Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Duane_Bosch]

Saw a loooooooooooooooootttt of E Bikes in Bassano.

 

Everything from 80 year old grannies doing their shopping to guys who were clearly very fit climbing Grappa to get to the MTB trail heads.

 

We are about 2 years behind the curve here. We're still wingeing about them but the rest of the world is already riding them. A Lot!

Edited October 12, 2017 by Duane_Bosch

[Hairy]

Saw a loooooooooooooooootttt of E Bikes in Bassano.

 

Everything from 80 year old grannies doing their shopping to guys who were clearly very fit climbing Grappa to get to the MTB trail heads.

 

We are about 2 years behind the curve here. We're still wingeing about them but the rest of the world is already riding them. A Lot!

two lady friends just returned from the Dolomite's for a little trail riding MTB holiday ... they had trail orientated e-bikes with decent spec.

 

on return they recon as nice as it was, for SA they would just rather use their std trails bikes .... on is on a Capra and the other on a Trance....lady on the Trance is due for a knee op, but still recons the std bike is a better solution. Capra rider was so happy when riding her Capra .... says it was so light and agile compared to the e-bikes. 

[lechatnoir]

Here's an article about a guy with MS that rides an ebike as it's the only way he can get into the mountains... good on him I say. Who am I to deny a disabled person an opportunity?

 

https://www.bicycling.com/culture/how-an-e-mountain-bike-gave-me-a-second-chance-at-riding-trails-again

 

I guess I'm lucky enough to be able-bodied (most days) and can still ride a push bike.

[Shebeen]

Excuses for e-bikes are becoming more diluted than your average Homeopathic Remedy.

this is going to be the biggest I TOLD YOU so thread since that "are 29ers just marketing hype" debate of 2008/9

[Patchelicious]

this is going to be the biggest I TOLD YOU so thread since that "are 29ers just marketing hype" debate of 2008/9

Told us what?

[Eldron]

this is going to be the biggest I TOLD YOU so thread since that "are 29ers just marketing hype" debate of 2008/9

Even if emotorbikes become super popular I'll still call anyone riding one without a valid medical condition softer than a plate of butter on a a scorching hot day.

[ChrisF]

Here's an article about a guy with MS that rides an ebike as it's the only way he can get into the mountains... good on him I say. Who am I to deny a disabled person an opportunity?

 

https://www.bicycling.com/culture/how-an-e-mountain-bike-gave-me-a-second-chance-at-riding-trails-again

 

I guess I'm lucky enough to be able-bodied (most days) and can still ride a push bike.

 

 

bust knees and all I ENJOY my short rides.

 

Saturday's ride outside Worcester pushed me to new limits ... new for ME, hardly a warm up for the snakes.

 

Still I did it on my OWN, stopping pics and all .... I got up that hill without walking.

 

 

SURE, with an e-bike I could have done the 60km instead of the 15km, getting the same physical workout .... but there is just something special in being able to do it myself.

 

 

As long as my knees hang in there I will keep on doing it myself.

 

 

BUT if the day comes when the arthritis kicks into overdrive I will immediately get an ebike ....

 

 

such a nice era where we have choices and opportunities.

[Duane_Bosch]

This guy is a loon. 19 full runs of Pleney in a day is impressive in itself. Doing it on an E-Bike IMO makes it even harder with the weight. Then riding up (even if it's on an E-Bike. WOW!

 

[Shebeen]

hasn't this thread been closed yet?!

[Mohs]

Passed a mother with her twins in tow on a Levo the other day. How much cooler can it be to have this technology as you expose your kids to nature and the sport. Here in Stellies its either straight up or straight down, not so many long flat sections.

Also see loads of older riders having a jol in the Eden forest...so yes off course they do belong in the mountain. 

 

You do you...

[Iwan Kemp]

Managed an EPIC ride on my Levo today. Did 1.25 of a trail in the same time it would take me to ride three quarters on my pedal-assit-yo-damn-self bike. Those extra bits: ALL sgl track and the cherry on top was spotting a Rooikat.

 

"You do you..."

[Eldron]

Here is the perfect use for ebikes: https://bycyklen.dk/en/

 

You can rent an ebike with built in GPS by the hour and tour Copenhagen. Neat huh?

[Odinson]

Here is the perfect use for ebikes: https://bycyklen.dk/en/

 

You can rent an ebike with built in GPS by the hour and tour Copenhagen. Neat huh?

 

Hey. I did that in Nov '15. Killed the battery and had to pedal that beast around in single digit temps, whilst the pouring rain drenched me to the bone. Got to see Den lille Havfrue though. 

[Eldron]

Hey. I did that in Nov '15. Killed the battery and had to pedal that beast around in single digit temps, whilst the pouring rain drenched me to the bone. Got to see Den lille Havfrue though.

 

Ah so you were here in summer then :-)

 

She's tiny right? Someone painted her red recently to protest the dolphin slaughter.

Edited October 20, 2017 by Eldron

[Slowbee]

Managed an EPIC ride on my Levo today. Did 1.25 of a trail in the same time it would take me to ride three quarters on my pedal-assit-yo-damn-self bike. Those extra bits: ALL sgl track and the cherry on top was spotting a Rooikat.

 

"You do you..."

*can you do a ride report on an e bike ? I mean does it count as a ride, while you may have finished .. it was assisted*

 

Hat, coat, glass of vino, door ....

[porqui]

Got ridden off the trail at Eselfontein stage race last weekend by two electrics so I'm pretty miffed about e-bikes. Keep them off the trail at an event. No place for them.