Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Hairy]

So we wait for a lady who we passed on the cycle lane while she was putting on her rain jacket.

 

Side note ... it was a cold, wet and nasty head wind home for us yesterday.

 

Now in our group was a mixed assortment of riders .... we wait and we wait for her, then she starts riding and we notice she is on a Giant e-bike....all good .... next thing she takes off around the group and leaves us behind like no ones business.

 

Moral of the story, next time we will not wait for an e-bike.

[Nick]

Moral of the story, next time we will not wait for an e-bike her.

 

I fixed your prejudice for you. 

[gummibear]

Did some counting while riding on Sunday and around 1 in 3 bikes was an Ebike of some sort.Didn't count commuter type bikes though.

[gummibear]

ps....mostly were fairly new so business is booming in the bike market.

[edkin]

So we wait for a lady who we passed on the cycle lane while she was putting on her rain jacket.

 

Side note ... it was a cold, wet and nasty head wind home for us yesterday.

 

Now in our group was a mixed assortment of riders .... we wait and we wait for her, then she starts riding and we notice she is on a Giant e-bike....all good .... next thing she takes off around the group and leaves us behind like no ones business.

 

Moral of the story, next time we will not wait for an e-bike.

Don't blame the E-Bike. This is a gross misdirection of anger and frustration. the E-Bike is the innocent party here

[Eldron]

So we wait for a lady who we passed on the cycle lane while she was putting on her rain jacket.

 

Side note ... it was a cold, wet and nasty head wind home for us yesterday.

 

Now in our group was a mixed assortment of riders .... we wait and we wait for her, then she starts riding and we notice she is on a Giant e-bike....all good .... next thing she takes off around the group and leaves us behind like no ones business.

 

Moral of the story, next time we will not wait for an e-bike.

I was once treated badly by a human.

 

Morel of the story - f*ck all of you.

[Hairy]

I fixed your prejudice for you. 

certainly not in our group ... we have some ladies that ride with us that will drop most guys on the road and other ladies that most guys only wish could ride as hard and fast on a DH / #Enduro trail as they do

 

the slowest rider in our group is also a guy BTW, and not me

 

we wait and try to cater for all riders, even roadies.

[Hairy]

Don't blame the E-Bike. This is a gross misdirection of anger and frustration. the E-Bike is the innocent party here

e-bike has no soul, it is not a nice steel single speed ..... so we can't blame the bike here

[edkin]

e-bike has no soul, it is not a nice steel single speed ..... so we can't blame the bike here

Agreed. My very point. Don't blame the E bike

[Vetplant]

Came up on my Twitter feed.... weird claim.

 

https://electrek.co/2019/08/11/electric-bike-riders-more-exercise-than-cyclists/

 

The writer is not making any friends in his writing style, don't know the exact phrase needed to explain his stance but it is somewhere between holier-than-thou and passive-aggressive towards cyclists.

[SwissVan]

So... i was lucky enough to be at the Lenzerheide round of the mtb world cup this weekend...Fri, sat and sunday.

 

The area has a large amount of mtb trails available in the summer months there were a lot of mtbkers over and above those of the competitors taking part

 

Just out of interest, I would say close to 50% of the bikes were E Bikes....

 

And the bike expo.... every brand had E Bikes on display..

 

#comradethefutureiselectric

[Ettas]

So... i was lucky enough to be at the Lenzerheide round of the mtb world cup this weekend...Fri, sat and sunday.

 

The area has a large amount of mtb trails available in the summer months there were a lot of mtbkers over and above those of the competitors taking part

 

Just out of interest, I would say close to 50% of the bikes were E Bikes....

 

And the bike expo.... every brand had E Bikes on display..

 

#comradethefutureiselectric

 

57.51% of people voting a certain way doesn't make it right....

[ChrisF]

Struck up a conversation on Saturday afternoon with a gent at Bloemendal.  He was testing a Giant ebike ....

 

I took it for a short ride in the parking lot, including a steep grass hill. 

 

Man alive !!!  It feels different on the ebike !!  Dont think I want it for a day test .... I may well end with the same confused look .... knowing you "need" it, and trying to figure out how you gonna sell it to the wife .... 

 

 

 

The gent remarked that this is the only way he can keep up with his son.  The son looked varsity age, and seriously fit.

[Patchelicious]

Struck up a conversation on Saturday afternoon with a gent at Bloemendal. He was testing a Giant ebike ....

 

I took it for a short ride in the parking lot, including a steep grass hill.

 

Man alive !!! It feels different on the ebike !! Dont think I want it for a day test .... I may well end with the same confused look .... knowing you "need" it, and trying to figure out how you gonna sell it to the wife ....

 

 

 

The gent remarked that this is the only way he can keep up with his son. The son looked varsity age, and seriously fit.

Equal outcomes vs Equal opportunity mentality

[SwissVan]

57.51% of people voting a certain way doesn't make it right....

 

Preaching to the choir bud....you know how many times i muttered "forking ebike" this weekend?

 

 

Fact is tho, lots of mountain bikers are buying them

[Patchelicious]

Preaching to the choir bud....you know how many times i muttered "forking ebike" this weekend?

 

 

Fact is tho, lots of mountain bikers are buying them

So if you have a battery and motor for your 15km loop at Redbarn, you are called a MTBer, but if you ride a normal MTB nonstop 370km through the desert with decent socks and no Camelbak you aren’t, but rather a fashionista?

 

#Logic