Vail may allow e-bikes on recreation paths

By scott miller

VAIL — Hills tend to get steeper as people get older. For those people — or sea-level residents vacationing at 8,000 feet elevation — bicycles with electric motors can be provide a more-convenient way to get around on two wheels.But just where someone can use an electric assisted bicycle can be confusing, something Vail officials are trying to straighten out. In the next few weeks, the Vail Town Council is likely to pass an ordinance creating a trial period to see if electric bikes can get along with pedestrians and other cyclists on the town’s paved recreation paths.Council members spent …

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