E-bikes are a thing

Ebikes??

  • I have never ridden one

    Votes: 100 41.3%

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

    Votes: 9 3.7%

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

    Votes: 19 7.9%

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

    Votes: 35 14.5%

  • Did he just say analog bike?

    Votes: 35 14.5%

  • My knees are failing and an ebike in inevitable

    Votes: 17 7.0%

  • My next bike will certainly be an ebike.

    Votes: 19 7.9%

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

    Votes: 25 10.3%

  • Ebikes cause more trail damage than analog bikes

    Votes: 8 3.3%

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

    Votes: 63 26.0%

  • I hate anyone on an ebike

    Votes: 7 2.9%

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

    Votes: 91 37.6%

  • I’ve been seeing ebikes in the woods regularly

    Votes: 52 21.5%

  • I’ve never seen an ebike on the trail

    Votes: 15 6.2%

  • It's called an Acoustic bike

    Votes: 14 5.8%

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

    Votes: 64 26.4%

  • I already own an off-road Ebike

    Votes: 34 14.0%

  • I have no interest in an e-bike

    Votes: 13 5.4%

  • Arguing against ebikes is kerfuffle

    Votes: 14 5.8%

  • I like Matty no matter what he rides

    Votes: 17 7.0%
  • Total voters
    242
tonyride said:
I actually demo'd one a long time ago. It was a Christini bike but obviously not electric. I think it was either at a Jorbafest event, 24-Hours of Allamuchy, or Mountain Man at Mahlon Dickerson. I thought although it was interesting, I saw no real benefits because the power and torque was distributed evenly (mostly) between the front and rear wheels all the time. There may be some loss of power to torque to the front due to the flexible drive shaft but not enough to make a difference. So most of the time all that energy going to the front is not needed or desired in a full analog fixed system. Now, on an ebike using a front hub motor and a controller with some brains, power and torque to the front can be delivered at will only when and where it is needed is a totally different story. Imagine a front wheel pulling you out of a turn on a berm? Also, having a hub motor will allow for a full suspension bike because no drive shaft.
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I'm not saying it makes any sense from a riding POV. I just think it would be fun in limited situations - like riding on snow in my local parks. Would it be substantially better than a regular fat bike or even a std mtn bike? No, probably not. But it might be fun. It would also be a lot of money to have sitting around collecting dust, so I'm not likely to buy one anytime soon, if ever.
 
Ian F said:
I'm not saying it makes any sense from a riding POV. I just think it would be fun in limited situations - like riding on snow in my local parks. Would it be substantially better than a regular fat bike or even a std mtn bike? No, probably not. But it might be fun. It would also be a lot of money to have sitting around collecting dust, so I'm not likely to buy one anytime soon, if ever.
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Imagine lewis or kitatinny on an inch or two of crunchy ice and snow. That would almost be worth it for the dozen days of those conditions.
 
Orbea sent out a teaser newsletter about their new ebike. Looks like an e-Rallon or is that just a new Wild? Had an asymmetric bar connecting the top to bottom tube.
 
iLuveketchup said:
Orbea sent out a teaser newsletter about their new ebike. Looks like an e-Rallon or is that just a new Wild? Had an asymmetric bar connecting the top to bottom tube.
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This had me thinking also with a now e stumpjumper are they dropping the levo.
It seems manufacturers are just now adding e to their already made mtbs
 
Gene said:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/...ytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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So, according to this article, you've got a one in 10 million chance of this happening to you. "One out of every 10 million lithium-ion batteries fails"

People only see the headline. The real problem is "cheaper, uncertified batteries with greater risk", user stupidity "Fires have also been started because people have used chargers incompatible with a battery" and using damaged batteries that have been dropped or otherwise abused.

Doesn't mean it's not a thing. It is.
 
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