I have a vision of E-Bikes getting all mtb's banned from every place when in the hands of non-skilled riders going way to fast then they can handle and ruining it for all, by hurting innocent people. Bombing down trails and showing no trail etiquette, and then saying to their friends I was going to fast to stop for granny on the trail, some lady on a horse. Worse case scenario I'm pointing to here but you know it is bound to happen. It happens now w/o E- Bikes, or Kingdom trails wouldn't be putting out notice of the kind they had to this fall. All hypothetical on my part but I hope you get the point. Maybe SC is mocking the E-Bike in hopes the high price will scare away people and kill the mtb side of E-Bikes. I know way out there but it is possible if I could think it up, maybe fantasy on my part, but I've seen it happen to dirt bikes. The Japanese sold millions of tame dirt bikes in 70's, then dirt bikes became more powerful and the banning of them spread like a wildfire in a drought. So it is possible and has happened to other genres. Hope it doesn't but could. Just saying...