Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

So you just let the engine idle if not pedaling then its not a motorbike?

Sigh. 

 

No. If it has a throttle, it's a motorbike. If it's pedal assist and pedal assist only, then it's an ebike. 

 

It's not a difficult distinction to make. 

[Hairy]

still has a motor attached 

[edkin]

What, laughing at you as they barely broke a sweat pedalling their boep pense up the hills at 3x your speed? 

Indeed they did 

[Patchelicious]

I just bought an eBike and will be doing an Everest this weekend.

[edkin]

I just bought an eBike and will be doing an Everest this weekend.

Good luck. enjoy

[edkin]

I just bought an eBike and will be doing an Everest this weekend.

What make did you buy?

[shaper]

I just bought an eBike and will be doing an Everest this weekend.

Hope the gearing is right and lay off the coffee.....

[Patchelicious]

What make did you buy?

Its new, it called Lazi, they have a few models.

[Duane_Bosch]

I just bought an eBike and will be doing an Everest this weekend.

Pfft. That's been done quite some time ago. Up and down the Pleney 19 times. I hope you're at least gonna try for a record otherwise what's the point?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoFbB1oJbhk

Edited May 15, 2019 by Duane_Bosch

[edkin]

Its new, it called Lazi, they have a few models.

I'd like to take a look. Do they have a website that I can look at? I couldn't find any on a google search

[Patchelicious]

I'd like to take a look. Do they have a website that I can look at? I couldn't find any on a google search

They aren’t on the internet yet.

 

You can have a look, but please bring a couple of cheeseburgers.

[DieselnDust]

I just bought an eBike and will be doing an Everest this weekend.

Strava or it didn't happen

[Headshot]

cos the one has a throttle, whereas legit e-bikes are pedal assist. 

 

There are "e-bikes" that are just electric motos with MTB componentry, but because the drive isn't dependent on the pedals being turned, they're not ebikes. 

All they have done is covert the twist throtttle into one operated by your legs. "Twist" or spin your legs and the motor revs up. Whats the difference? 

 

I met an eBike operator on Sunday. He was broken down at the side of the trail and when I asked him what was wrong, he said his bike was playing up, i.e the motor. The digital screen said "error..." He also told me he had removed the limiter very easily and it could now ride it as fast as his legs could pedal. If it worked of course. I noticed later on Strava that he had got going but his average speed was very low for an eBike making me think he had toughed it out and pedalled the 23kg thing around all by himself... 

[DieselnDust]

Its new, it called Lazi, they have a few models.

Which model?

Stability on Downs (s. O. D)

Or

The Ass'ess (pronounced Assess)

 

Great bikes. Brilliant geometry

[Headshot]

Which model?

Stability on Downs (s. O. D)

Or

The Ass'ess (pronounced Assess)

 

Great bikes. Brilliant geometry

Thats pretty good. Lets think up a few more comical names for eBikes....

[Patchelicious]

Strava or it didn't happen

All my eBike rides and KOMs are obviously on Strava, saved as normal rides of course.