E-bikes are a thing
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Captain Brainstorm
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Until the 8-16yr old NICA aged kids who ride regular MTB's get old enough to be financially independent, and continue buying regular MTB's.
So like...the year 2050?
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
NICA is like .0000000000000001% of the kid bike market. The other 99.9999999999999999999% are already riding E-Bikes.
You work in summit so you're probably biased to a market of people with $$.
I haven't seen a single kid where I live on an ebike and there's a ton of kids on bikes.
Oddly we were with friends yesterday that were saying how e-bikes have taken over Bentonville and kids on electric strider bikes were flying around.
I'm also noticing a huge trend of older husband/wife road riders where the wife has an electric road bike. Post ride bikes leaning up against a wall are pairs of regular & ebike.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
The people of Summit buy their kids e-bikes because they're cheaper than a base model Rockhopper.
Captain Brainstorm
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Yea, something like that. Kind of like what happened to Harley when their customer base aged out (i.e. died).
I'm talking about kids that actually mountain bike, which are very few. Those fat kids riding on the street with their helmets on the handlebars don't count. Those contraptions they ride are the 2024 version of mopeds. Actually makes sense now why the industry is pushing ebikes so hard, based on the number of kids actually mountain biking, the future (around here anyway) is bleak. In other places (like up in VT) the future is a little brighter. More kids mountain biking, a lot less ebikes. Even the elderly get kitted up and go on group rides with their regular bikes.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Yeah, unfortunately enthusiasts don't pay anyone's bills, the fat kids do.
Outside of the 90's mountain bike boom and the Covid blip, do we actually have less people in NJ riding mountain bikes than a few years ago?
It's not as popular as other sports as mall shopping but I'm not sure it's dying out.
JPark
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well, actually Mall Shopping IS dying out
I've noticed many more kids mtb'g at Allaire recently. However, in my 2 square mile town, I only see the same few kids out on bikes. You'd think they'd be all over the place.
Drive by the Short Hills Mall on any beautiful summer day and die a little on the inside with the traffic trying to get into the mall with full lots.well, actually Mall Shopping IS dying out
Generic malls are dying while there's a few fancy malls that are booming.
The Kalmyk
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Drive by the Short Hills Mall on any beautiful summer day and die a little on the inside with the traffic trying to get into the mall with full lots.
Generic malls are dying while there's a few fancy malls that are booming.
So net net… they are down
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Drive by the Short Hills Mall on any beautiful summer day and die a little on the inside with the traffic trying to get into the mall with full lots.
Generic malls are dying while there's a few fancy malls that are booming.
Any mall with daily car jackings are doing well.
I’m just glad to see that you are riding clipless.
I often feel like the odd man out on that one.
johnbryanpeters
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I switched to flats a few years ago and won't go back.
Got tired of bleeding shins🙄