Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Hairy]

22 minutes ago, capediver said:

Taken already...= fixie 😎

You mean Single Speed ... Fixie = Postman Bike

[MORNE]

Analog vs digital bikes

[MORNE]

 

[Eddy Gordo]

 

[NotSoBigBen]

#EkSeMaarNiks

The Guardian: Amsterdam calls for crackdown on menace of souped-up e-bikes.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/amsterdam-crackdown-souped-up-e-bikes-dangerous-streets

[LazyTrailRider]

I love my eBike, but derestriction to enable motorbike speeds is not cool. Not cool at all.

[The Ouzo]

I cant find the original thread where this was initially reported, but 1 year on and this article (even though a bit on the sensational side) does ask some questions regarding e-bikes.

Granted is American, and common sense isnt all that common over there.

[ChrisF]

On 5/6/2022 at 12:52 PM, Headshot said:

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/falling-batteries-and-risk-of-fire-leads-to-santa-cruz-recall-of-2022-heckler-emtbs.html

 

So you're not damaging trails more than a normal bike, except where your eBike catches fire and burns down the mountain 🙂 

[thebob]

After a couple incidents at Wolwespruit I can categorically say this has nothing to do with whether the machine involved is a bike or an e-bike, but rather whether the person on top is a twat or not

[Brakepad]

digging this out again, Aspen in Colorado (US) has banned ebikes on their trail network.
They say ebikes are too fast, dangerous and too many....

Edited October 15 by Brakepad

[Super Sywurm]

The past weekend I sat behind 2 e-bikes.  WOW, that old lady that can keep an average speed of more than 36km/h blew my mind.

Edited October 16 by Super Sywurm

[ChrisF]

4 hours ago, Super Sywurm said:

The past weekend I sat behind 2 e-bikes.  WOW, that old lady that can keep an average speed of more than 36km/h blew my mind.

 

But .... was it on a mountain ? 

 

 

over 32km/h (on the long level sections, even slight incline) .... its been de-restricted .... keep pushing them for an hour ..... they will hate you when the battery runs out ..... 

[Super Sywurm]

Slight

18 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

But .... was it on a mountain ? 

 

 

over 32km/h (on the long level sections, even slight incline) .... its been de-restricted .... keep pushing them for an hour ..... they will hate you when the battery runs out ..... 

Slight incline and I know it has been de-restricted.  I think they did a +-40km out and back ride.

[Pieterlab1]

14 minutes ago, Super Sywurm said:

Slight

Slight incline and I know it has been de-restricted.  I think they did a +-40km out and back ride.

Did you report this?

[Super Sywurm]

15 minutes ago, Pieterlab1 said:

Did you report this?

No.  To whom?  I enjoyed sitting behind them, eating some dust.

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, Super Sywurm said:

Slight

Slight incline and I know it has been de-restricted.  I think they did a +-40km out and back ride.

 

Saw a gent at Argus this year .... happy with the "new" speed of his ebike.

 

Less so when ran out juice at Chappies ....