Patchelicious Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 What if one rides an ebike but it identifies as a regular bike? Exactly! My YZ250 identifies as an normal MTB, I duck taped some pedals to the side of the crank case and we will do the Epic together next year. Heinrich Hattingh and BigDL 2
BigDL Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 That is not a pedelec, it has a throttle, it is NOT ALLOWED on any MTB trails worlwide.The pedelec bikes are pedal assisted only and give assistance up to a legally required 25Km/h in Europe, 32Km/h in US and RSA.You can ungovern, uncork, modify the motors to give you more top-end speed.However on the new generation motors they can immediately pickup that the speed limitation on wheel size has been tampered with if going the software route, cheers warranty!You can mechanically mess with the bike but again the latest software seems to be able to identify the tampering. I also hear laughable claims that ungoverned these bikes will do 60/70 km/h on the trail!This is a myth! Remember we only have a maximum of 500W from the motor. The latest 2019 motors will give you a spike of around 700W , previous generation was around 685W.Most pro-MTB riders generate those kind of watts regularly on climbs! Not a chance these grand pianos can reach those kinds of speeds on the flats or climbs.Interesting - My mates Ghost which he has added a thingymajiggy to, to fool the governor, can carry me at 50km/h on the flat with no problem at all. Not sure what impact that has on the warranty, but it doesn't feel like a bicycle to me. In fact, my son's KTM 125 ebike doesn't accelerate much faster. Ascension and Patchelicious 2
BigDL Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 I am looking at trails to ride in the Adirondack mountains in New York when we are there in July, and most of the ones I have looked at specify no ebikes. No idea why. Maybe they don't like motorbikes in their forests Ascension and Jase619 2
GaryP Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 And yes there are more of us Dads and Lads on e-Bikes. Five Dads currently and six boys. As somebody famous once said: "ROCK ON"! Looks like loads of fun! rorydewet 1
ChrisF Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 That is not a pedelec, it has a throttle, it is NOT ALLOWED on any MTB trails worlwide.The pedelec bikes are pedal assisted only and give assistance up to a legally required 25Km/h in Europe, 32Km/h in US and RSA.You can ungovern, uncork, modify the motors to give you more top-end speed.However on the new generation motors they can immediately pickup that the speed limitation on wheel size has been tampered with if going the software route, cheers warranty!You can mechanically mess with the bike but again the latest software seems to be able to identify the tampering. I also hear laughable claims that ungoverned these bikes will do 60/70 km/h on the trail!This is a myth! Remember we only have a maximum of 500W from the motor. The latest 2019 motors will give you a spike of around 700W , previous generation was around 685W.Most pro-MTB riders generate those kind of watts regularly on climbs! Not a chance these grand pianos can reach those kinds of speeds on the flats or climbs. A friend was in Europe in December and January of this year. They bought two ebikes there. Apparently the latest European regulations are moving away from the 25km/h limit, and replacing this with a "250W" motor limit. Clearly there will be a different high power market as well ... but if the volume sales are limited in power levels in may be interesting to see how this impact the next generation of volume ebikes ...
Patchelicious Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 oh yes they do Ive just AskJeevesed it, again and they don't support eBike rides. Cant believe you would actually go so far as to photoshop something, just win an argument. You can clearly see how you tried to "shop" that screen grab. DieselnDust and Tim Brink 2
Patchelicious Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 Strava E-bike ride Exactly, see its not there!! Thanks for clearing that up. BigDL 1
Grease_Monkey Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 (edited) Edit: nevermind. Edited May 16, 2019 by Grease_Monkey
MORNE Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 (edited) Exactly, see its not there!! Thanks for clearing that up. i concur, ignorance is bliss Edited May 16, 2019 by morneS555 Patchelicious 1
ChrisF Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 Exactly, see its not there!! Thanks for clearing that up. thats because you have not upgraded to eSTRAVA yet .... Patchelicious 1
MTB1000 Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 I am not suggesting a unilateral banning of eBikes on trails. What I suggest is that if a motorbike is not allowed on the trail then that should include eBikes.That is insane
Ascension Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 That is insane It is insane that you think its insane.
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