BillyP
Newbie
I've been thinking of it for years, but now I see videos cropping up on youtube, because some days my knees are just shot.
I was pretty sure parks disallowed it with "No Motor Vehicles", but according to some sources, it's a personal mobility device if it's under 750w/20mph and so doesn't count. Not sure if it's true.
My biggest concern is that it'll rip up the grass. Even the off-road ones have pretty skinny tires when all is said and done and my parks are often wet/dewy in grass. There seems to be an annual mountain bike race at one of my locals for some reason and you can see everyplace they go because it's 20 different bike footprints ripping up everything in their path. No bueno and annoying for everyone else. Don't think anything short of a fat bike with low psi would be printless, especially small diameter electric tires with that amount of torque.
Another problem is the hard course have uphills and downhill where you'd have to carry these things, negating the point to some big degree.
Any input?
If you have a medical reason to assist with mobility, go for it. If you'd just rather take it easy, then please don't. One thing I think most DG'ers enjoy is the peace and quiet of the course. But I also believe that virtually every DG'er would completely support someone with medical issues who wants to play to get out there. I'm sure I'll be there one day myself. Played sports into college, then army. I wake up sometimes and wonder what roving gang of guerillas tossed me around in my sleep.