E-bikes are a thing

Ebikes??

  • I have never ridden one

    Votes: 99 41.6%

  • I have ridden one for over an hour on a trail and I’ll never buy one

    Votes: 9 3.8%

  • I have ridden one in a trail for over an hr and I am considering one

    Votes: 19 8.0%

  • I’ll never give up my analog bike but I’ll still get an ebike

    Votes: 34 14.3%

  • Did he just say analog bike?

    Votes: 35 14.7%

  • My knees are failing and an ebike in inevitable

    Votes: 16 6.7%

  • My next bike will certainly be an ebike.

    Votes: 19 8.0%

  • I’ll never own an ebike, even when I’m 90

    Votes: 25 10.5%

  • Ebikes cause more trail damage than analog bikes

    Votes: 8 3.4%

  • Ebikes have no more trail impact than a traditional bike.

    Votes: 63 26.5%

  • I hate anyone on an ebike

    Votes: 7 2.9%

  • Anyone on a bike is a friend of mine, ebike or not

    Votes: 89 37.4%

  • I’ve been seeing ebikes in the woods regularly

    Votes: 50 21.0%

  • I’ve never seen an ebike on the trail

    Votes: 15 6.3%

  • It's called an Acoustic bike

    Votes: 14 5.9%

  • “I may consider one after my body is all used up and broken"

    Votes: 64 26.9%

  • I already own an off-road Ebike

    Votes: 30 12.6%

  • I have no interest in an e-bike

    Votes: 13 5.5%

  • Arguing against ebikes is kerfuffle

    Votes: 13 5.5%

  • I like Matty no matter what he rides

    Votes: 17 7.1%
  • Total voters
    238
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Steve Vai said:
If you wanna see what a belt failure looks like up close, here ya go.

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Is there any thought or reality on what causes such a failure? Is it something as simple as how hard you push it (ie gear ur in and torque)? I'm thinking of an MTB stage race I was in where I saw 3 different people blow up chains on shitty shifts under heavy load on hills they went in to poorly.
 
Fat Trout said:
Is there any thought or reality on what causes such a failure? Is it something as simple as how hard you push it (ie gear ur in and torque)? I'm thinking of an MTB stage race I was in where I saw 3 different people blow up chains on shitty shifts under heavy load on hills they went in to poorly.
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It’s just the age of the belt normally. This is on a Gen1 Vado so it’s old. I would do this as a regular maintenance every 2 or years depending on mileage, at least when they offer kits for more of the motors. It’s like a 30 minute job start/finish. Well, if you do as many e-bikes as I do it’s 30 minutes 😂
 
JPark said:
When my motor broke last month I would pedal it and it would make it's motor sound but not propel me forward. No error messages.
I guess this photo is what actually happened?
Fortunately it was under warranty so the entire motor was replaced.
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Right now Brose won’t allow anyone to open a motor under 2 years old so they just replace them. Seems like a monster waste because it’s such an easy fix.
 
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