Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[fanievb]

ebike = fire hazard

[coppi]

I sometimes ride with Woesrand from Silvestar on Saturday mornings. Last Saturday there where 3 levo e-bikes in our group...............they rode alone up front 

[Thor Buttox]

I sometimes ride with Woesrand from Silvestar on Saturday mornings. Last Saturday there where 3 levo e-bikes in our group...............they rode alone up front

Hmmm... The state of things on this thread means I don't know whether to be angry with them for being elitist, or for you not taking things up above 30kph and putting them firmly in their place. Confusing times... Sigh

[Grease_Monkey]

ebike = fire hazard

 

Well with the fires going in the Western Cape this year I think you just answered this question once and for all...

[marcfr]

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Edited January 14, 2019 by marcfr

[Headshot]

Word on the trails is that some eMoped riders have been trying to ride their motos up down only DH tracks at Tokai. Needless to say this could cause serious ***. Why not try this kind of thing on a sand dune up the west coast rather? 

[Thor Buttox]

Word on the trails is that some eMoped riders have been trying to ride their motos up down only DH tracks at Tokai. Needless to say this could cause serious ***. Why not try this kind of thing on a sand dune up the west coast rather?

There is no way this could possibly be true. Consensus on this thread is that eBaaiks will only ever be bought by cost-conscious, bearded downhillers who will never endanger the trails and never by the kind of muppet who has more rands than sense, and thinks rules don't apply.

[GLuvsMtb]

Weber?

Anything less than a fire started by Flint and Carbon Steel is apparently frowned upon. Rumor has it that hubbers are dumping their blitz and gas fire starters to try and up their man-card points as well as their carbon footprints by making giant bon-fires with flint and steel and only starting the actual braaiing of meat well after midnight.

 

Disclaimer: I have one of these gas starter jobbies in my camp box. Hoekom sukkel as daar n beter manier is?!

[Grease_Monkey]

Anything less than a fire started by Flint and Carbon Steel is apparently frowned upon. Rumor has it that hubbers are dumping their blitz and gas fire starters to try and up their man-card points as well as their carbon footprints by making giant bon-fires with flint and steel and only starting the actual braaiing of meat well after midnight.

 

Disclaimer: I have one of these gas starter jobbies in my camp box. Hoekom sukkel as daar n beter manier is?!

Haven't you heard? The new manly thing to do on the hub is to braai a cauliflower or bringel. Real men don't eat meat anymore.

[BigDL]

Haven't you heard? The new manly thing to do on the hub is to braai a cauliflower or bringel. Real men don't eat meat anymore.

Whaaat???

[Grease_Monkey]

Whaaat???

Checks what's on the braais on that Gillette ad hahaha

[DieselnDust]

Anything less than a fire started by Flint and Carbon Steel is apparently frowned upon. Rumor has it that hubbers are dumping their blitz and gas fire starters to try and up their man-card points as well as their carbon footprints by making giant bon-fires with flint and steel and only starting the actual braaiing of meat well after midnight.

 

Disclaimer: I have one of these gas starter jobbies in my camp box. Hoekom sukkel as daar n beter manier is?!

 

 

 

Don't be soft man. Leave the oil of ole at home and start your fire like a real man ......with two sticks.

Anything more is a cop out and an admission that you wear G-string panties

[Hairy]

burning fossil fuels to start your braai not cool 

 

A sharp axe to make kindling and one match is all you need

 

 

Anything less than a fire started by Flint and Carbon Steel is apparently frowned upon. Rumor has it that hubbers are dumping their blitz and gas fire starters to try and up their man-card points as well as their carbon footprints by making giant bon-fires with flint and steel and only starting the actual braaiing of meat well after midnight.

Disclaimer: I have one of these gas starter jobbies in my camp box. Hoekom sukkel as daar n beter manier is?!

[DuncanDoughnuts]

This is literally the bazillionth time everyone has heard those exact arguments. 

 

Talk about feeding a fed horse. 

 

The other side is also true ... someone who is rather skilled at downhill but has to sit behind roadie MTB wannabe's on the downhill singletrack cause they all past his fat ass on the climb up ..... 

[Grease_Monkey]

The other side is also true ... someone who is rather skilled at downhill but has to sit behind roadie MTB wannabe's on the downhill singletrack cause they all past his fat ass on the climb up .....

Simple solution - get fitter. The wannabe mtb roadie got there on his own merit, you wanna be in front of him on the single track, get your fat ass not fat, and get there before him (coming from a fatty who always sits behind a mtb roadie on the single track coz they passed me on the uphills).

[DuncanDoughnuts]

Simple solution - get fitter. The wannabe mtb roadie got there on his own merit, you wanna be in front of him on the single track, get your fat ass not fat, and get there before him (coming from a fatty who always sits behind a mtb roadie on the single track coz they passed me on the uphills).

easier to get a Ebike to get to the singletrack first and have clear run