Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[DuncanDoughnuts]

3 minutes ago, Trashy said:

Technically, if you're not riding a Penny farthing, you're not a purist...

Correct ...

its all relative to your time frame

[_David_]

Hahah... imo this all boils down to "choice supportive bias".

Deep down most of us feel the need to justify our choice/purchase. (and it is fun to argue on the internet.) 🙂

 

 

Edited January 20, 2022 by _David_

[Hairy]

21 minutes ago, _David_ said:

Hahah... imo this all boils down to "choice supportive bias".

Deep down most of us feel the need to justify our choice/purchase. (and it is fun to argue on the internet.) 🙂

 

 

no one ever argued on the world wide web

[Eddy Gordo]

3 hours ago, DuncanDoughnuts said:

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.

Tell that to my lungs when the asthma kicks in and they nearly give up. Or the the cancerous infection that was removed along with half an organ. Yet, I am still out there cycling on a std bicycle and when I cant manage that last steep section I get off and walk. The days we feel like doing a shuttle because I am not up for the long pedal to the top due to me not feeling well is definitely cause I am slacker....

Dont talk about what you dont know, you dont know everones struggles out there

[DuncanDoughnuts]

i think the real topic should be 

Do eBikes have more fun on the mountain?

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, DuncanDoughnuts said:

Correct ...

its all relative to your time frame

 

I was just about to say a "purist" would ride a three speed chopper bike, with a looong saddle and back pedal. 

 

A decade later .... the "road bikes" of the day, can be used as gravel bikes today ....

 

[Old and Slow]

6 minutes ago, DuncanDoughnuts said:

i think the real topic should be 

Do eBikes have more fun on the mountain?

Cycling is fun.

eBikes make fun accessible to a broad spectrum of people that wouldn't otherwise find cycling easy or even possible.

[saggy]

31 minutes ago, Eddy Gordo said:

Tell that to my lungs when the asthma kicks in and they nearly give up. Or the the cancerous infection that was removed along with half an organ. Yet, I am still out there cycling on a std bicycle and when I cant manage that last steep section I get off and walk. The days we feel like doing a shuttle because I am not up for the long pedal to the top due to me not feeling well is definitely cause I am slacker....

Dont talk about what you dont know, you dont know everones struggles out there

like you I have health issues which mean I cant ride like I used to. My heart cant go over 120bpm any more .... and like you I will still ride my normal bike as much as possible if im riding alone, I just go much slower

But where my ebike comes in handy is when I want to ride with my old cycling partners that I rode with pre heart issues. With out the ebike that would not be possible unless I expected them all to sit around at the top of every hill waiting for me.

 

A couple of folk on here do seem to think all ebikers are just lazy with out knowing anything about them or the stuggles they are going through!

 

[IceCreamMan]

Garmin now recognise it , so I guess they do belong. 

[Headshot]

4 hours 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 ?

We know you are an unbiased eBike rider, ne? The evil of an eBike as opposed to a shuttle is the relatively small cost involved with a shuttle which enables mere mortals to have more fun without spending as much as a decent car on a mere bicycle. So there Doughnut! 🙂 

[DuncanDoughnuts]

11 minutes ago, Headshot said:

We know you are an unbiased eBike rider, ne? The evil of an eBike as opposed to a shuttle is the relatively small cost involved with a shuttle which enables mere mortals to have more fun without spending as much as a decent car on a mere bicycle. So there Doughnut! 🙂 

Busted ...

Edited January 20, 2022 by DuncanDoughnuts

[StBH]

I was in Moab, two years ago. They were forbidden everywhere. I don’t know if it’s still the case but it was then. What do I think? Yes there will be more folks going up the mountain but I can’t see it becoming a problem. Those who aren’t fit who could hike, which they don’t, I can’t see those folks buying an E Mountainbike. Like mentioned in the article, we will see some older folks and some whom are ‘restricted’ return to the mountain. I personally welcome them. 

[stefmeister]

17 hours ago, DuncanDoughnuts said:

i think the real topic should be 

Do eBikes have more fun on the mountain?

Of course, who doesn't like to go fast? There really isn't any need to justify ebikes with hypothetical health/age related issues. 

[rorydewet]

The days of people been maligned for riding e-bikes are long over.

They are here to stay and people who cast aspersions on fitness, lazy etc are narrow minded in my view.

Having more people with bums in saddles on the trails can only be good for all riders in terms of promoting the sport and paying into trail building funds etc.

I have long ago accepted e-bikes.

This thread has seen its day.

if people have issues around how some e-bikers ride well that s another thread and in my view the same can be said for normal riders. 

[DuncanDoughnuts]

56 minutes ago, stefmeister said:

Of course, who doesn't like to go fast? There really isn't any need to justify ebikes with hypothetical health/age related issues. 

"There really isn't any need to justify ebikes with hypothetical health/age related issues. " Best quote of the thread 👍

[The Ouzo]

Not a mountain but .....

 

Riding along this morning and 2 gents on MTB bikes come flying past. Nothing unusual. But they keep looking back.

Next thing this lady on an eMTB slowly creeps past me. When I notice its an eBike I check my speed, 33km/h. Ok this explains why she is creeping past. It is a slight incline. As it flattens out I realise she is not really extending the gap so I speed up to ride next to her and  start chatting. My opening remark was along the lines of "it gets hard when you hit that speed limit" 

Turns out her is limited to 30 something km/h and she is supposed to be riding with the 2 guys up ahead. But they are doing intervals, she can keep up on the hills but as soon as they hit the flats or descents she is working really hard. And this was evident, we were doing around 35km/h and she was working very hard to maintain that pace.