E-bikes are a thing

Ebikes??

  • I have never ridden one

    Votes: 99 40.7%

  • 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 7.8%

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

    Votes: 35 14.4%

  • Did he just say analog bike?

    Votes: 36 14.8%

  • My knees are failing and an ebike in inevitable

    Votes: 17 7.0%

  • My next bike will certainly be an ebike.

    Votes: 19 7.8%

  • 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: 64 26.3%

  • I hate anyone on an ebike

    Votes: 7 2.9%

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

    Votes: 92 37.9%

  • I’ve been seeing ebikes in the woods regularly

    Votes: 53 21.8%

  • 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 26.3%

  • I already own an off-road Ebike

    Votes: 35 14.4%

  • I have no interest in an e-bike

    Votes: 13 5.3%

  • Arguing against ebikes is kerfuffle

    Votes: 15 6.2%

  • I like Matty no matter what he rides

    Votes: 19 7.8%
  • Total voters
    243
Juggernaut said:
You tell them the real number!?!?!?! ???
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I’ll sometimes brag about the price ...as long as the wife isn’t around. ?

But seriously $7-$8K for a decent E-bike is a deterrent for most of us. My guess is that as the price (and weight) drop, you‘ll see a heck of a lot more out on the trails.

I dread the day I show up hung over for a group ride and I’m the only one with an analog bike. 😱
 
On the subject of using an ebike to skip the lifts at bike parks, is it common to have a climbing trail at a bike park? My lift service experience is limited to a couple times at creek before ebike was an option.
 
Speaking of eBike Tech, we just got an S-Sworks Creo SL in the shop as a Demo. You seriously can't tell it's electric. This is the next generation of bikes and as soon as the tech trickles down to a human price point, you won't even know there's an eBike on a rides with you.
 
Jmann said:
On the subject of using an ebike to skip the lifts at bike parks, is it common to have a climbing trail at a bike park? My lift service experience is limited to a couple times at creek before ebike was an option.
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Generally, no. The only one I know of is Burke Mtn in VT where you can ride up the Toll Road to the top of the mtn and take the trails down. All of t he other bike parks I've been to don't have readily accessible ways to get back to the top. I suppose you could at Blue Mtn since you ride up Blue Mountain Dr to the summit lodge and take trails down to the base area. Looking at a map, you could do something similar at Creek, but it would be a long ride up 515 and over the Daniel Boone Trail.

That said, e-bikes could make areas without lifts have more potential as bike parks, provided the trail system is designed with it in mind. The newer trails at Victory Hill in VT near Kingdom are kind of set up that way with a long fire road climb to the top and then fun single track options going down.
 
In another thread there was discussion of commuting longer distances on an e-bike, with less "sweat" equity (i.e. arriving less than drenched). That sounds interesting in a Big Easy sort of way.
 
Ian F said:
Generally, no. The only one I know of is Burke Mtn in VT where you can ride up the Toll Road to the top of the mtn and take the trails down. All of t he other bike parks I've been to don't have readily accessible ways to get back to the top. I suppose you could at Blue Mtn since you ride up Blue Mountain Dr to the summit lodge and take trails down to the base area. Looking at a map, you could do something similar at Creek, but it would be a long ride up 515 and over the Daniel Boone Trail.

That said, e-bikes could make areas without lifts have more potential as bike parks, provided the trail system is designed with it in mind. The newer trails at Victory Hill in VT near Kingdom are kind of set up that way with a long fire road climb to the top and then fun single track options going down.
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There are ways to ride up Creek. There’s also an entire series of trails starting from South Peak that they built for enduro races not sure if that is technically closed to public or if people just don’t go over there because no lifts. I’d think that would be prime e-biking if it’s allowed.
 
Ian F said:
Generally, no. The only one I know of is Burke Mtn in VT where you can ride up the Toll Road to the top of the mtn and take the trails down. All of t he other bike parks I've been to don't have readily accessible ways to get back to the top. I suppose you could at Blue Mtn since you ride up Blue Mountain Dr to the summit lodge and take trails down to the base area. Looking at a map, you could do something similar at Creek, but it would be a long ride up 515 and over the Daniel Boone Trail.

That said, e-bikes could make areas without lifts have more potential as bike parks, provided the trail system is designed with it in mind. The newer trails at Victory Hill in VT near Kingdom are kind of set up that way with a long fire road climb to the top and then fun single track options going down.
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VT is not e-bike friendly, most of the trails managed by VMBA or in partnership with them don't allow e-bikes. Most of the locals up there will give you the stink-eye. I hardly see e-bikes here, have never seen one up in VT. Don't see that changing any time soon, especially in light of recent events.
 
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Shepard Grinker said:
No major complaints but definitely not for me as a cyclist. Seems like the trail etiquette of some of the users I encounter has not been entirely great and actually pretty crappy. There’s bad apples in every sport (KT closing) but I’ve encountered more amongst that user group.

Where it would shine are epic and long rides (more than 3 hours) which has not been addressed (by most companies) in terms of battery life.

I’ll sell them but I personally prefer the pain to being out of shape and suffering even though I get dropped every ride and now by my 8 year old.

Great for hauling tools to a worksite to fix and build trails.

Not officially addressed by the State of NJ in terms of usage in Parks or public land. They don’t have their own advocacy group and are being lumped into the MTB category by the land managers and owners. They and their riders look just like MTBers which could be perceived as deceiving and this is by design from the bike companies.

Food for thought.
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Ive done 40mi in Eco on mine, definitely an epic ride! Battery weight will be an issue for a while yet so only solution to get more miles is to stash a battery at halfway point or carry one in pack.
 
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