Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Hairy]

Proof right there ... the fact that he took off on the descent without waiting for Tracey goes to show that E-Bikers are inherently cheaters

[Ashchest]

Soon to come - handlebar mountable EMP trail guns 

[BigDL]

That lass can ride a bike

[Wet Ears]

As I was climbing up my favourite trail on a Sunday afternoon yesterday a fat snot nose brat came down the trail on his e-bike and said to me in the most annoying nasal brat voice:

"Enjoy that hill" and he sped away down the trail. I almost went after him to modify his e-bike and or face.

And would your view have been different if it was a fat snot nosed brat on a pedal powered bike? Maybe the oke just has a *** sense of humour - who the fak cares!

[BigDL]

And would your view have been different if it was a fat snot nosed brat on a pedal powered bike? Maybe the oke just has a *** sense of humour - who the fak cares!

Well, riding a motorbike on the trail probably contributed to the instant dislike

[Patchelicious]

And would your view have been different if it was a fat snot nosed brat on a pedal powered bike? Maybe the oke just has a *** sense of humour - who the fak cares!

If that lazy snot nosed brat "only" had a pedal bike, he would not have been up a hill in the first place.

[Headshot]

If that lazy snot nosed brat "only" had a pedal bike, he would not have been up a hill in the first place.

Quite correct, and eBikes are enabling nasty a-social types to access mountains and trails more easily. Another black mark :-)

[Patchelicious]

Quite correct, and eBikes are enabling nasty a-social types to access mountains and trails more easily. Another black mark :-)

Another kid who was destined to end up on Clovelly or Westlake riding around on eCarts is now on the trails....

[Hairy]

Quite correct, and eBikes are enabling nasty a-social types to access mountains and trails more easily. Another black mark :-)

must be all the golfers who used to use those electric golf carts who have finally made the move to mountain biking

[MrJacques]

must be all the golfers who used to use those electric golf carts who have finally made the move to mountain biking

 

And dentists

[Hairy]

And dentists

ok .. dentists who used to play golf and used an electric cart to get around on the course. 

[Headshot]

ok .. dentists who used to play golf and used an electric cart to get around on the course. 

Its a natural progression isn't it? All becoming so clear now...

[Mamil]

After 5 years of mountain biking I am only just starting to understand hills. Saw this at Darling on the weekend on that big seriea of climbs up to the mast and the swartberg pass at the granfondo.

 

Experiences I would not have had if I resorted to an ebike to get 95kg of prime mamil up the steep.

[Ashchest]

 am only just starting to understand hills

 

I still battle to understand hills  

[Patchelicious]

I still battle to understand hills  

Just for those from Durban, they are talking about hulls.

[Mamil]

It's getting to the bottom of some monster hill with a scary name usually involving mast or berg or pass and feeling the weight of it on the first upgrade abd then feeling when your pulse is maxing and backing off a little and then seeing a section where yoi know you'll need momentum.and maxing the heart rate to get over it and then backing off a bit. And its also managing the mind on an unknown climb when you round the corner and find its a false summit and there's another brutal slope ahead ....

 

Stuff like this I don't think ebikers will understand or ever be forced to encounter. I overheard some of them talking at the swartberg about their sojourn up the pass on the side that we came down and I could hear that they had ridden up the hill but that they hadn't really ridden it. They knew it was steep but that was all.

 

Enjoy that hill? Well sometimes we just don't know what's good for us.