‘It’s getting worse’: Residents push Los Gatos to crack down on reckless e-bike riders

TENSIONS IN THE WEST VALLEY are amping up as e-bike riders zip through small community streets at high speeds. One town is trying to fix that.

Los Gatos Vice Mayor Rob Moore hosted a meeting last week to discuss concerns about dangerous e-bike riding, a rising trend in the small town that’s frustrated residents for months. Residents and officials aren’t upset with riders of regular e-bikes, but rather with teens riding powerful bikes with a throttle who unsafely pop wheelies on streets and cut off drivers — even though the bikes aren’t street legal. Local officials and residents want to solve the problem, and their efforts could lead to future legislative action.