BigDL Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 31 minutes ago, _David_ said: At that price just buy yourself a motorbike and be done with it. You can buy a ducati hypermotard for 230K. The mind boggles how they can be a similar price, but I’ve stopped thinking about it years ago. ChrisF, _David_ and TheoG 3
Eddy Gordo Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, copperhead said: All this fuss about ebikes. Most of it seems banter but some seem seriously concerned. If an ebike gets you off the couch then all for it. If an ebike gets you fitter than you were, again great success. If you beat me on an ebike and you go bragging to your mates then that's bad on me. I will ride harder to make sure it doesn't happen again. Again... great success. If your ebike runs out of e then expect me to take the piss out of you for eternity. For the last time... great success. A few weeks back a guy was ranting about how ebikes are the future and how easy the climbs are at tokai. He was part of a fairly large group at tokai. I was waiting on some friends to catch up at broken road tokai and I just smiled. Then the group he was addressing left and he turned his focus to me and at the same time my friends arrived. As he was saying about his climbing, I asked him whats gonna happen when his battery dies? will you still be able to pedal that up the hill. He dropped his head and said no!
MTBeer Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 11 minutes ago, copperhead said: All this fuss about ebikes. Most of it seems banter but some seem seriously concerned. If an ebike gets you off the couch then all for it. If an ebike gets you fitter than you were, again great success. If you beat me on an ebike and you go bragging to your mates then that's bad on me. I will ride harder to make sure it doesn't happen again. Again... great success. If your ebike runs out of e then expect me to take the piss out of you for eternity. For the last time... great success. you won't get any e-bikers accompanying you on your rides Copperhead.
ChrisF Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, copperhead said: All this fuss about ebikes. Most of it seems banter but some seem seriously concerned. If an ebike gets you off the couch then all for it. If an ebike gets you fitter than you were, again great success. If you beat me on an ebike and you go bragging to your mates then that's bad on me. I will ride harder to make sure it doesn't happen again. Again... great success. If your ebike runs out of e then expect me to take the piss out of you for eternity. For the last time... great success. So basically stop and buy the man a coffee BEFORE the battery dies .... because this man WILL keep going further than any e-battery .... Sepia and Robbie Stewart 1 1
ChrisF Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 Just now, MTBeer said: you won't get any e-bikers accompanying you on your rides Copperhead. Say what ..... I have ..... and quickly found a coffee spot .... The oldies will remember the add of "Duracell, the one with the copper top, just keeps on going" .... wonder where @copperhead got his name ... Eddy Gordo, Chadvdw67 and MTBeer 1 2
justinafrika Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 15 hours ago, BigDL said: Me, with one at university and another going to university at the end of next year, I’ll be a few years away from affording toys at that level. Two offspring? What a pleasure. Thank goodness I got divorced before 10 years as we were producing kids every two years. Paid for 19 years of varsity education for three of those. Plus raised a stepdaughter. #broke Hairy and Pieterlab1 2
PygaSchmyga Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, justinafrika said: Two offspring? What a pleasure. Thank goodness I got divorced before 10 years as we were producing kids every two years. Paid for 19 years of varsity education for three of those. Plus raised a stepdaughter. #broke me with no kids.... Fred van Vlaanderen, Pieterlab1, DIPSLICK and 4 others 5 2
justinafrika Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, PygaSchmyga said: me with no kids.... 🤣🤣🤣💦 Heee! Can’t say ah ain’t lived me some high life adventures. Edited January 19, 2022 by justinafrika
BigDL Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 8 hours ago, justinafrika said: Two offspring? What a pleasure. Thank goodness I got divorced before 10 years as we were producing kids every two years. Paid for 19 years of varsity education for three of those. Plus raised a stepdaughter. #broke 😂
DuncanDoughnuts Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 I cant decide what is worse .... Using a ebike to ride top the top of the downhill and blast down ... Or taking part in shuttle days to blast down ... a are they not the same evil ? Hairy 1
MTBeer Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 20 hours ago, ChrisF said: Say what ..... I have ..... and quickly found a coffee spot .... The oldies will remember the add of "Duracell, the one with the copper top, just keeps on going" .... wonder where @copperhead got his name ... presactly ChrisF 1
Old and Slow Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, DuncanDoughnuts said: I cant decide what is worse .... Using a ebike to ride top the top of the downhill and blast down ... Or taking part in shuttle days to blast down ... a are they not the same evil ? Bro, do you even fun?? ChrisF, Pieterlab1, Hairy and 1 other 1 3
Hairy Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 17 minutes ago, DuncanDoughnuts said: I cant decide what is worse .... Using a ebike to ride top the top of the downhill and blast down ... Or taking part in shuttle days to blast down ... a are they not the same evil ? Brilliant post, but I would say the shuttle is the larger evil?
DuncanDoughnuts Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Trashy said: Bro, do you even fun?? Fun is for slackers, ebikers, DH riders who shuttle or walk to the top and any anyone out on the trails not pushing max HR and PB, Cycling a purist sport and if you not hurting you not cycling...you getting in the way of real cyclist. vanniri, Yyyy, ChrisF and 2 others 5
DuncanDoughnuts Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 Technically anyone not on a road bike or cyclocross bike is not a purist ... MTB and its derivatives are a fringe sport of cycling. Don't even get me started on the easy way out that lazy people have suspension and 29ers, So if you see a real cyclist, - that guy riding on the road - ... give him a Thumbs up Yyyy, Jono, Tatt and 3 others 1 5
Old and Slow Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 1 minute ago, DuncanDoughnuts said: Technically anyone not on a road bike or cyclocross bike is not a purist ... MTB and its derivatives are a fringe sport of cycling. Don't even get me started on the easy way out that lazy people have suspension and 29ers, So if you see a real cyclist, - that guy riding on the road - ... give him a Thumbs up Technically, if you're not riding a Penny farthing, you're not a purist... BigDL, Yyyy, DuncanDoughnuts and 1 other 1 1 2
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