Those spikes in HR are eerily similar to when I did a big ride on a seat that was trying to get inside me....new seat sorted it right out...don't raise a sweat now.
E-Bikes are not cheating
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hellmansam
Likes Bikes and Dirt
I don't own one, yet. A new form of fun that some people don't approve of.... don't buy an ebike then ya wowsers ! A bit pricey and still evolving so like most new tech, they prolly will get better and cheaper in the next coupla years.
I don't measure my performance when I go for a ride other than by how much fun I had. That can be in various ways, what tech stuff did I clear/do well, what crashes did I save myself from, doing a drop off or jump better than last time. The demo rides I've had on a Turbo Levo were all fun ! as a bike mechanic I am naturally interested as sooner or later I will end up working on some ebikes.
I don't measure my performance when I go for a ride other than by how much fun I had. That can be in various ways, what tech stuff did I clear/do well, what crashes did I save myself from, doing a drop off or jump better than last time. The demo rides I've had on a Turbo Levo were all fun ! as a bike mechanic I am naturally interested as sooner or later I will end up working on some ebikes.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Legendary... why would you let the baseball bat fly towards your face. Made me LOL.
moorey
call me Mia
You do realise that people only wind up ebikers because they are so defensive and easily wound up, and feel the need to justify, right?
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
No idea but it makes for a hell of a gif.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Reminded me of this:
Human on left loses points for being powered down at start of activity.
DMan
shawly the least hangeriest guy on rotorburn
The dude who passed me 5 times on my 37c ride on the climbs on his ebike certainly wasn't working as hard as me but he was smarter... fuck it was hot
moorey
call me Mia
Agreed...he probably IS smarter...
CHEWY
Eats Squid
moorey
call me Mia
Particularly when every bike is different, and AFAIK it’s down to honesty about whether bike is unmodified (surely at major races, NFI, happy to be corrected).
I know I give them shit, but I honestly don’t have anything against them, and will almost certainly ride one eventually.
Racing though...really? Nah.
I know I give them shit, but I honestly don’t have anything against them, and will almost certainly ride one eventually.
Racing though...really? Nah.
Plankosaurus
Spongeplank Dalepantski
I disagree - a race for ebikes would be every bit as valid as any other motorsport really. I just don't like them on the same course as us regular riders, the gap is too big
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Calvin27
Eats Squid
It's always going to be an arms race when technology is involved. An easy, but expensive way to fix this is to get a battery suppliers on board and supply fixed batteries. Use all the power you want but tis is all the juice you have to use. This would probably fix some of the differences between battery mounting systems and all that. Or maybe even just have a number of fixed cells i.e. 30 18650 cell limit. If you buy more efficient stuff then good for you.
Ultimately tough it fails because it starts to get to motorsport levels of regulation and as @Plankosaurus said, they are practicalldifferent sports at that point.
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Only if you’re racing analogue bikes. Everyone having motors levels the playing field.
At the end of the day racing is fun, if you have an ebike why shouldn’t you race other ebikes?
People race motorbikes and cars. Same same but different.
Freediver
I can go full Karen
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link1896
Mr Greenfield
An afternoon in a trophy truck in the desert as a passenger, and having a 30 minute fang, I was more messed up then a 4 hour long xc ride with a OTB in the dark. Just holding on for dear life can take a lot of work.
gillyske
Likes Dirt
I'll give some thoughts on the bike and experience since nobody cares.
Its heavy and that makes it a bit less forgiving in the corners, you have be very deliberate with your turns otherwise you'll just veer off trail. This is fine though, just an adjustment to weight. Every other aspect of descending such as picking and holding lines, poping, jumping is basically the same. It's not better, its not worse and thats fine. Better than I expect because I expected it to be a lot worse than it is. I thought it was going to feel dead and clumbersome, but its not like that at all.
Uphill? Amazing, I had it in eco mode and I was was blown away with just how easy it was to climb. I literally laughed as I hit the first climb, I thought to myself, this is a joke, this is definitely cheating, ITS IN ECO MODE and this is climb is NOTHING now.
I mean I thought i had a nimble climber before with my 17kg Commencal Meta AM 29, but this thing makes that bike seem heavy.
Fireroads are funny. Put it into boost and just rocket up the road and watch as everyone looks at you with disgust and anger and then pass them without breaking a sweat... and then pass them again when you're going back down and they're still climbing the road. It's beautiful.
Is it a motorbike like some people on here think it is? No. It feels kinda like a stationary exercise bike in resistence but it gets going like you've got a really good cadence going on the flat, its not super fast and its not blow your dick power, it just gets rid of pedaling resistence.
If e-bikes are destroying trails something else is going on.
Its heavy and that makes it a bit less forgiving in the corners, you have be very deliberate with your turns otherwise you'll just veer off trail. This is fine though, just an adjustment to weight. Every other aspect of descending such as picking and holding lines, poping, jumping is basically the same. It's not better, its not worse and thats fine. Better than I expect because I expected it to be a lot worse than it is. I thought it was going to feel dead and clumbersome, but its not like that at all.
Uphill? Amazing, I had it in eco mode and I was was blown away with just how easy it was to climb. I literally laughed as I hit the first climb, I thought to myself, this is a joke, this is definitely cheating, ITS IN ECO MODE and this is climb is NOTHING now.
I mean I thought i had a nimble climber before with my 17kg Commencal Meta AM 29, but this thing makes that bike seem heavy.
Fireroads are funny. Put it into boost and just rocket up the road and watch as everyone looks at you with disgust and anger and then pass them without breaking a sweat... and then pass them again when you're going back down and they're still climbing the road. It's beautiful.
Is it a motorbike like some people on here think it is? No. It feels kinda like a stationary exercise bike in resistence but it gets going like you've got a really good cadence going on the flat, its not super fast and its not blow your dick power, it just gets rid of pedaling resistence.
If e-bikes are destroying trails something else is going on.
Scotty T
Walks the walk
I guess all analogue things weren't known as that until digital ones came along.
e-MTB's still require analogue input. More confusing is when you have your smart watch using the analogue display.
I'll stick with MTB/e-MTB
