Electric Bike Thread

[mtngirl79]

Your experience is more or less in line with my only sighting of an ebike in the wild - a portly gentleman on an e-fatbike with no helmet and wearing jeans, bragging about how many miles of trail he just rode (all of which were closed to motorized vehicles).

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Weird. Mine wasnt wearing a helmet, either. Was on lower expresso, rode around the rock roll thing.

I cant remember what he was wearing but prolly 50s and a bit overweight.

[wooley12]

eBike just went by up hill. Peddling like I do when I'm dreaming.

[grinch]

SMH looks like another page should have this puzzle solved. Does iceman rip on an e bike in jeans.........and no helmet?

[mtngirl79]

eBike just went by up hill. Peddling like I do when I'm dreaming.

Were they wearing a helmet?


Someone should go to mtbr and make a poll asking if anyone has seen an ebiker in the wild and if they were wearing a helmet.

[Kopi_Red]

This is some funny shit. This thread is a PRIME example of the non ebikers having the MASSIVE BUTTHURTZZZZzz. Lmao!

Yes, this exactly.

[happytimefunbox]

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[wooley12]

Were they wearing a helmet?


Someone should go to mtbr and make a poll asking if anyone has seen an ebiker in the wild and if they were wearing a helmet.

Yes he was. You can relax. I don't wear a helmet unless I'm racing. And I'll wear jeans if it's below 65. I'm not a mamil.

[muted]

I've only seen one in Utah = no helmet either.

This guy gets around!

[ill-advised strategy]

On mountain bike trails or in town/city paths?

I haven't been out on mtb trails a lot this year so all sightings have been in and around town. I have an acquaintance who is really enjoying riding all the old dirtbike/atv trails the local mtb people took over in the last 20 years....so he's out there.
Jeans and no helmet probably, shit eating grin, not stopping to hear lamentations from granola mafiosos.

[mtngirl79]

Dont you think it might be a different demographic that would ride an emountain bike on trails versus an ebike around town?

Pretty different, dontcha think?

I sure hope insurance companies aren't lumping emtnbikes with regular with all this lack of helmet use.

The average daily cost for TBI rehabilitation in a hospital is $8,000. Residential rehab centers charge TBI patients between $850 and $2,500 per day. Even non-residential rehabilitation services can reach as high as $1,000 per day. Medical costs average more than $450,000 for patients who die from TBI.

Hope your buddy is loaded.

[ill-advised strategy]

Hope your buddy is loaded.

As far as I can tell, my acquaintance is middle class, and of a generation who didn't routinely wear helmets for every single thing all the time.

[Sirshredalot]

As far as I can tell, my acquaintance is middle class, and of a generation who didn't routinely wear helmets for every single thing all the time.

Great. The rest of us get to pay for his dumbass via our payroll taxes/Medicare.

[toast2266]

As far as I can tell, my acquaintance is middle class, and of a generation who didn't routinely wear helmets for every single thing all the time.

So the ebike demographic is helmetless and proud of it.

And they wonder why people think they're idiots.

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[Bunion 2020]

I have an acquaintance who is really enjoying riding all the old dirtbike/atv trails the local mtb people took over in the last 20 years.

I think that is a fine use of those trails and his time.

[wooley12]

2 ebikers just went by. No helmets, ........no Lycra.

[TahoeJ]

One thing this thread is missing is the importance of classification, which b-bear brought up like 15 pages ago. I honestly have no problem with class 1 - pedal assist only - on most single track trails. Except for the whole excuse of using them to ban all bikes of course. So saying this in a theoretical sense vs. the reality we live in. But I do think those things being able to go up a two-way trail that quickly is potentially hazardous - typically the downhill bike is going fast but the uphill bike (or hiker) is going slow enough that the reaction time of the downhiller is fast enough to be relatively safe. But a bike going pretty quickly uphill could close that safety gap. But who knows, maybe not?

The last ebiker I saw was a slightly overweight man in jeans and no helmet. Must be a trend?

[Mountainman]

But I do think those things being able to go up a two-way trail that quickly is potentially hazardous - typically the downhill bike is going fast but the uphill bike (or hiker) is going slow enough that the reaction time of the downhiller is fast enough to be relatively safe. But a bike going pretty quickly uphill could close that safety gap. But who knows, maybe not?

This happens all the time with dirt bikes and mountains bikes and how often do you hear of this being a problem?

Best story related to this happened to me on Truman one time. Some guy going way too fast on the downhill as i was puttering up comes around a corner and sees me, locks them up and goes over the bars into the bushes. I stop to look at the carnage and here comes his buddy who does the same thing and flies over the bars narrowly missing his buddy in the bushes. They're probably e-bikers now.

[Bunion 2020]

This happens all the time with dirt bikes and mountains bikes and how often do you hear of this being a problem?

Maybe when it happens to someone who posts here.

[mtngirl79]

The increased speed will also increase congestion, big time.

Even if someone is safe and polite and believes everyone has an equal right to be there, getting passed or having to pass people a lot kinda sucks.

You have to slow or stop, step off the trail, maybe unclip. And you see another human. Your solitude is broken if you're into that.

The wider range of speeds, the more the impact. The fastest and the slowest are impacting everyone/being impacted by everyone.

The slowest often wants to ban mountain bikes and the fastest has a motor.

See the problem?

When everyone goes basically the same speed they dont see each other that often.

That's why galby can have the parking lot over flowing and cars lining every nearby street and still feel uncrowded.

Hikers feel differently about it.

[grinch]

Bike should be in soon. Selling my d3 carbon, a1 and any kits I have. Acid wash and affliction t with the k swiss’ is workin titties. Putting the sale money into software to give the new whip some braaap! Out teh way

[wooley12]

Guy on a bike just went by. Not an ebike and was wearing a helmet. A sweet looking young lady jogged past right after he passed by.

[mmmm...pow!]

I've been gone for a day. Fill me in, has anyone convinced anyone else to change sides on the matter?

[grinch]

I've been gone for a day. Fill me in, has anyone convinced anyone else to change sides on the matter?

We’ve all agreed full throttle is the only way
#namaste

[TahoeJ]

I've been gone for a day. Fill me in, has anyone convinced anyone else to change sides on the matter?

I think we’re all just getting dirt bikes now?

[californiagrown]

I think we’re all just getting dirt bikes now?

But e-dirtbikes. I want to hear the wind rush by, unfettered by a helmet or the sound of a gasoline engine.