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[Wesleypipesyo]

I rode one in Hurricane in 21. I was "shocked" at how the power hit the ground. The argument that its assist and not motorized kinda goes the window because well it has a motor.

The motorized bikes do not require you to pedal. They have a legit throttle. The assist bikes require you to pedal. They are nice. I will not deny that. But for me it defeats the purpose. My main reason to ride is burn calories. You don't do that on an ebike.

 

[the_owl]

The motorized bikes do not require you to pedal. They have a legit throttle. The assist bikes require you to pedal. They are nice. I will not deny that. But for me it defeats the purpose. My main reason to ride is burn calories. You don't do that on an ebike.

They assist with a motor. I had this argument about ebikes with a friend who is a staunch opponent of them. He convinced me its a nothing burger because, whos going to enforce this? Hire a team LEOs to monitor the trails? And they are starting to look more like regular bikes.

 

[THE X-MAN]

The motorized bikes do not require you to pedal. They have a legit throttle. The assist bikes require you to pedal. They are nice. I will not deny that. But for me it defeats the purpose. My main reason to ride is burn calories. You don't do that on an ebike.

You do have to pedal
It only assists while peddling

 

[Wesleypipesyo]

You do have to pedal
It only assists while peddling

Yup

 

[THE X-MAN]

I dont ride for the physical part of it.....I ride because it beats walking and for me its mentally therapeutic.

 

[Wesleypipesyo]

I dont ride for the physical part of it.....I ride because it beats walking and for me its mentally therapeutic.

I ride for the exercise. I was able to double my average ride on an ebike. Then I went for a ride on my analog bike. Ebikes are not for me yet.

 

[slngshot]

The problem isn't so much the speed. It's the tire spin. We have a lot of trail Nazis.

If you even spent half a day doing trail building you would realize not only how ignorant that statement is, but also understand how much work goes into building the network....


And how before your very eyes, a group of 2 or 3 e-bikes can fuuck up a week's worth of work.

Unreal.

 

[Wesleypipesyo]

If you even spent half a day doing trail building you would realize not only how ignorant that statement is, but also how much worn goes into the network


And how before your very eyes, a group of 2 or 3 e-bikes can fuuck up a week's worth of work.

Unreal.

You do or do not like ebikes because of trail damage?

 

[slngshot]

E-Mtb's ruin the work that trail builders put blood sweat and tears into.

It allows less skilled and/or lazy riders (pedaling under your own power is for chumps!) to get in over their heads

Adding not only additional maintenance, but often requiring the trail(s) to be reworked to mitigate future damage.

It also adds strain on the extraction teams that have to haul broken bodies that were riding above their means, where if they were on a human powered bike..... they likely wouldn't have gotten in that situation in the first place.

This is a bike thread.

A separate e-bike thread would be more suited than just ruining this great one trying to defend anything 'e'

 

[Wesleypipesyo]

E-Mtb's ruin the work that trail builders put blood sweat and tears into.

It allows less skilled and/or lazy riders (pedaling under your own power is for chumps!) to get in over their heads

Adding not only additional maintenance, but often requiring the trail(s) to be reworked to mitigate future damage.

It also adds strain on the extraction teams that have to haul broken bodies that were riding above their means, where if they were on a human powered bike..... they likely wouldn't have gotten in that situation in the first place.

This is a bike thread.

A separate e-bike thread would be more suited than just ruining this great one trying to defend anything 'e'

We are in agreement then.