Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[lechatnoir]

Do ebikes belong on bikehub? This is not ebikehub or motorbikehub.

 

or even internalcombustionhub

[Hairy]

or even internalcombustionhub

technically speaking their is a Motorcycling thread on the hub, but it is seen for what it is ... a motorbike thread and not a bicycle thread

[wiledog_x]

I see ebikes will be allowed to race on the 40km distance at this year's 

Norco WTF MTB Challenge 2018 in November.

 

I'll be entering the 40km - they'd better not be shouting "track" at me from an ebike...

Edited September 28, 2018 by wiledog_x

[Hairy]

if one takes the term "piss on your battery" literally in these instances, would it be bad form?

[Ascension]

if one takes the term "piss on your battery" literally in these instances, would it be bad form?

 

There is only one way to find out, but my gut feel is that it will not be bad form and will be appreciated by all but the ebike rider.

[rorydewet]

65 pages and this hasn't died ?

 

seriously thought this issue/thread/non-event was dead

[Kom]

Am I the only one who thinks serious pro's on e-bikes going moer fast through A conventional XCO track will be pretty damn cool ?

 

** STILL NOT A fan of ebikes in general , the above idea just seems like A entertaining spectacle

A dedicated series would be super cool - however I think the general concern in this thread is that they are being allowed to run concurrently in normal events

[Thor Buttox]

A dedicated series would be super cool - however I think the general concern in this thread is that they are being allowed to run concurrently in normal events

EBikes - putting the con and current in concurrent.

[ChrisF]

engineers build it ... people RACE is ....

 

that is just the cycle of life !

 

from tractors to lawn movers to trucks to cars to bakkies to toy RC cars etc etc 

[Zatopek]

Did my first MTB event this past weekend in more than a year - and was surprised to notice how many top end ebikes there were.

 

What I noticed/learned:

• Don't follow the pace of a pack of e bikes on flat/flowing single track - they are not tired when the hills arrive.
• They are handy to have 1-2 minutes in front of you in a MTB HASH - they can get lost on the paper crumbs trail and inform you on the way back.
• Once or twice it is scary how fast/silent they can pass you on an uphill. Accidents will happen.

[Shebeen]

engineers build it ... people RACE is ....

 

that is just the cycle of life !

 

from tractors to lawn movers to trucks to cars to bakkies to toy RC cars etc etc 

 

 

was quite amazed to see that GCN actually have a fully fledged sister channel, purely dedicated to these machines!

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Txz5nUDD14vCdNSU_JydQ

[Man with no name]

There’s a voice clip doing the rounds on WhatsApp about some dude that had a run in with an e-biker in Tokai. Hilarious. My mates in jhb laughing their backsides off at us capies. Does anybody here know the unfortunate soul (or, highly likely, being the bikehub, is him)

[Patchelicious]

There’s a voice clip doing the rounds on WhatsApp about some dude that had a run in with an e-biker in Tokai. Hilarious. My mates in jhb laughing their backsides off at us capies. Does anybody here know the unfortunate soul (or, highly likely, being the bikehub, is him)

It’s staged, but it’s *** funny though

[Man with no name]

It’s staged, but it’s *** funny though

The guy sounded sincerely woes. No skaam. Very funny

[AllAboutRides]

There’s a voice clip doing the rounds on WhatsApp about some dude that had a run in with an e-biker in Tokai. Hilarious. My mates in jhb laughing their backsides off at us capies. Does anybody here know the unfortunate soul (or, highly likely, being the bikehub, is him)

There is a place for everyone on earth, just another strava wanker thats scared his going to drop on the leaderboards of segments

[Man with no name]

There is a place for everyone on earth, just another strava wanker thats scared his going to drop on the leaderboards of segments

Patch reckons its staged but this oke sounded very unchilled. Who cares if there is some oke on an ebike in front of you? Move along man