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what is your reason/rationale? Just wondering after seeing a kid of 12-13 go past me on a fire rd up lady cannings and thinking "wtf!"
I thought you had to be 14 to ride one?
Yeah, happened to me at BPW. Only it was a 10 year old at best.
Was thinking "are you trying to make your kid fat in the future or what?"
it was a shit bike and a shit ebike - looked shit, fast up, rode like a fairy down
I’ve always had a mtb but not really used it, so last October at 50 years old I bought an ebike, cycling for me is about the speed and Adrenalin, it’s not done to get fit or lose weight and I have zero interest in doing it for those reasons. This being one thing ‘cyclists’ struggle to understand and plenty dislike as they like to see people suffer to get the reward. I wasn’t overweight or unfit but I wasn’t fit enough to enjoy a normal bike ride at the speeds I wanted too. The ebike changed all that and I’m out on it 3 or 4 times a week at the local trail centre and further afield once a month. I have gained a lot of fitness and sometimes take the normal bike but there’s no substitute for the speed an ebike gives. To compare that speed at the local trail centre red route I am quicker than every normal cycle time on strava, there’s some much younger and fitter riders and me as a newbie 50yr old is quicker and as such I get the Adrenalin kick of going this speed. In simple terms it’s epic 😁
rode like a fairy down
FFS, it was a 12 year old kid!!
A lot of none ebikers seem to assume ebikers can’t ride too, no idea why as I’ve passed loads of non ebikes on downhill sections. Maybe it’s an ego thing because they got passed going uphill they need to tell everyone else it’s ok guys I passed them going downhill.
However not sure a Kid should be on one they’ve got time to ride a normal bike, of course there’s the other myth that an ebike won’t get you fitter or lose weight, if you’re gonna ride at a normal bike pace then it takes little effort but you can still ride an ebike and try as hard as you can physically.
I have one.
The reason ?
Because it's a fun bike to ride
Just like my other bikes are fun to ride in different ways.
What Stu said.
Mrs M has one for various health reasons, watching her smash down the Nutcracker on Dartmoor after various mates had minced was hilarious. Valkyrie on wheels😁
rationale?
Geex
We'll be up your way the week after next
I'll give you a shout about s ride or two.
You still on the same number?
I have one used as a utility bike. I don't own a car, its nice to be able to get around the city without breaking sweat and to tow heavy stuff around in a trailer
I have ridden it off road. I hated the weight and the range was crap. Let me down on the way home after 40 miles.
I have one because I like it.
As someone else said above, I don’t ride to get fit or lose weight, I can manage that without riding a bike.
I ride bikes for fun (commuting included), and ebikes are great for that.
As it happens, since owning an ebike, I have ridden more and got fitter and lost weight.
I know right?! It’s [i]almost [/i]as if most of the things think they know about ebikes aren’t actually correct 😂
Mrs t-r uses the one off our utility bike(long tail cargo bike)at the moment
To keep up* with her riding buddies on cafe runs.
* Well she is 31 weeks pregnant so I think it's allowed.
They’re fun. Different kind of fun from my other bikes.
Also great for exploring and finding new trails while the possibility of finding yourself at the bottom of a dead end descent with nowhere to go but back up isn’t a worry.
Attacking climbs as though they’re descents is hilarious.
Great wee personal uplift bike for Dunkeld/Innerleithen etc.
Fun.
Isn’t that why we all ride?
Yeah Stu same number. be cool to hook up for a ride.
Three separate blokes were evidently not happy with me catching them up on the climb at Lady Cannings this weekend and I wasn’t even on an ebike 😀
👍
Fun.
Isn’t that why we all ride?
Apparently not.
Lol at all the people on here who aren't addressing the core question - why are 10 year olds on ebikes? Surely that's not healthy for their development?
Lol at all the people on here who aren’t addressing the core question – why are 10 year olds on ebikes? Surely that’s not healthy for their development?
Lol at “the core question” 😂
Why shouldn’t kids ride ebikes?
because we didn’t have them when we were kids?
Why is is it “not healthy for their development” ? (Show your working)
A kid out in the countryside riding an ebike is getting a shitload more excercise than 90% of his classmates who are playing Fortnite all weekend with the curtains closed.
I don't see a problem with it.
I was on MX bikes from the age of 5. Didn't stop me from riding BMXs and MTBs.
Once they'd been invented.😀
You're right. Is an entirely new tiny outlying niche of this topic that we have not yet fully basted in vitriol and then torched with the flames of righteousness. Let's go there
Had post viral fatigue at age 32 and a few years later I got over it. Built a nice trail bike up and got out once a week but struggled a bit if I did too much. Just happened to try a trek ebike and bought one following week. I’ve found I get out a few times a week and absolutely love exploring or taking it up the mountain bike centre hitting the jumps. So stable and fast downhill compared to my other bike on plus tyres, it’s just a whole lot of fun. Also feel fitter on normal bike as I guess I’m pedalling more times per week. Biggest advantage of them is doing 10 miles after work in half an hour.
why are 10 year olds on ebikes? Surely that’s not healthy for their development?
Because when you're ten, a bike that goes really fast is fun. As it is when you're an adult. Would you have sneered at a kid on a motorbike?
My daughter's ten, she can't manage much in the way of hills, which puts her off and she doesn't want to ride a lot. She'd have a shitload more fun on an e-bike if we could afford one and probably ride more.
You do still have to put effort in on ebikes you know. You just go faster.
Because I can.
Perfect for riding steep trails where you have no interest in the climb and just want to get as many runs as possible.
I still have normal MTBs too which still get used.
I love mine. I commute on it every day, sometimes via the trails, always via a little urban fun, and it’s my main MTB too. Ride it unassisted most of the time when with others, full turbo mostly when solo.
what is your reason/rationale? Just wondering after seeing a kid of 12-13 go past me on a fire rd up lady cannings and thinking “wtf!”
Maybe their parents are mountain bikers and thought an ebike for their child would be a great way to spend time as a family.
All the kids on e-bikes round here go round with e-cigarettes hanging out their gobs.
I have a 29er hardtail with pannier racks and built in lights for the daycare dropoff. We live at the top of a 250m climb so it's hard enough doing that at the end of working day but doing it with a toddler and all the trappings is a step too far.
Works well for us, the missus and I take it in turns to ebike and the other commutes on their normal bike.
hen I'm on the cross bike and get over taken by grannies I'm like **** you ebikers, when I'm on the ebike I'm a smug ****.
Why would anyone need to provide reasoning or rationale?
Compared to a kid on a normal bike, a kid on an ebike does seem a bit odd.
What about a kid on an ebike compared to a kid sat in front of an xbox or whatever? Better for them to be out riding an ebike than sat on their arse.
Kids outgrow bikes super fast though, so an ebike is going to be an expensive outlay every couple of years!
Why would anyone need to provide reasoning or rationale?
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I have one. It has a basket on the front and a bottle opener on the frame.
Cart stuff to BBQ in the park - check
Drink beers from the coolbag that goes in the basket - check
Whizz off to the bogs for a whizz - check
I have one due to heart issues. Now recovering from open heart surgery so still using it. I'm hoping to switch back to a regular bike in the future as I'm not keen on manhandling the weight (and I have pipe cleaner arms).
Biggest advantage of them is doing 10 miles after work in half an hour
Bingo. I enjoy commuting by bike far more than by Northern Fail but it's hard to justify when going 10 miles to work takes an hour in the morning vs taking a train in 30-40 minutes. The return journey is a little easier to justify as it takes about an hour to come home by train (Grr timetables). If I could go faster and maybe not sweat as much on an ebike then that's worthwhile. My ebike's due to arrive some time this month.
All the kids on e-bikes round here go round with e-cigarettes hanging out their gobs.
The bikes and the ecigs are funded by central government as giving people an easy target to achieve a false sense of superiority is good for the economy 👍
i have one because its loads of Fun
Cargo bike/commute so not hot and sweaty/replace a car/health reason/pregnant - all valid imo
Struggle to see why for a "normal" fit healthy adult tbh - but thats me and we are all different.
Just see it as a "lazy option" but i am grumpy and blinkered. Suppose it's not that much different to having gears??
I don't have one because I can't afford one. That's the only reason.
I've had a go on a couple, they're great fun, it makes the boring parts of a ride easy and the fun bits are pretty much the same.
If I wanted to go out and get fit if go on my road bike, if I want to smash some descents I'd love an ebike to do it on. One would be great for playing at Stile Cop
How does and ebike help on descents off road?
I am 71 I will ride what I want.
I don’t have one because I can’t afford one. That’s the only reason
Same here. Done a few demos and they are great fun. I can keep up with my kid, unlike on a mountain bike! Thing is, it is pretty much like riding a motorbike, you pedal instead of throttle, of course, but the effort it takes is minute in comparison to an actual bike.
Downhill isn't as much fun, because of the weight of the thing. Some may (will!) disagree, but it's far more enjoyable flicking a sub 30lb bike down a technical descent than it is a lump of a thing with a motor that you aren't using. That said, for long jaunts out into the hills, very enjoyable. Especially when you have a dicky heart!
mariner - will chuck age into the mix to. If it allows old fellas like you to get away form homes under the hammer it is a good thing