Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Pure Savage]

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.. 

[Chingy182]

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? 

[Ascension]

Do ebikes belong on bikehub? This is not ebikehub or motorbikehub.

[SwissVan]

Do ebikes belong on bikehub? This is not ebikehub or motorbikehub.

Wrong

post 94 ebikehub..... no problem

[lechatnoir]

Do ebikes belong on bikehub? This is not ebikehub or motorbikehub.

 

or even internalcombustionhub

[Hairy]

or even internalcombustionhub

technically 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

[wiledog_x]

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

[Hairy]

if one takes the term "piss on your battery" literally in these instances, would it be bad form?

[Ascension]

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.

[rorydewet]

65 pages and this hasn't died ?

 

seriously thought this issue/thread/non-event was dead

[BaGearA]

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 

[Kom]

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

[Thor Buttox]

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

EBikes - putting the con and current in concurrent.

[BaGearA]

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 

[ChrisF]

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 

[Zatopek]

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.