Electric Bike Thread

[grinch]

Huh?

That wasn’t for you. Somehow you squeezed a comment in there . The slow was for not bun not getting my “I win” as a dig and being so butt hurt that he had to find a meme. Good meme though, I lol’d #winning

[reckless toboggan]

Slow and butt hurt isn’t a great look

So that's why you ride an eMoped.

It all makes sense now.

[grinch]

So that's why you ride an eMoped.

It all makes sense now.

Ouch!!
Not really. Try harder. I could get butt hurt if you slammed me personally, prob not, but I’m just pointing out people’s ignorance concerning emtb’s. It’s fun watching the butt hurt from people commenting that don’t really know what they’re talking about. You for example

[Bunion 2020]

That wasn’t for you. Somehow you squeezed a comment in there . The slow was for not bun not getting my “I win” as a dig and being so butt hurt that he had to find a meme. Good meme though, I lol’d #winning

Yeah, that was an exhausting search and I spent hours.

[grinch]

Yeah, that was an exhausting search and I spent hours.

It’s a good one. Best kept in “photos”

[wooley12]

Are you fucking serious with this? Pretty much all mountain bikers would say that it’s awesome because it’s an adrenaline rush and as an added perk you get in great shape, which also makes you better / stronger on the downhill. And frankly the core strength from riding has made me a much better skier.

I get the adrenaline rush. Been there, done that, liked it. Any exercise is great, for sure. Guess my snark was from just spending a week watching some real pros and thinking how fit they were.

[jm2e]

I guess I’m just curious about what your objective reaction was to the bike?

Hey, get one or don't, but it's not biking. I've listened to people talk about how it's just a bike....let us on the trails....stop the hate....blah blah blah. It's a motorcycle. Access is the big one for me. After experiencing first hand, all the talk from folks trying to convince the MTB world that EMTBs are just part of our experience, part of our user group sounds not only false but so misleading that I would question how anyone can ride a loop on a bicycle, then ride it on a Emotor Cycle and not feel foolish attempting to claim the two modes of transportation are remotely close to the same experience.

Riding an e bike and claiming you are biking is like riding a segway and claiming you're hiking.

EMTB has to really stop trying to claim access based on it's "Pedal Assist" status. That user group needs to do it's own work, build it's own trails, do it's own advocacy. The motor advantage is huge to the point that the motor is clearly providing the large majority of the power. The fact that the throttle is me moving my legs casually in a circle while blasting uphill at 10-12 mph is hardly worth mentioning in regards to how the thing works.

So what you’re saying is, you have no objective criteria for your negative opinion even after a test ride. You have a biased emotional subjective take on the concept that has little to do with the bike itself. We get it, you don’t like the idea of eMTB, just because. I think we should move on now.



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[JerseyDave]

I love ebikes for replacing the use of a car. Just stay off the trails developed and designed for non-motorized multiuse or mountain bike specific areas. The insistence that they are just a new kind of bicycle is just dumb.

[Bunion 2020]

I agree with you and you have made your point.

Anything else starts to become............... Retarrrrrted

[char_]

We have a few eBikes at work for getting to meetings and such. I can just push the button and go 18 mph without moving my legs. First time I rode one I didn't bring a helmet, figured I would be taking it easy like usual. Almost lost it going into a corner because I was going so much faster than usual.

I totally want one.

[reckless toboggan]

I love eBikes [and other mopeds] for replacing the use of a car [or motorcycle]. Just stay off the trails developed and designed for non-motorized multiuse or mountain bike specific areas. The insistence that they are just a new kind of bicycle is just dumb.

^^^Exactly. Not difficult.

Electric motor assisted bikes.

eMo Ass bikes.

[wooley12]

This ePower revolution is a wave. Fun to watch history being made.



https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...ce-in-seattle/

[grinch]

Sweet!! A little longer to stretch out in , Thule box on the roof and a north shore rack out back, then it’s off to “who’s sleeping in parking lots “ thread

[toast2266]

This ePower revolution is a wave. Fun to watch history being made.



https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...ce-in-seattle/

It's like UPS blew all their money on fancy custom ebikes and only had enough scratch left over to buy a helmet from 1972.

Cool front drive (awd?) mechanism though.

[Bunion 2020]

Sweet!! A little longer to stretch out in , Thule box on the roof and a north shore rack out back, then it’s off to “who’s sleeping in parking lots “ thread

I give you..... The Sprinter Bike.

[rideit]

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/31...es-are-rising/

[grinch]

“Moving ahead in a responsible and sustainable fashion”

[jm2e]

“Moving ahead in a responsible and sustainable fashion”

Pretty interesting video.
From interviews I've heard/read with the EWS guys, I think they're taking a pretty mature view of it. It's there, it's not going away, it's a rapidly growing reality, might as well delve into it on the front end and see where it goes.

Curious that the vid seems to focus more on the technical climbing than the descending.

[grinch]

Pretty interesting video.
From interviews I've heard/read with the EWS guys, I think they're taking a pretty mature view of it. It's there, it's not going away, it's a rapidly growing reality, might as well delve into it on the front end and see where it goes.

Curious that the vid seems to focus more on the technical climbing than the descending.

Ya it seems like they have a lot more questions than answers . Seems the same on the forums. So many variables between motors. Pros seemed pretty excited about it. I hadn’t considered the uphill play aspect quite that much until the last month or so. Saw vid from an enduro race in the UK. They had an emtb category and the emtb had one extra stage. Extra stage was an uphill but it wasn’t steep at all, even had a couple downs, and they were ripping up hill for over 10 minutes. Good footage. Looked like a blast



Uphill exposure

[jm2e]

Just spent several hours in the E-bike rabbit hole.

Boom! Sub-40lb 160mm Travel bike. This is as tempted as I've ever been.
https://www.emtbforums.com/threads/2...ke-day-2.1018/

[grinch]

Quite the looker. Great lines on their new bikes. Cant wait to hear some reviews on those motors

[Shredhead]

Eglance - looking down to see if someone is on an ebike as they rip by.

Pretty soon you won’t be able tell.

[jm2e]

Put a “frame bag” over the front triangle and tell people it’s your touring bike.


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[Vt-Freeheel]

^^
Bikepacking is so hip right now I think that's what I would call it.

[rideit]

Just spent several hours in the E-bike rabbit hole.

Boom! Sub-40lb 160mm Travel bike. This is as tempted as I've ever been.
https://www.emtbforums.com/threads/2...ke-day-2.1018/

8 more pounds off and I *might* be interested.