Do eBikes belong on the mountain?

[Grease_Monkey]

It becomes a motorobike when you put a motor in it***

 

*Joking, but not actually. Motorbikes are fun though - the ones with throttles and the ones with pedals.

[BigDL]

Surely there are many differences between a KTM 990 and a KTM ebike?

Of course, but for the purpose of motorbike v bicycle, they both fall into a similar category. Wouldn’t like to do the Paris Dakar on a KTM ebike though

 

 

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[GaryP]

Of course, but for the purpose of motorbike v bicycle, they both fall into a similar category. Wouldn’t like to do the Paris Dakar on a KTM ebike though

 

 

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Sorry but I fail to understand how they are that similar... One you turn the throttle and it launches you forward with significant power and the other assists you to some degree when you peddle. How much assistance you get on an ebike can be scaled up and down to increase or decrease the assistance provided while the motorbike (MB) has lots of kW and torque for you to use while doing nothing much but modulating the throttle (just talking about how the power is delivered and not inferring that riding an MB is easy). Sure, an ebike is easier than a normal bicycle, but having ridden a MB, ebike and normal bicycle I would say that an ebike is much more like a normal bicycle than a MB. However, that's just my opinion :-) ciao.

[Patchelicious]

If you did the Epic on an eBike, would you still get to keep your Epic stickers and Evoq travel bag that you can show off when collecting luggage at the airport?

[MrJacques]

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring/300364-honda-unveils-electric-dirt-bike.html

 

I think it's been asked before, but where do you draw the line between it being a mountain bike and it being a motorcycle? Power? Speed? Tyre size?

Edited March 25, 2019 by Jacquers

[Aurora]

EBikes had their own category at the Berg100 this past weekend.

[J Wakefield]

If there wasn't a E-bike on the mountain this passed week we would never have had Epic footage live on route.

 

E-bikes belong wherever they go. I think they amazing and have helped many people who would never ride or want to ride get on a bike.

[Eldron]

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring/300364-honda-unveils-electric-dirt-bike.html

 

I think it's been asked before, but where do you draw the line between it being a mountain bike and it being a motorcycle? Power? Speed? Tyre size?

 

In most countries 250w and 25kph max speed for an ebike.

 

Over here if you mod your ebike or it comes out of the box above that then you have to wear a full motorbike helmet and ride it on the streets (not allowed on the bike paths).

 

Most of the performance/carbon/expensive ebikes I see are modded to 45kph and 500w and people still use them on bike paths with bicycle helmets. People are quite reasonable over here though so there are no bike lane issues (it isn't like the STRAVAAAAAAAAA Braamfontein Spuit :-)

[rorydewet]

If there wasn't a E-bike on the mountain this passed week we would never have had Epic footage live on route.

 

E-bikes belong wherever they go. I think they amazing and have helped many people who would never ride or want to ride get on a bike.

it was awesome to see the e bikes following and providing that view

 

super cool touch

[SwissVan]

it was awesome to see the e bikes following and providing that view

 

super cool touch

Epic coverage indeed

I challenge anyone to suggest an event better live coverage.

 

Yes sure they could include some late afternoon coverage for the real life drama, buts as is it’s still pretty damn good

[Patchelicious]

EBikes had their own category at the Berg100 this past weekend.

That’s cool. Glad the races are evolving with the tech.

[Pure Savage]

Saw a lady on one today into the headwind, was rather jealous! The weight even keeps you on the ground [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]

 

 

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[ChrisF]

https://gonowelectricbicycles.co.za/product/gonow-golarge-ebike-red/

 

 

 

 

 

it IS Friday ... 

 

 

[Mamil]

A mamil might feel a bit threatened if a silver haired tannie came breezing past him on chappies. Especially if she was on a bright red, 7 speed 26er wearing a lilac tracksuit and a purple rinse putting out 500 watts plus the 30 her plimsols are laying down and singing out a cheery good morning as she sailed by.

 

https://gonowelectricbicycles.co.za/product/gonow-golarge-ebike-red/

 

 

 

 

 

it IS Friday ...

[stringbean]

And pretty soon you won’t even be able to tell the difference between normal and Ebike.

Colnago new e64

[rudi-h]

"gets double the descending" = trail take double the traffic / time unit

 

Good example of why E-Bike are welcome, but need to contribute proportionally to funds/costs that do are used for trail maintenance.

 

this is getting a bit petty don't you think...  

 

who knows, the unfit newbie on his ebike that you despise might just end up being the same guy who goes out of his way to build/maintain trails every second weekend... compare that to a serious dude training for epic who would typically be way too obsessed with chasing strava segments and hitting weekly TSS targets to ever touch a rake or a shovel to fix a berm...