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I found the extra weight limiting downhill. Mine is a conversion tho and I like light bikes
I don't own an e-bike. I might in the future, but not any time soon. I have no ill feelings to anyone that decides to buy and ride one. I get the feeling some people that are dead against them are rather worried they won't be 'fast' anymore, and will get overtaken more often. Grow up :-).
I regularly ride with friends who exclusively ride ebikes. Me and the missus are quite a bit fitter than said friends though, so it makes it a great even ride. Some steep climbs they say "we'll meet you at the top!" though 🙂
I love riding them, so much fun and different to a normal bike. They are like anything though, you get out what you put in. If I had one, it'd probably live in eco mode and I'd be stomping up climbs like a madman!
I live in a flat town and the closest hills are too far away to ride after work. I reckon if I had some nice big hills on my doorstep, I'd have one. Would love to do 10+ miles of big hills out of the door after work a few days a week, then do a more epic ride at the weekends.
Bottom line, who cares how they are used? It doesn't affect me one bit. If someone want's to do a flat 10 miles in turbo one day a week, it's still 10 more miles on a bike instead of 0 miles on a couch.
It's the same people who moan whenever a manufacturer shows off some new tech, like they're being forced to buy it or something!
If I move closer to some big hills, I'd seriously consider one alongside some sort of XC whippet bike.
Downhill they are fine. Ebike is 50lb, DH bike is 41lb so the difference isn't massive. Trying to whip it is where you feel the weight! They are very stable and want to keep going in a straight line.
would love to have a go on one, I honestly think they're the future and in a few years time the tech will be so good they'll look like 'normal' bikes.
I don't have one but if my recent cancer treatment doesn't go to plan, I could be selling my two bikes and getting one if it helps me continue cycling.
Have to admit I don't like being passed by them when I'm slogging up a hill, I always think 'cheat' in my head, but I don't hate them, I think it's more about the surprise of someone passing so easily when I'm in my lowest gear struggling and pouring with sweat. But I still like the challenge of getting up the hills under my own power. I'm still getting up the same hills I was 30 years ago, but what I can't do now is do the same the next day. I have an active job, on my feet all day moving heavy materials and working machinery. 2 hours out of the day is just getting to work including half drive half cycle. So it's difficult to maintain fitness/recovery/tiredness, I'm worn out by the weekend. The guy on the bike I had a go on was riding offroad from Brighton to Eastbourne on the lowest setting, he was seeing how far he could get out of a charge, he was about 2/3rds of the way and charge was at 49%. It's further than I could have rode that day, and he could probably ride again the next. My thoughts are keep my normal bikes but have an ebike for when I'm needing the assistance, I didn't ride yesterday becuse I'm tired and aching from the weekend riding, if I had the ebike I could have gone for a quick 10 mile spin yesterday - seems a shame not to in this weather. I think this is what I'll be doing in a few years time.
in a few years time the tech will be so good they’ll look like ‘normal’ bikes.
Sooner than you think...Jan 2019
I found the extra weight limiting downhill. Mine is a conversion tho and I like light bikes
Mine works out at 21.5kg on the button, so ebike wise that's not bad at all, could have gone lighter, but i want the range, so 850wh battery in there! 🙂
Handling with, tbh it just feels like my bike on steriods, on really techy stuff though, it's going to take a bit of getting used to, need to up my strength a bit there. But that's more just down to me needing to strengthen up a bit in general.
The sparky wiring up my garage spotted mine and we had a good chat about bikes. Gave him a shot of it, apprentice went first and came back saying yeah it's fast but wasn't the usual grin there. Main man went next and was way less polite, told me straight it was worse than a normal bike and didn't seem to be working. Battery wasn't engaged properly so there was no assistance and apprentice was too polite to say 🙂
Got it working and he had a go when he came back to finish a few bits and pieces and had the usual reaction. Also fixed my hoover in exchange for a couple of 26" QR wheels I'd have never used!
Don't mind giving people a shot but "mates" are the worst. One of mine had a shot at the bottom of a big hill and used it to the top keeping just out of grabbing range as I pedalled his normal bike up!! Kept coming back down then diving away through the heather too, it was exactly what I'd have done if roles were reversed.
In reply to hodgynd and nealglover.
As so often happens, I read something on my phone and wanted to make a reply. Once the enormity of the challenge of writing something lucid and insightful on this piece of shit samsung had sunk in, I lost interest, and posted it as it was. I then realised that if I couldn't be bothered to phrase it properly then I'd be better off deleting it completely. So I did.
..dickhead
Ouch.
I like to imagine that the posters who leap to post derogatory comments about ebikes, & ebike riders, are the same ones who leap to post about their puritanical debt free lifestyles whenever there is any form of credit or borrowing related thread. 🙂
It’s all bikes, & that’s cool with me.
I then realised that if I couldn’t be bothered to phrase it properly then I’d be better off deleting it completely. So I did.
It wasn’t the phrasing that made you look like a bit of a tool.
It was the content.
Hope that helps.
Neal.
Either engage in the debate or don't. Throwing random insults around just makes you look like...
... well, you basically.
I did “engage in the debate” by replying to the post you actually made. As did others.
But then you bottled out and deleted it and later made a lame excuse about grammatical errors or whatever.
Deleting posts after people have replied to them, and then asking people to “engage in the debate”
Ironing? 🤔
That Lapierre ^ is lovely.
Found your source of the info
https://www.emtbforums.com/threads/2019-lapierre-ezesty-and-more-at-eurobike-day-2.1018/
Looks an amazing bike, not a huge battery power but could be perfect for the occasional boost up the hills.
I have just got a Vitus e sommet, it's a lot of fun and puts a big smile on my face, isn't that why we ride bikes?
I have just got a Vitus e sommet, it’s a lot of fun and puts a big smile on my face, isn’t that why we ride bikes?
yes definately, almost as entertaining as reading as non ebikers are hating and ebikers justifying.
at the end of the day it's just riding, i ride with a ebiker, i've learnt not to keep up with him and h'e learnt to hang back on the climbs 🙂
went to wales last week with a few mates
llandegla
penmachno
climachx trail Macynletth
coed y Brenan the beast and the purple trail and others
snowdon twice, up LLanberis and down rangers and telegraph hill
i took my ebike and my pivot mach 6
first day earnt my ebike miles on the pivot
2nd day on the ebike
i alternated to earn my e bike miles and to see what difference if any. i used the ebike on the trails with lots of "boring" fire roads.
Went up snowdon riding a little and pushing a lot on my pivot, took ages and riding down i was knackered and more prone to making silly mistakes.
2nd time up snowdon i rode the turbo levo, rode up and cleaned nearly everything except the steps on llanberis path, was still knackered but not in my legs. felt much better on the way down, but the heavier e bike wasnt as good as the long travel pivot.
im planning to snowdon twice in one day on the ebike, something i wouldnt consider on a normal bike.
i have been able to clean lots more stuff than i have ever done on the ebike, and its great to have that feeling rather than not doing it on the ebike, because its cheating.
to put it in context im 66 and still ride with mates 2 or 3 times a week, i use the ebike only when im knackered
(i start work at 6:00am) last year i had 2 concussions and full width rotator cuff tear, all falls towards the end of the ride when i am tired and tend to make mistakes.
i do more miles on my normal bike, so always feel that i have "earned" my ebike miles when i use it.
and my experience say:
ebike miles at pace ARE a work out i ride much quicker and am out of breadth nearly all of a 2-3 hour ride, but my legs seem ok, until the next day when i feel it!
normal bike miles are still a work out but im not out of breadth my legs go first.
I haven't ridden an e-bike and I don't want to.
Mostly because I already know I would want one after I had.
I'm an old git who happens to think that good things are the result of hard work so I fundamentaly dislike the whole premise of e bikes for the abled.
I don't view mtb as a vehicle for the fitness of the nation and I have no desire to see hoards of e bikers enjoying the trails.
I'm perfectly happy with mtb as a niche sport requiring fitness that is going to be too tough/time consuming for some to do. There are many other sports to choose from.
well you best take one up adsh, as e-bike are here to stay
I'll just use them to increase the number of things i have to sneer/feel superior about.
Anyone want to ride up this without a motor helping?
I don't have one but don't have anything against them. If it gets folks out cycling it's great.
Just a different perspective though.
How long until ramblers groups etc, start questioning whether they are motorized transport and start arguing about bridleway usage etc?
Do you think they'll start affecting mtb access in the countryside?
Being a sweaty sock daan saarf I think countryside access is bad enough.
adsh...
I'm not really sure if you were being serious on your last post
😁
..but if you were you sound like a right knob
I don’t view mtb as a vehicle for the fitness of the nation and I have no desire to see hoards of e bikers enjoying the trails.
I’m perfectly happy with mtb as a niche sport requiring fitness that is going to be too tough/time consuming for some to do. There are many other sports to choose from.
As you don't get to choose who does or doesn't ride maybe the best solution for you would be to to take your own last piece of advice.
You could try road riding.
Quite a few of them seem to share your selfish attitude.
Or how about golf that seems to be liked by tossers.😜
Parody.
My views are my views - out of step with most but unlikely to change. Enjoy your bike whatever it is
So if you're not advocating MTB or E-MTB to people you're a tosser? Cool.
Have to say I've been interested in one for commuting as it might make cycling 30 miles each way more of a reality, does anyone do similar? do they all still top out at 15mph assist or are there quicker ones now ?
For MTB I don't really get the appeal at all, that sort of thing is for fun, just doesn't seem right not doing it all under your own steam for some reason.
do they all still top out at 15mph assist or are there quicker ones now ?
Currently the 15.5mph restriction is on in the UK unless you want to void your warranty and break the law or register the bike, insure it as a motor vehicle, wear a motorcycle standard helmet and not ride it on cyclepaths or bridleways & pay the relevant fees.
Loads of people near me have "derestricted" ebikes including a customer who gets his ebike to 35mph with a twist and go style bike, no pedalling needed all from an eBay kit. It's all bolted to a BSO and the wiring gets super hot. Got canti brakes on it too 🤔
Spent the last 20 years riding around the peaks, at least once a week, usually three ups and three downs in a night, I had some time of last year and struggled to keep up with the rest when I got back on the bike and ended up with a Levo turbo. Now manage 4 ups and downs and deviations in-between in the same time, mainly in eco so get a decent workout and ask for more on the big ups that I always struggled with and can now clear. 3 hours ride and it still hurts a bit the next day but the smile is now much wider. 59 this this year, still staying with the youngsters/whippets and havin as much, if not more fun
No brainer really
_tom, I don't go as far as that, 11ish miles each way, but I have a trek hybrid e-bike that I use 2/3 days a week, unless I want a work out and I take the normal bike.
Being honest, it's ****ing great! I was always on the fence with e-bikes, but now I see there's no need to be. It's strange how you think that you'll lose some sense of pride etc.. from getting a bit of help with pedalling a bike around, but actually it's just as much fun as any other bike (fun, isn't that the reason most of us ride?), and who the hell doesn't want to go up hills faster/easier?
I cant stress enough how nice it's been in this hot weather to ride to work across hilly Sheffield, in the sun, wearing normal clothes, and arrive to and from work with only a slightly sweaty forehead! I'd have got sweatier on the motorbike than on the e-bike.
I don't think people should feel they need an excuse/reason to get an e-bike, and I hope eventually people who chose to not have one can be more welcoming.