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thankfully no NH3 is ever released in natural cycles, ever had biology or chemistry in school? i suggest you look again at the nitrogen cycle, especially the nitrogen fixation...

that's the stuff they sell next year...

there is a rule preventing tight clothes…

i rather watch some normal guys suffer than some pros who get paid to do stuff anyways

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Posted by: DanL

Every component using one or two torx bolt sizes? Too much to ask ?

More like every OEM uses their own proprietary bolt like Apple...

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Posted by: Kenny

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Why is using one kind of vehicle that destroys the environment to enjoy your sport considered OK but the one that could be powered with renewable energy considered bad (for whom?)

The difference is the ebike is on the trail. The truck stays in the parking lot. If people were just using ebikes to tow their non motorized bikes to the trailhead your point would be totally valid. I think that is a perfect use for an ebike actually. I am all for ebikes on pathways built for motorized traffic.

But between this and the fact that most people will still transport their mopeds to the trails via vehicle make this attempt at justification kinda irrelevant.

funny how you left out my bit about shuttling. i don't remember anyone in this forum complaining about shuttling heavy dh/freeride rigs up the mountain with pickup trucks a few years ago. yet, that kind of activity damaged the environment for good vs. only "damaging" some trails. and you still defend using gas to right your bike. so in a way you are also doing a motorsport. you just don't see it's damage (yet).

Enjoy your one lap riding from where ever in the city to the top of one of the local riding areas. Maybe they can put a charging station in at the trail heads for you. I drive/ ride my bike over the Ironworkers everyday to and from work and have never seen one E-Mtb headed for a trail ride. Seen lots on the back of trucks though, usually Tacomas, they are electric too right?

Finally figured out what the "E" stands for.... Excuses

you don't get my point. i just find it kinda hypocritical to moan the "destruction" of trails (aka scratching the top soil) by e-bikers while at the same time everybody is cool with really destroying the environment (aka causing global warming).  just say you are entitled to these trails and don't want too many people using them, would be more believable...

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Posted by: Sethimus

Why is using one kind of vehicle that destroys the environment to enjoy your sport considered OK but the one that could be powered with renewable energy considered bad (for whom?)

The difference is the ebike is on the trail. The truck stays in the parking lot. If people were just using ebikes to tow their non motorized bikes to the trailhead your point would be totally valid. I think that is a perfect use for an ebike actually. I am all for ebikes on pathways built for motorized traffic.

But between this and the fact that most people will still transport their mopeds to the trails via vehicle make this attempt at justification kinda irrelevant.

funny how you left out my bit about shuttling. i don't remember anyone in this forum complaining about shuttling heavy dh/freeride rigs up the mountain with pickup trucks a few years ago. yet, that kind of activity damaged the environment for good vs. only "damaging" some trails. and you still defend using gas to right your bike. so in a way you are also doing a motorsport. you just don't see it's damage (yet).

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I thought PB was trying to adopt a 'no e-bike content' policy? If it is the same press release that is posted up here, I am not surprised the PB collective went to town on it.

Nope, it's still there: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/yt-enters-the-e-mtb-market-with-decoy.html

What Pinkbike is doing is using geo-locating to not display ebike related content to North American IP's both on the website and their social media feeds. If you direct link or search for that content you can see it from North America but it doens't display on the main page. They are trying to have it both ways because they need the advertising dollars for the Euro crowd where ebikes have already been accepted. I don't blame them from a business perspective but the cognitive dissonance is hilarious.

It appears the Brits have a huge chubby for these things. Which is strange due to the lack of long steep climbs on most of the island.

name one british bikepark with lift access.

the discussion here is quite interesting. so far

driving your gas guzzler up to the parking spot to ride your bike there = good
shuttling with your gas guzzler up the mountain to ride down with your bike = good
riding your e-bike partially powered by electricity up and down the same mountain = bad

why is using one kind of vehicle that destroys the environment to enjoy your sport considered OK but the one that could be powered with renewable energy considered bad (for whom?)

Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn't him

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Posted by: Sethimus

that's the reason i don't have kids (also not liking them)

Agreed, I also did my part, no offspring. However, my younger sibling has 3 so totally negates my efforts. 

I think humanity is equivalent to the cockroach now, too worthless to vanish completely even when faced w/an extinction level event.

I have 2 boys and a vasectomy so myself and wife are breaking even. This whole 'I'm not having kids so you're welcome' mentality is flawed imo. If some disease spread through humanity and made everyone sterile there would be chaos on this planet. Kim Jong would fire off his nukes, we'd shoot back etc etc eventually destroying the earth anyway. Having future generations is important to keep the planet inhabitable. So you're welcome for trying to keep the planet healthy for my kids for you to live in.

so what are you telling them when you have "the talk" about why we fucked up their future?

that's the reason i don't have kids (also not liking them)

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Posted by: craw

I just look on Google Maps, find some spot I've never been to and find a circuitous route to and from and see something new.

if you haven't yet, try out komoot. crowd sourced POI, amazing route finding depending on the parameters you put in (road, gravel, mtb, hiking etc). my go to routing software for the bike, found so much amazing roads/trails around berlin i would have never found on my own.

A buddy of mine has komoot...that is one killer app. The only thing that is bugging him is that it uses up a lot of power.

i dont use it to navigate, that's what the wahoo is for, komoot only for the planing before. tbh most apps are battery drainers, especially if you are out in the woods where signals are weak, which describes everything around berlin if you're on O2 oO

Posted by: heathen

Why own a road bike when you can own the magic do all that is a Cyclocross bike.

why own a cyclocross bike if you can have all the comfort a road plus/gravel bike with large volume 27,5" tires can give you ;)

Posted by: craw

I just look on Google Maps, find some spot I've never been to and find a circuitous route to and from and see something new.

if you haven't yet, try out komoot. crowd sourced POI, amazing route finding depending on the parameters you put in (road, gravel, mtb, hiking etc). my go to routing software for the bike, found so much amazing roads/trails around berlin i would have never found on my own.