E-bikes are a thing

[Fat Trout]

Way I look at it is I have a shot at riding again with my teamies @Chris26er @pooriggy and @UtahJoe again lol

I feel like i dont see this aspect of ebike potential benefit touted enough. The ability to ride with groups that may be (or you believe to be) outside of you capability without fear of being the anchor of destroying yourself trying not to be the anchor.

 

[rick81721]

I plan to get a class 4 ebike, set it up for swift, put in my weight as 110 lbs and destroy everyone

 

[Bike N Gear]

I plan to get a class 4 ebike, set it up for swift, put in my weight as 110 lbs and destroy everyone

You probably wouldn't be the first.

 

[mattybfat]

I'll let you all know if my new Ebike is more fun then your Amish bike 😁

 

[mattybfat]

Rob Warner's bike check

 

[The Kalmyk]

You have just equated people that ride ebikes to people that commit fraud.

I like his thinking.

 

[The Kalmyk]

I'll let you all know if my new Ebike is more fun then your Amish bike 😁

From singlespeed to motor bikes in two years... Mustve hit the the steep section of the slide!

I like Amish! And single speed!

 

[mattybfat]

From singlespeed to motor bikes in two years... Mustve hit the the steep section of the slide!

I like Amish! And single speed!

I like more funnier did you miss that part 😘

 

[Patrick]

Funnier is not the same as saying more fun FYI.

Unless you're saying people laugh at you on your e-bike?

Funnererier was what he meant 😀

which is more fun in a funny way. 😉

 

[jdog]

Speaking of e-bikes. We got a space bike from @pivotcycles yesterday. This thing is nuts.

 

[stb222]

I noticed more and more ebikes are of the long travel slack enduro variety which suggests those riders get their fun from hammering downhill rather than tackling endless climbs to get them to do those runs. I don't know of places in NJ with long climbs up so you can shred down (until MC lets you ride your bike up) but at Pisgah I hated doing the gravel climb up Avery Creek in to ride down with about 5.5 miles of climbing and only 4 miles of downhill. We actually thought about taking turns doing shuttle runs. That is the perfect place for a bike that can shuttle you up so you can bomb down. I guess that's why Pivot called their ebike Shuttle.

I thought this was the whole point of ebikes, which is one of the reasons they so popular in europe.

XC bois seeing that he runs north of 25 psi in his tires

 

[a.s.]

Rob Warner's bike check

He looked like he was about to throw his back out when he went to put it on the stand. That thing has to be 55 lbs.

 

[rick81721]

Speaking of e-bikes. We got a space bike from @pivotcycles yesterday. This thing is nuts.

Is that the $10K or $11.5K model?

 

[Norm]

I thought this was the whole point of ebikes, which is one of the reasons they so popular in europe.

The whole point of eBikes is to propagate hatred & anger on the Internet. Duh.

 

[rick81721]

It's absolutely vain but there is a 0% chance I could ever get used to that downtube.

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Orbea continues to be the only nice looking e-bike IMO.

Same here. I'm waiting until the downtube looks just like analog mtbs

 

[thegock]

Rob Warner's bike check

+1

name checks Biggie on the seat set up

 

[UtahJoe]

Speaking of e-bikes. We got a space bike from @pivotcycles yesterday. This thing is nuts.

wouldnt it be a great scientific experiment for someone to lend ME one of these bikes and see if I can smash some of my non ebike DH koms?

Anyone? anyone?

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[stb222]

wouldnt it be a great scientific experiment for someone to lend ME one of these bikes and see if I can smash some of my non ebike DH koms this bike like every other bike I've owned

Anyone? anyone?

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Fixed that for you

 

[iLuveketchup]

It's absolutely vain but there is a 0% chance I could ever get used to that downtube.

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Orbea continues to be the only nice looking e-bike IMO.

100%. Couldn't agree more.

If it wasn't for the Rise, I'd be an emtb hater too!

 

[tonyride]

Is that the $10K or $11.5K model?

Looks like the $9.5K version with the performance fork