I can't see me buying another none e mountain bike, it's e all the way from now on(for mountain biking) *
* I reserve the right to change my mind
No one really imagined either of them taking over the world though.
Really? Because the way people waxed lyrical about either of them that's the impression I got.
The entire industry is fuelled by fads and fuds.
Gnarwhales
Keeping that one.
Because the way people waxed lyrical about either of them that’s the impression I got.
The Fatbike scene was certainly full of evangelists telling everyone that a "skinny" MTB was no longer required. Of course, they mostly moved once they'd bought their On One Fatty and actually ridden it for a year. Of course many riders still own a Fatbike in addition to something else now. Truth is, later Fatbikes actually became more capable as a result of geometry changes, suspension and better tyres.
After saying that I had no wish or intention to get an ebike I've now changed my mind. I had the chance to borrow my son's girlfriend's ebike for a week.... it was a bit too small and a hardtail but.... first of all I rode Swinley, the next day Tunnel Hill Deepcut and then a few days after the Surrey Hills with my son. It was a revelation. I had a lot of fun and realised how many downhill type runs I could get in without totally knackering myself keep climbing back to the top (I know this is the reason for many people). It got me thinking about how more recently I've tended to do more gradual downhills to try and avoid keep having to make steep uphill climbs back up.
Anyway, I haven't pushed the button on buying yet but will probably do so soon. The good thing is that I'm still capable of doing relatively steepish climbs on my current mtb but at 76 age does catch up with you eventually.
I don’t own an e-bike because a large part of my persona and ego is invested in the fact that at 55 I’m fitter than a good proportion of my peers, and I can still fit into jeans that I wore as a 20 year old, and I will bet money that I’m not alone. If I owned an leisure e-bike* I doubt I’d ride much else and I’d get fat, I don’t want to be fat more than I want to have fun at the weekend.
I feel the same as this in some respects.
I enjoy doing exercise and enjoy being fit, I honestly think that with an e-bike I’d become lazy and just let the motor do the work with little effort from me.
It’s also a bonus being in better shape in your 40’s than work colleagues and mates who are 20 years younger.
After saying that I had no wish or intention to get an ebike I’ve now changed my mind.
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Just been out on my HT with 10 gears, 26" wheels and 2.35 tyres. Rode the same trails as I'll ride on my 180mm 50lb ebike
Equally as much fun on both, was just a bit slower and sweatier today.
90+% of my riding is on my ebike - 5'11 12st 11. Not all eeeebers (to annoy the delicate) are fat biffers
I'll buy another ebike and I'll buy another normal bike at some point
Keeping that one.
I also am enjoying becoming fitter in my 50s having come late to cycling. Interspersed with normal solo bike climbs, we hired four Scott Strikes for a family outing in the French alps this August, 2000+m of off road climbing with a generally lazy 13 and 15 year old and recently diagnosed arthritic knee'ed wife, was an absolute hoot. So much so that Mrs Davy90's head has been turned and she is after one for her commute. We have looked at some aftermarket kits to fit to her ancient 26" HT and it hasn't gone further than that as she is currently completing a programme of physio before getting back on the bikes proper.
I totally get the further/faster thing as well as the age/disability compensation thing. For me though, I wish to resist becoming a Gnarwhale (superb) for another couple of decades or so 😀
Looks like some of you would rather post on here all day when you could have been out on a nice ride...
Here's some fat over dressed lazy Ebike ****ers that joined me on today's ride.
Bunch of ****s ramming everyone off the trail.
There is also an absolute affordability issue for emtbs. I've just done a quick scan of the big brands and it looks like a £2000 additional cost more or less for equivalent e version of a bike. I've friends who can barely scrape together a grand or so for a new bike or maybe £600 for a second hand. Dropping an absolute minimum of £3000 for a mid range hard tail would be unimaginable
Until the premium drops significantly and/or the second hand market gets much cheaper a lot of people will be sticking with push bikes
and I can still fit into jeans that I wore as a 20 year old,
Me too. I was fat then and I'm fat now, the eeb has sweet FA to do with it... I am fitter now than I'ver been though.
Thanks ss stu.
We have also been out cycling with hardly a portly e biker in sight except on our return route on the canal.