problems, the park service under Deb Haaland should not keep trying to salvage a fatally flawed approach but instead go back to the drawing board to do it the right way,” Jenkins said at the time.

In the meantime, the situation remains muddled, and it’s uncertain even exactly how many parks now permit e-bikes.

PEER last year said it had identified 27 national parks that allowed e-bikes for the first time after Bernhardt issued his 2019 order, including Acadia and Glacier national parks.

And Jenkins last week said that more than 100 NPS sites have now adopted “some form of e-bike approval.” He said a decision in the lawsuit is expected in the coming months.