True, your point puts me in mind of where bmx was in the 00s, basically scaffold tubes welded together, but as they were meat powered there was still impetus to lose their weight. I feel like e-bikes will end up as emotos with crank arms slapped on, which is essentially how most people use them in London to commute or deliver food. It’s illegal for them to have a throttle or have an unrestricted engine but you wouldn’t guess from looking around. I imagine that actual mountain bikers would not have such a cavalier attitude to thrashing their bike, but I also imagine they are by far and away the minority of ebike riders so don’t get as much of a say in how they progress
Oct. 7, 2022, 1:05 a.m. - papa44
True, your point puts me in mind of where bmx was in the 00s, basically scaffold tubes welded together, but as they were meat powered there was still impetus to lose their weight. I feel like e-bikes will end up as emotos with crank arms slapped on, which is essentially how most people use them in London to commute or deliver food. It’s illegal for them to have a throttle or have an unrestricted engine but you wouldn’t guess from looking around. I imagine that actual mountain bikers would not have such a cavalier attitude to thrashing their bike, but I also imagine they are by far and away the minority of ebike riders so don’t get as much of a say in how they progress