For the price I paid for my ebike I'm never replacing it. Anytime I get a hankering, I laugh at the prices and find solace in my 70% off creaky aluminum bike.
It's 2025 Is an Emtb in your near future?
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For the price I paid for my ebike I'm never replacing it. Anytime I get a hankering, I laugh at the prices and find solace in my 70% off creaky aluminum bike.
qclabrat
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What did you get?
Ian F
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It's going to be a bit. Work will likely prevent any riding this week and I have a 4-day car club event this weekend.
NOS 2020 Specialized Turbo Levo SL Comp, MSPR $7k paid $2k out the door.
Is Hell freezing over or are pigs flying?
I just beat myself and bike up at Telemark and Wildcat today. Broke things not attached to my body lol.
VelocityboyII
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what is it? Can't recognize...
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VelocityboyII
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matty...new redesigned Pivot LT
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FTFY 🙂
matty...new redesigned Pivot LT
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Where die-hard passion meets relentless innovation. Our carbon frames are what make a Pivot the best bike in the world.
There’s some confusion about why they use the prior General race motor over the new
It’s all about total power and weight
For what it’s worth we have a large and an extra large and the old version on closeout for those interested/both with 801
When @Wrong Way Dan and @JimN see telemark and wildcat in the same sentence...they begin to twitch violently.
I actually genuinely agree with this piece. It's fun...but it's weirdly hollow? I've been struggling to describe it and he articulates it better than I could. It's a great tool for various reasons, but I don't think it'll ever be my only bike.
Emtb is fun and a good workout but it's not a great workout and the metrics are not really transferable to other rides.
Use the ride as an easy ride, don't think of it as a regular ride it's more of a recovery, that is the mindset you have to change.
Nobody is going full gas on an emtb ride too, the trails are too rocky and it's not fun to get beat up uphill and down.
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Yeah I've posted a few times about how I use my e-bike (Z2 trail rides and TM). I'm not going to sell mine or anything, just a feeling that was gnawing at me was captured in that article very well.
It CAN be just as good a workout if you lower the assistance level. But that takes some real willpower knowing what's possible.
Ian F
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That's basically what I do all the time. Probably 99% of the time I'm on the Heckler, the assist level is set to 3/8. It gives me just enough assist that I can keep up with my riding buddy who is much stronger than I am. It allows him to actually ride as hard as he wants without having to wait for me and cool down at the top of each climb. My legs are still cooked at the end of the ride, but according to HRM data I spend less time in the "red zone".