Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Rigardt@Scott]

Lapierre should market their e-bike in SA.

 

You can remove the battery, install a SWAT-type container and use the bike as a 'regular' bike.

 

 

Sho, dunno if I can deal with the scorn of riding an e-bike without actually having the assistance. It's like telling your wife you cheated on her without having done it!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Rad vid!

[Shebeen]

so my folks did this ebike tour the other day up the weskus

 

 

not exactly ebikes, these things have throttles so it's more like an electric moped.

HOWEVER my pops is sold on the experience, he wants to get a pedal assist bike. At 76 i think he's earned it, but even he thinks the okes at the gym are going to mock him for being soft.

[Shebeen]

Lapierre should market their e-bike in SA. 

 

You can remove the battery, install a SWAT-type container and use the bike as a 'regular' bike. 

 

 

i love it when people don't take themselves too seriously..a baguette!

[Headshot]

That feeling  when you discover that a guy with a big black eBike is claiming top tens on your local tracks able bodied Strava leader boards on said eBike and you hit the flag button on Strava. True story.

 

(Unlike other people who always save their eBike rides as exactly that and only compete with other eBike riders)

 

Should I have flagged this guy's rides or just let him carry on wallowing in his glory or blissful ignorance , as the case may be? 

[Eddy Gordo]

https://www.pinkbike.com/video/468472/

[Shebeen]

That feeling  when you discover that a guy with a big black eBike is claiming top tens on your local tracks able bodied Strava leader boards on said eBike and you hit the flag button on Strava. True story.

 

(Unlike other people who always save their eBike rides as exactly that and only compete with other eBike riders)

 

Should I have flagged this guy's rides or just let him carry on wallowing in his glory or blissful ignorance , as the case may be? 

flag him!!!

 

edit:oh crap i just realised i said i wouldn't comment on here anymore..oh well.

Edited February 26, 2019 by juan pelota

[TIB]

flag him!!!

 

edit:oh crap i just realised i said i wouldn't comment on here anymore..oh well.

 

Indulge in a bit of self-flagellation

[Eddy Gordo]

Just came across this

 

 

https://www.2oceansvibe.com/2018/10/05/please-enjoy-this-mountain-bike-parody-of-the-kommetjie-surf-wars-drama-audio/

 

 

[capediver]

Sheez...these guys obviously haven't read this thread......!!!

https://bikenetwork.co.za/first-uci-world-champions-for-e-mountain-bike-to-be-crowned-in-mont-saint-anne/?fbclid=IwAR0cRbkqBrGNd8UNTTHXG1wpFK9rnlMAFH4xvcph9Ma641dDw1Nmiqeezy0

[stringbean]

Had a chance to ride the 2019 trance e this weekend.

WOW.

From someone who has constantly slated them I’m not sure anymore.I can understand the enduro guys looking at it to get 5 or more enduro runs in.Its insane.

I’m still completely against shops selling to newbies with no skills or people that are so medically f@cked they shouldn’t even bee in a wheelchair now riding a ebike.

[Jewbacca]

Had a chance to ride the 2019 trance e this weekend.

WOW.

From someone who has constantly slated them I’m not sure anymore.I can understand the enduro guys looking at it to get 5 or more enduro runs in.Its insane.

I’m still completely against shops selling to newbies with no skills or people that are so medically f@cked they shouldn’t even bee in a wheelchair now riding a ebike.

Like Martyn Ashton?.....

 

I'm all for the medically stuffed enjoying the thrills of riding bikes.

 

I love how most of the arguments are ego based! hahahahahhahahahahaha

[Eldron]

Sheez...these guys obviously haven't read this thread......!!!

https://bikenetwork.co.za/first-uci-world-champions-for-e-mountain-bike-to-be-crowned-in-mont-saint-anne/?fbclid=IwAR0cRbkqBrGNd8UNTTHXG1wpFK9rnlMAFH4xvcph9Ma641dDw1Nmiqeezy0

This confuses me. Semi assisted racing? It seems nonsensical...guys that are more than capable of racing "standard" now racing "assisted" but then limited to 250w and 25kph?

 

I should love this as I am more sprinter than climber so the motor will help me climb and gravity will help me descend but somehow it all just seems silly.

[Headshot]

I suppose it would make more sense if real bikes didnt exist...

[Johan A Marais]

Had a chance to ride the 2019 trance e this weekend.

WOW.

From someone who has constantly slated them I’m not sure anymore.I can understand the enduro guys looking at it to get 5 or more enduro runs in.Its insane.

I’m still completely against shops selling to newbies with no skills or people that are so medically f@cked they shouldn’t even bee in a wheelchair now riding a ebike.

 

I cannot believe what I have seen this week-end on our trails...  Is it true? 

[MTBeer]

Had a chance to ride the 2019 trance e this weekend.

WOW.

From someone who has constantly slated them I’m not sure anymore.I can understand the enduro guys looking at it to get 5 or more enduro runs in.Its insane.

I’m still completely against shops selling to newbies with no skills or people that are so medically f@cked they shouldn’t even bee in a wheelchair now riding a ebike.

not sure what the problem with people with medical issues is riding e-bikes? If anything, they are the ones who should be riding them.