Thinking about an eBike purchase

[jackievs]

You should have bough one of these... so you can ride comfortably through the mud while you relaxing....and pretending you getting a workout...

 

[Hairy]

e-bikes ................................ 

[Hairy]

You should have bough one of these... so you can ride comfortably through the mud while you relaxing....and pretending you getting a workout...

 

I am really liking that commuter bike in the vid!!!!!

[Hairy]

I am really liking that commuter bike in the vid!!!!!

Ok, at 52K for the single speed commuter I do not like it that much

 

https://darkhorsebikes.com/product/eclipse-al-blt/

[ChrisF]

On 5/11/2021 at 10:07 AM, jackievs said:

Enjoy your e-bike...heheeee

Jackie I saw you on the trails yesterday, or at least your doppelganger .... (no I wont spoil the story with facts)

 

Riding along Bloemendal, then D'Aria, back to Bloemendal ... doing the short sharp climb to the half way short cut .... uhm, sorry, half way to the half way shortcut we stop to catch our breath.  I mean, 6,5km and all of 35m of elevation can take it out of you, you know.

 

So standing next to my biking, sipping some water, a gent which we will call "Jackie" rides up the hill with 4 lovely ladies .... and I can SEE through his dark tinted wrap around glasses that he WANTS to tune me.

 

Offence is the best defense, so I tune him first !  "My battery is pap".

 

Thought he was going to fall off his bike laughing ....  He finally gets enough of breath together to chirp: "Maar dan moet jy maar TRAP".

 

Me: "Maar hoe trap mens die ding sonner n motor?"

 

 

Once my second time on the trail buddy caught his breath we quickly caught up to the omie and his Charlies Angels .....

 

[Hairy]

21 hours ago, ChrisF said:

Jackie I saw you on the trails yesterday, or at least your doppelganger .... (no I wont spoil the story with facts)

 

Riding along Bloemendal, then D'Aria, back to Bloemendal ... doing the short sharp climb to the half way short cut .... uhm, sorry, half way to the half way shortcut we stop to catch our breath.  I mean, 6,5km and all of 35m of elevation can take it out of you, you know.

 

So standing next to my biking, sipping some water, a gent which we will call "Jackie" rides up the hill with 4 lovely ladies .... and I can SEE through his dark tinted wrap around glasses that he WANTS to tune me.

 

Offence is the best defense, so I tune him first !  "My battery is pap".

 

Thought he was going to fall off his bike laughing ....  He finally gets enough of breath together to chirp: "Maar dan moet jy maar TRAP".

 

Me: "Maar hoe trap mens die ding sonner n motor?"

 

 

Once my second time on the trail buddy caught his breath we quickly caught up to the omie and his Charlies Angels .....

 

This could be funny ..... pass someone on the climb and say you do not have the battery and motor fitted as it is in for a service, so now the bike is light and climbs faster ... now you need to play this right and not speed off, but slowly slowy increase the pace while the other person tries to keep up

[jackievs]

Hehehe.... I am not certain it was me ... I don't ride trails... I am on a road bike... I rode through the Cradle on Friday morning did try to hang in with 3 lovely angels going up the ramp (little climb before the hill towards Bidon) to the Nedbank conference facility .. it was around 11:00 ... just before the climb we did pass a couple on blue e-bikes but i didn't chirp ... was to  out of breath... fortunately I had to take a phone call and pulled out into the Netbank entrance ... it saved me as the 3 angels were dropping the omie!

Enjoy your bike!  Its all a lot of fun to get out in the fresh and now chilly air and do some riding...  please ride safe!!! 

[jackievs]

17 hours ago, Hairy said:

This could be funny ..... pass someone on the climb and say you do not have the battery and motor fitted as it is in for a service, so now the bike is light and climbs faster ... now you need to play this right and not speed off, but slowly slowy increase the pace while the other person tries to keep up

I agree.... that will shut me up completely!

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, jackievs said:

I agree.... that will shut me up completely!

I would fake a puncture or a mechanical ????

[Rigardt@Scott]

And I am returning the ebike today. It was fun... but I can’t say I am too heart sore giving it back.

Money no object I’d buy one as a +1, but every time I get on my normal bike I realise I actually like the suffering somewhat.

[Hairy]

41 minutes ago, Grease_Monkey said:

And I am returning the ebike today. It was fun... but I can’t say I am too heart sore giving it back.

Money no object I’d buy one as a +1, but every time I get on my normal bike I realise I actually like the suffering somewhat.

I assume you are also happily married then

[Rigardt@Scott]

11 minutes ago, Hairy said:

I assume you are also happily married then

hahaha correct you are. We even decided to have 2 kids 16 months apart. Maybe I am a sucker for punishment.

Edited May 16, 2021 by Grease_Monkey

[Hairy]

28 minutes ago, Grease_Monkey said:

hahaha correct you are. We even decided to have 2 kids 16 months apart. Maybe I am a sucker for punishment.

lol ... I know your pain

[Showtime]

21 hours ago, Hairy said:

This could be funny ..... pass someone on the climb and say you do not have the battery and motor fitted as it is in for a service, so now the bike is light and climbs faster ... now you need to play this right and not speed off, but slowly slowy increase the pace while the other person tries to keep up

Reminds me of a story I heard.

Two avid runners were out for a run. They were tapering for Comrades so felt like they had some legs. They encountered a farm worker jogging to work with his boots on and ran with him. They decided to up the pace just for fun to see what happens. After a while he said it's really nice talking to you, but I'm going to be late for work if I don't hurry up an dropped them.

[aquaratza]

My "normal" bike was out of action due to a dodgy rear shock so I rode my ebike with friends who were on normal bikes. One of the guest riders joining us didn't know me and started off our encounter by lightly knocking me being on an ebike... so I turned it off without telling him and then proceeded to chase him up a somewhat steep and technical trail (Hoogekraal). Eventually, on a steeper section of the trail, as he panted his lungs out, he tuned me again about how much I was cheating being on an ebike. At which point I revealed that it had been off since the car park and laughed like a devil. Truth be told I partially wrecked myself keeping up with him while hauling a ~24 kg ebike up the hill, but it was so worth it

The ebike came in handy when I found myself hurrying home through the streets of Durbanville after sunset.

[ChrisF]

Some feedback that may assist e-bike owners.

 

Dropped off two bikes at Knipe_Racing, and had a lekker chat with Louise.

 

They are now doing lots of ebike repairs.  Even complete rebuilds of various motors.

 

The days of being at the mercy of the importers are quickly coming to an end.