1 eBike Shop in Holt County, NE

Where to ride in Holt County

The Cowboy Trail mileage chart on BikeCowboyTrail lists Atkinson at mile marker 93 and gives distances to the neighboring towns: 17.9 miles to O'Neill and 9.5 miles to Stuart. It also lists 8.1 miles between O'Neill and Emmet.

Game and Parks says the surface is mostly crushed limestone, with wood-decked bridges and concrete segments in Valentine, Ainsworth, O'Neill, and Norfolk. It recommends mountain or hybrid bikes or any wider tire, and it says to bring spare tubes because sandbur seeds puncture tires.

Trail hours run from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset, and the trail passes through 30 communities that are mostly 10 to 15 miles apart. The O'Neill depot trailhead is on the National Register of Historic Places and has parking, restrooms, and water, per the Atkinson brochure.

We found no Atkinson or Holt County bike ordinance. Game and Parks says Class I, II, and III eBikes are permitted on the trail, while its older brochure says no motorized vehicles, so confirm with Game and Parks.

eBike rules in Nebraska

Nebraska defines three classes of electric bicycle in sections created by LB 138 of 2023. Under § 60-614.02, a Class I bike has two, three, or four wheels, a seat, fully operative pedals, and a motor of no more than 750 watts and one brake horsepower that helps only while you pedal and gives no power above 20 mph. Class II, in § 60-614.03, has the same limits, but its motor may help whether or not you are pedaling. Class III, in § 60-614.04, helps only while you pedal and gives no power above 28 mph. Section 60-618.03 says an electric bicycle means a Class I, Class II, or Class III bike.

Under § 60-611, a bicycle includes an electric bicycle, and § 60-638 defines a motor vehicle as a self-propelled land vehicle other than bicycles, mopeds, and a few other devices. A bike that fits the class definitions is therefore a bicycle under the Nebraska Rules of the Road. Under § 60-6,317, a rider moving slower than traffic keeps as near to the right-hand curb or edge as practicable, with listed exceptions, rides no more than single file on a highway except on paths set aside for bicycles, and has a pedestrian's rights and duties on a sidewalk or in a crosswalk, including yielding to people on foot. Under § 60-6,142, bicycles may use paved shoulders of the state highway system other than the Interstate.

Nebraska's statutes set no statewide path rule and no minimum age for electric bicycles. Under § 60-678, the state and any governmental subdivision may make regulations permitting, prohibiting, or controlling electric bicycles in its jurisdiction, and a person who rides where it is prohibited commits a Class III misdemeanor. Section 60-6,317 also lets a local authority regulate bicycles by ordinance, so each city, natural resources district, park, and agency decides where you can ride. The helmet statute, § 60-6,279, covers motorcycle and moped operators, and the electric bicycle sections we read set no helmet duty, so a helmet is advice here and not a state rule. Read our Nebraska eBike laws guide, then the sign at the trailhead.

Cities in Holt County

All the cards belong to Atkinson, so the eBike shops in Atkinson page is the one to open.

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