Law Enforcement Cracking Down on New Motorcycle-Style E-Bikes

Law enforcement cracking down on new motorcycle-style E-bikes

EAGLE (KIVI) – E-bikes are all the rage nowadays, especially in this nice spring weather. But there’s a new set of wheels out there causing havoc across the Treasure Valley. It’s pretty common nowadays to see folks riding pedal-assisted e-bikes around town or on the Greenbelt. But something that’s popping up on police scanners in the past year is a new style of e-bike that imitates something more like a motocross bike. “E-dirtbikes, as we are ca…

'They're giving bikes a bad name': Law enforcement cracking down on new motorcycle-style E-bikes

E-bikes are all the rage nowadays. Especially in this nice spring weather. But there's a new set of wheels out there causing havoc across the Treasure Valley. I'm your neighborhood reporter, Alexander Huddleston, speaking with one local bike mechanic and law enforcement to learn what kind of e-bikes are allowed on the road. "When you see kids riding in traffic or even worse on the sidewalk, that's really putting people at risk," said Reed Cycle …