OK
I could go for an e-cargo bike to transport my Real Bike and dogs to the trails
and 2500 watts and a throttle with electric warmer grips, and no chain or fully enclosed drivetrain
ebikes for commuting is a no brainer... just makes sense.
Posted by: trumpstinyhands
No. I'd potentially be tempted to get one if I was building a trail that was 'out there', to speed up proceedings, but even then I'd probably get something completely different like an E-assist fat bike. I've got no interest in getting the same style bike but with a motor when I have 'sort of...' working legs. And the whole 'you can get more laps in', will be the death of many trails.
This. I'm surprised more companies, specifically in Canada haven't marketed them as a trailbuilding tool to try and get over a lot of the negative public perception. I'm very biased though as I'm currently contacting a bunch of companies to try and get a hook up on an ebike for a massive project I have in for approval. It seems like a no-brainer considering that I could potentially ask the ministry in my section 57 application that I'd like to ban ebikes from said trail, but I guess this is all still a grey area under recreation management guidelines.
Im guessing that nobody is going to give you a free bike if that threat is included in your solicitation letters.
Posted by: tashi
Im guessing that nobody is going to give you a free bike if that threat is included in your solicitation letters.
I guess that could be interpreted as more of a threat then I intended it to be. I'm definitely pro e-bikes for opening up new/further/less dense areas regardless of whether or not I get one. I'm just surprised there isn't more of a marketing effort for ebikes towards the trail maintenance aspect when they're only seeming to aggravate trail associations about the increased use.
Posted by: taprider
OK
I could go for an e-cargo bike to transport my Real Bike and dogs to the trails
and 2500 watts and a throttle with electric warmer grips, and no chain or fully enclosed drivetrain
thats a great idea , economic and comfortable.do you have anyone in mind for purchase?
Oh are we still talking about ebikes?
Posted by: tungsten
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/16/just-say-no-to-ebikes-on-public-lands/
Not the "silver bullet" I was hoping I would find clicking on the link.
Besides, aren't house cats the cause of the declining bird population?
Are eMTB's a hot button, or are they becoming more of an accepted presence on the mountains these days?
I tried one for the first time last week and was more than a little surprised at how good it was. So I am now wondering if I would get the stink-eye or even the bums rush if I were to use an eMTB on my favorite hill, Fromme?
There are a lot going up Seymour.
Posted this in another thread, should have been here. In response to a joke about getting an E-bike if you're old:
Jokes aside, cycling is a low impact aerobic activity. Ride a pedal bike till you die. It's inherently a perfect old person activity, like water aerobics for the hardcore 🤘 except beneficial for balance and cognition too. Look at pictures of pre-capitolism China and the ancient old people happily riding their bikes around.
Personally I'll ride a bicycle until I'm no longer able to pedal, and then realistically, I expect to park the bike and keel over in short order.
Think the trails are dumbed down now, wait till we're all 80 and shaping the trails to suit us 😅
Posted by: Hepcat
Posted this in another thread, should have been here. In response to a joke about getting an E-bike if you're old:
Jokes aside, cycling is a low impact aerobic activity. Ride a pedal bike till you die. It's inherently a perfect old person activity, like water aerobics for the hardcore 🤘 except beneficial for balance and cognition too. Look at pictures of pre-capitolism China and the ancient old people happily riding their bikes around.
Personally I'll ride a bicycle until I'm no longer able to pedal, and then realistically, I expect to park the bike and keel over in short order.
Think the trails are dumbed down now, wait till we're all 80 and shaping the trails to suit us 😅
Cycling is a low impact aerobic activity? Not so much for mountain bikers.
Theres a visibly massive push by the manufacturers to have all the "content providers", whatever that means, to get all over social media and sing the praises of ebikes of late. Seems that the manufacturers are doing what they can to fight to stigma of riding one of these from within the "community"
I dont care who rides em these days just stay on authorized trails with them and who cares. And dont expect people to pull over for you on the climbing trails.
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