Will ebike full suspension bikes replace acoustic full suspension bikes?
Acoustic? I bet they sound awesome
Yeh I had to google acoustic too, seems to be a thing on an e bike forum
My old five had pretty good acoustics.
Acoustic bikes sounds really bad.
Do we really need to call them 'Acoustic'?
If trolling then yes
Acoustic = naturally aspirated?
I doubt it. The % of ebikes will go up for sure but its not for me unless my little girl gets into mtb and needs a tow up at uplift days.
Acoustic - what a stupid name for a bike. Maybe we should start calling ebikes lazy bikes or something?
Acoustic WTF!
E bikes would have to seriously come down in price to replace normal bikes!
My Occam is pretty acoustic. I think it's the freehub.
If they are acoustic then someone is completely engineering illiterate, or just thick.
Unless a bike is powered by sound then the thing could never be called acoustic
Acoustic – what a stupid name for a bike. Maybe we should start calling ebikes lazy bikes or something?
Moped
The few I’ve ridden, they aren’t nearly as good as a proper mtb, yes they are easier on the ups, but terrible on the downs, heavy, cumbersome and suck the fun out of riding.
Fyi acoustic
adjective
1.
relating to sound or the sense of hearing.
"dogs have a much greater acoustic range than humans"
2.
(of popular music or musical instruments) not having electrical amplification.
"a sad, gentle acoustic ballad
But it's a cute attempt at a troll none the less.
2021 is getting off to a cracking start already I see! 🤦🏻
Thank **** I'm not doing Dry January this year...
On reflection “normal” might have been a better choice than “acoustic.” 🙂
I think I will add acoustic to my collection of mtb forum words/phrases to struggle with.
others:-
weapon
quiver or fleet
pull the trigger
******trackworld (never open a thread with this in the title)
I'm sure there are others.
Replace? Nope.
Ebikes don’t ride the same as normal bikes, I wouldn’t necessarily say worse, but definitely not the same.
Regardless of terrain.
I have both, i ride both.
Ebike when my injured leg gives me trouble, normal bike other times.
Only one person I ride with has an e-bike, it’s a Levo fattie and sounds like a milk float, it’s known as thus and I often refer to him as Ernie if he’s riding it.
Ebikes really enable to get a lot out of biking if time is limited. They are great fun, but expensive and add complexity. When they breakdown it’s not an easy fix.
I’ll get one eventually but we are talking a decade or so when my legs give up
Yep, I can't see them going anywhere soon.
Racing is very focussed around normal bikes, and that will drive bike development just as much as sales.
Also, IMO a modern mountain bike is very well developed. Modern enduro rigs can descend better than a DH bike from 5 years ago, but can still be phenomenally good at climbing.
Ebikes still feel very much in their infancy. I'd perhaps be a lot more interested in one once they are more refined and you don't pay such a price in geometry (Much better already admittedly) and weight. I really like the levo SL and the new Orbea ebike that have much smaller batteries.
If they are acoustic then someone is completely engineering illiterate, or just thick.
Unless a bike is powered by sound then the thing could never be called acoustic
Whoosh!
Electric guitar /acoustic guitar
Electric bike /acoustic bike
I hate the phrase, but it's pretty obvious why some people referto them as acoustic
This place is slowing down. Just over half an hour and no obvious troll is obvious pic.
My first DH bike (Saracen Addiction) was very acoustic until I drilled a hole in it and filled it with expanding foam.
Yes.
(If the OP can troll, so can I).
Because people are generally lazy, and so ebikes are perfect for them. They’ll obviously say they’re not lazy and they work just as hard, because of course you’re going to work as hard with a motor on your bike as you will without.
They’ll also tell us they’re just as reliable as “bikes” despite spending 1 month in every 3 getting the motor sorted.
Surely an ebike should be semi acoustic then as you still have to pedal.
a moped would be electric
Ebikes will have to come down in price - a lot - before they replace normal, human-powered bikes across the board. I can't currently see how I would justify he cost, even if I wanted one. For a start, I'd much rather spend that on a motorbike.
On reflection “normal” might have been a better choice than “acoustic.” 🙂
Oh you meant "analogue"
Based on the bikes in the car park at Forest of Dean, they are well on their way!
Acoutstic suspension that's that rubbery stuff that gravel bikes use if they don't want proper suspension isn't it, to avoid being too much like an mtb?
Just realised it's those funny stickers a load of the world Cup dh racers were putting on their bikes.
dampened the harmonics or something like that
Say what now OP?
Well that's a new one for me. Unfortunately it's so stupid I'll have no choice but to fail to understand if anyone says it in real life. On a whole new level to 'analogue bikes' and 'fossil cars'.
I’m saying no, on the basis that since buying my e-bike (which I really enjoy) the following four fs bikes I’ve bought have not been e-bikes.
Not sure if they will replace them, I still really enjoy riding my analogue bike & I certainly wouldn’t want to race my eeb, however I can’t see me being without one now. The sheer amount of riding I can get in with a short window is brilliant 🙂
I can work just as hard on my eeb as my other bike, I can just climb hills in a fraction of the time in doing so - it rides really well going down as well, so what’s not to like?
Marin monocoque full sus with a Hope hub.
SERIOUSLY acoustic.
I’ll get one eventually but we are talking a decade or so when my legs give up
Judas
ampthill
On reflection “normal” might have been a better choice than “acoustic.” 🙂
Oh you meant “analogue”
Ah! Analogue, another attempted analogy which along with acoustic isn't actually analogous in this situation! 🙂
Mine isn't. Well, the reverb needs a bleed, and my rear brake needs a bit of tlc. But other than that it's very much alive (not literally 😉).
I don't blame the op for using the word acoustic it's been driven by the Media who specialise in emtb.
Whilst undoubtedly popular and increasingly so and whilst a fan of them although not a user I think there are a lot of issues regarding mountain bike trails ie issues with access and conflict with other users of bridleways that might make matters worse for us 2 wheeled bikers if the majority end of becoming motor assisted in a short period of time .
The last bh we had before Christmas was a nice day and walker heavy around hebden and we had so many issues with walkers dispite slowing down or stoping in some cases even when we were descending and I make a point when leading rides to go out of my way to represent us in a good light.
I'm all for it but infrastructure needs sorting first aswel
The point I dislike is some adopters of emtbs are like ex smokers who grill smokers
Steve on embn is the absolute epitampy of this .......
For eg big up the emtb my all means but then to downtalk MTBs without motors like there something your have stood in really gets my goat .
I'm not sure it helped having a separate Chanel for emtb when they could of simply integrated into the excisting gmbn setup
I’m not sure it helped having a separate Chanel for emtb when they could of simply integrated into the excisting gmbn setup
Just look at the comments on FB whenever a ‘normal’ bike mag, STW, pinkbike, bikeradar, posts a link to an article even hinting at ebikes. The cries from purist snowflakes who can’t even bring themselves to read about ebikes are deafening. Integration was never going to happen.
As above, they aren’t dead. I’ve bought more than one since my ebike, I’ll replace the ebike with another at some point, but there’s only space in my squadron 😉 for 1.
Not sure I can answer your question OP.
But I do think ****y threads about E-bikes replacing bicycles will probably supersede "wheel size rage" and "why are people still using derailleurs" threads as the most irritating, far too frequently repeated, bike related trolling question of the day, type thread...
Analogue, surely....?
