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I took a mates e-bike for a spin yesterday - a Specialized jobby. It's not for me (yet) but I get it. I can't help feeling a bit like its cheating but at the same time I can see that it depends upon how you approach it. You can work just as hard on an e-bike (calories per hour) but at the same time you can also cover more ground and have more fun. The traditional bike sure isn't going to disappear but I see a lot of people taking to e-bikes in the future.

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Weber = braai like a girl ;)

Depends on what you're using it for.

 

Weber = great for smoking ribs, pork shoulder, gammon, chicken, etc.

 

Braai (wood, open fire) = everything else

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Weber great for roasts - haven’t done more than three roasts indoors in the past ten years. Weber for everything roast related

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Weber great for roasts - haven’t done more than three roasts indoors in the past ten years. Weber for everything roast related

 

what is the "weber" thing you talk of ?  :whistling:

 

 

THIS is how you prepare for a BRAAI  :thumbup:  -

 

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From a trail background, being heavier and having the ability to zip uphill the potential damage and maintenance of trails is going to become an issue going forward with an increase in e-bike numbers. No surprise if trail systems start banning their use on trails.

 

Another thing, an E-biker passes you on the uphill during an event only to hang on the brakes on the next singletrack dragging a train of 20 riders without making way for anyone to pass. Eventually you get a gap on the next jeeptrack only to be passed by said rider on the next uphill to end up, once again in a train on the next singletrack.

 

E-bikes allow a less skilled / fit rider to get in a position where they end up bottlenecking and spoiling an entire ride for a lot of people when said rider should not be in that part of the field in the first place.

 

Its a problem and its going to get worse.

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