😆

I cycled behind her the whole way up the hill

We all know the real reason 😆

We’ve all done it

Good god.

So people are ok with mad amounts of suspension, gears, droppers…but can’t cope with other people using an ebike?

Why does it matter?

nairnster – Member

Thats ok then. Because e bike motors assist the rider. They dont solely power the bike.

What so it stops when you take your feet off the pedals whilst going uphill?

Loose leaf or death!

Family motto?

There was a huge amount of dead baby robbins left in the wake of the ebikers this cant be right shirley ?

steveirwin

correct – if its a legal e bike. Pedelecs they are – they add in power according to how much you pedal. a few older ones had a throttle but now thats not allowed.

https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules

chrisylad24 – Member
There was a huge amount of dead baby robbins left in the wake of the ebikers this cant be right shirley ?

But that’s what baby robin’s are for, what else would they do for gainful employment if not die en masse and on command?

What so it stops when you take your feet off the pedals whilst going uphill?

Erm, yeah, actually. Cos it isn’t a motorbike.

This is the problem with the anti ebike crowd. None of them have any clue what they are talking about.

To the OP- your post would be as relevant if it made no mention of him veing on an ebike. Imagine the same post if it said “Bloke on a full suspension bike was a bellend at Llandegla today”. It makes no difference. You met a bellend. There are lots of them. All you needed to say was “Bloke was a bellend at Llandegla today”. And it would have been no more interesting.

I think e bikes should be in the same class as motorbikes.
It isn’t the same sport and if you can’t be arsed to pedal then get a proper motor bike instead of trying to hijack a proper sport.

In a few years time when all the ebikes are banned from trail centres, roads , pavements and bridleways then good luck selling them. I can see someone getting hurt by an ebike and a big lawsuit coming their way

If I’m on my ebike and I see someone crawling up a double track or fire road climb I stick it in turbo and offer a push assist if they look knackered.

No tea for me thanks, I’m already on the whisky so who **** wants some?….. come on you ****……..if I say move out of the way then do as I say.

On a more serious note I hope you mentioned to him as he passed you that he was riding like a dick and to reign his **** neck in but as you’ve vented on a forum I figure you merely stored your frustration till you got home and let it pour out over a keyboard.

Tip for future reference, it takes all sorts of people to be a dick, better to tell them there and then that they are acting like a dick or even a **** if you think they deserve such a verbal slap.

You’ll feel better for venting at the time of the incident rather than waiting a few hours to tell your forum friends

E bikes brexit trump these are dark times we live in

I can see someone getting hurt by an ebike and a big lawsuit coming their way

I can see anyone getting hurt by any bicycle travelling at 15mph. It happened to me just last week. There have been no big lawsuits.

I’m going to get a diesel eBike, that’ll learn the haters.

I’m already on the whisky so who **** wants some?….. come on you ****

It isn’t the same sport and if you can’t be arsed to pedal then get a proper motor bike instead of trying to hijack a proper sport.

Is wobbling round a trail center a sport at all never mind a proper sport?

Me and my son rode up a hill on some ebikes today – as I passed a bloke winching his way up I said “Sorry mate, this isn’t really mountain biking!” and all 3 of us had a laugh. Jeez, what fun being able to ride hard mtb trails with my lad (without him moaning about the climbs!). Loved it. Then.. then.. this horrible thing happened… my son was faster than me.. on the DOWNHILLS! 😥

Did have, but scranned them all reading the Strava following/followers ratio thread.

Well that’s just greedy, found this for you.

It’s cos he’s fat, isn’t it Dez?

Agree with somafunk

Captain my principles are offended.

Proper tea is theft.

IGMC

Reminds me of the 2 riders who passed me going up Captain Cooks last year, ‘it’s much easier like this’, one of them said as he passed me near the top.
Then had the lip on & called me ‘reckless’ as I passed him going down the other side. 😈

Dez b, how’s he ever going to ride hard trails on a normal bike if all he is going to ride is an ebike? Serious question.
How will he ever get fitter if he’s not doing exercise?

Well I’m with the OP even if none of you harsh bar stewards are

big yim

I take it you have never ridden one? I uysed one for commutting including some big hills – I arrived just a out of breath as I would on my non assist bike – it just took me less time
250W is not a lot. Even on a road climb you have to pedal hard to maintain 15 mph once the slope gets to about 1:7

they will never be mainstream for MTBs as they are compromised going downhill with allthe extra weight

how’s he ever going to ride hard trails on a normal bike if all he is going to ride is an ebike? Serious question.
How will he ever get fitter if he’s not doing exercise?

To the OP- your post would be as relevant if it made no mention of him veing on an ebike. Imagine the same post if it said “Bloke on a full suspension bike was a bellend at Llandegla today”. It makes no difference. You met a bellend. There are lots of them. All you needed to say was “Bloke was a bellend at Llandegla today”. And it would have been no more interesting.

The fact he was on an ebike is very relevant. Having that amount of power on tap that enables him to go 25mph up a climb; it gives him the same mentality that many car drivers have i.e. “get out of my way, I’m faster than you.”

They need banning, the sooner the better.

This is the problem with the anti ebike crowd. None of them have any clue what they are talking about.

Followed instantly by a perfect example …..

I think e bikes should be in the same class as motorbikes.
It isn’t the same sport and if you can’t be arsed to pedal then get a proper motor bike instead of trying to hijack a proper sport.

In a few years time when all the ebikes are banned from trail centres, roads , pavements and bridleways then good luck selling them. I can see someone getting hurt by an ebike and a big lawsuit coming their way

Big yim- maybe he’s tennis fit, or rugby fit or isn’t interested in being especially fit. Why does he have to do them on a normal bike? You know most people ride for fun, not fitness? For me fitness is part of the fun but there’s no rule when you buy a bike saying that that’s how it has to be.

My wife is healthy and does enough exercise. She’s really slow on a bike and has no desire to get faster. She just likes it.

The bike is irrelevant really. If anyone shouted “MOVE” at me, I’d slow down.
E bikes may cost a lot but common courtesy does not.

Tjagain if you arrived just as out of breath then why didn’t you take your normal bike ?

To get there quicker?

You must be trolling. No one can be so dense.

An impolite cyclist earlier:

white van runs cyclist off road

Very close call for this cyclist in the UK. He was lucky there was a grass verge at the side of the road.The cyclist looked to have taken the primary position on the road as there was a double solid line and appeared to be pulling in closer to the side of the road once the line was broken again.

Posted by The Bike Comes First on Friday, May 5, 2017

Not really the same aracer is it? sounds like a nice wide fireroad climb as well 😉

They need banning, the sooner the better.

No David, you need banning for your very poor attempts at trolling, sad to say but I once thought your posts were amusing but these days you appear to say anything to garner a response.

Suprised moto/e bikes are allowed at Trail centres.

E bikes are the new x box soon be the norm for all the cool kids

No David, you need banning for your very poor attempts at trolling, sad to say but I once thought your posts were amusing but these days you appear to say anything to garner a response.

🙂 I’m sorry, but I still think my first point stands.

I do quite like ebikes, but felt the “anti” crowd were being outnumbered.