Pure Savage Posted September 28, 2018 Share From what I’ve seen some of the more serious ebike mtbkers have good skills, it’s not necessarily easier to ride a faster bike. Will be interesting to see how technical the course will be and if the gradients are harder than normal. Yeah, I am not sure a dude on a ebike will beat Nino Shruter... It will be a different kind of crazies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chingy182 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Can't help thinking this is going to go the same way as F1. With rule constraints on like weight and power , then clever engineering to get the edge, and then new revised rules to get stuff in check again, and then more engineering and then new revised rules and so on and so on and so on. . . . How many pit stops for each rider would be allowed? IH8MUD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascension Posted September 28, 2018 Share Do ebikes belong on bikehub? This is not ebikehub or motorbikehub. BigDL, Headshot, Hairy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Do ebikes belong on bikehub? This is not ebikehub or motorbikehub.Wrongpost 94 ebikehub..... no problem Coolspin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted September 28, 2018 Share Do ebikes belong on bikehub? This is not ebikehub or motorbikehub. or even internalcombustionhub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 28, 2018 Share or even internalcombustionhubtechnically speaking their is a Motorcycling thread on the hub, but it is seen for what it is ... a motorbike thread and not a bicycle thread mazambaan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiledog_x Posted September 28, 2018 Share I see ebikes will be allowed to race on the 40km distance at this year's Norco WTF MTB Challenge 2018 in November. I'll be entering the 40km - they'd better not be shouting "track" at me from an ebike... Edited September 28, 2018 by wiledog_x Dirkitech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 28, 2018 Share if one takes the term "piss on your battery" literally in these instances, would it be bad form? JohanDiv, SwissVan and Mamil 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascension Posted September 28, 2018 Share if one takes the term "piss on your battery" literally in these instances, would it be bad form? There is only one way to find out, but my gut feel is that it will not be bad form and will be appreciated by all but the ebike rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorydewet Posted September 28, 2018 Share 65 pages and this hasn't died ? seriously thought this issue/thread/non-event was dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted September 28, 2018 Share Am I the only one who thinks serious pro's on e-bikes going moer fast through A conventional XCO track will be pretty damn cool ? ** STILL NOT A fan of ebikes in general , the above idea just seems like A entertaining spectacle Pure Savage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kom Posted September 28, 2018 Share Am I the only one who thinks serious pro's on e-bikes going moer fast through A conventional XCO track will be pretty damn cool ? ** STILL NOT A fan of ebikes in general , the above idea just seems like A entertaining spectacle A dedicated series would be super cool - however I think the general concern in this thread is that they are being allowed to run concurrently in normal events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Buttox Posted September 29, 2018 Share A dedicated series would be super cool - however I think the general concern in this thread is that they are being allowed to run concurrently in normal eventsEBikes - putting the con and current in concurrent. gogo@, Mamil and Patchelicious 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted October 2, 2018 Share fair comment ( on the topic of the uci arranging official E-bike events next year with the rule change ) , I know I said I like the idea of these events but maybe we are pushing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted October 3, 2018 Share engineers build it ... people RACE is .... that is just the cycle of life ! from tractors to lawn movers to trucks to cars to bakkies to toy RC cars etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatopek Posted October 3, 2018 Share Did my first MTB event this past weekend in more than a year - and was surprised to notice how many top end ebikes there were. What I noticed/learned:Don't follow the pace of a pack of e bikes on flat/flowing single track - they are not tired when the hills arrive.They are handy to have 1-2 minutes in front of you in a MTB HASH - they can get lost on the paper crumbs trail and inform you on the way back.Once or twice it is scary how fast/silent they can pass you on an uphill. Accidents will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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