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"It lets you go further and discover new trails that you would never have ridden before”

“you will master climbs that you have never even attempted”

“you can join any group of mountain bikers without sticking out like a sore thumb”..

Because you are lazy.

Hard pass....I skipped the article and came straight to the comments. NSMB posted this for a joke right? Is it April 1st already?

My fave is vids of the so called sponsored guys roosting our fave loamers.

Douche factor to 11.

Looks like for the price it's a good buy. Just needs a couple things swapped.

It's the same colour as my old Rocky Oxygen. Nice throwback.

Good honest review Andrew.

Never looks as steep on the helmet cams as it actually is. The 8 min mark puts it into perspective... Bike!

When I say get my hands on it, I mean trying it on before I buy it. Have a pretty big love hate relationship relationship with CRC. Got dinged pretty bad by customs last time I ordered, there is endless threads on this site as you know. If It doesn't fit and I have to send it back who covers the duty charges? It's just too much hassle ordering outside Canada. Plus I try to support my LBS's they have always been really good to me.

Anyways, good review, maybe one day someone will seriously try to carry this companies stuff, it looks great. It's just strange that they have you reviewing and promoting something that is hard to get, that's all.

Great review. Too bad it's for a company that it's next to impossible to find a shop that actually carries it here in BC. Would love one of their helmets with the removable chin bar but wanna try one on before I purchase, same with shorts. Tried contacting the company that reps them, they were really no help.  So have to say I don't know what the story is with this company. Advertising stuff you cant actually get your hands on.

Great comparison.

nice.

Nice review, how would you rate it against a lyrik and a pike?

They are the masters of throwing shit in the land fill that works just fine, just can't update it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3s-qZsjK8I

Posted by: E-wok

Posted by: tungsten

https://reviews.mtbr.com/take-the-2019-mtbr-ebike-survey

Thanks for that!

Mtbr ebike forum is very informative and discourages the hate.

https://forums.mtbr.com/e-bikes/

https://unitedridersofcumberland.com/about/policies/

http://www.kcts.ca/e-Bikes

Liability issues?? Motorized vehicle?Looks like more and more areas are shutting the door. Don't know how much longer this sneak in the backdoor pretending to be a mountain bike charade is going to last for you guys, but I'm sure you can chat about it on the link you provided.

So they are setting up a concert stage saying screw you to any permits, safety protocol. The city council can't do anything to shut it down because they will have a riot on their hands due to sheer numbers. What could go wrong?  This event has the highest percentage of adults who live in their parent's basement. Can't wait to see how this plays out.

So this 420 event on Saturday has Cypress Hill doing a free concert. I have a hunch this is going to be a mess. I hope everyone behaves but we all know Vancouver's track record for that.

This is a good read.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/do-we-really-need-e-bikes-opinion-2017.html

https://www.nsride.com/

We can pretty much ride year round, although the last couple years the trails have been more snow than usual, the new normal? Who knows.

Enjoy, there is endless riding on the shore.

BTW we spell it tires, not tyres. haha

The point where cycling turns into motorsport... this above pic^^

Looks fun for sure. Can't wait to tear up the trails on one.

Posted by: grambo

Posted by: Ddean

Sorry, my mistake. But my concern is that if the MTB community lobbys against ebikes and convinces the powers that be that they’re dirt bikes and those who make decisions believe that, what will we tell the powers that be is the best way to police them?

Without that answer, it’s a risky discussion to have.

This is a point I've always brought up and have never heard a reasonable answer for. There is no practical way to enforce any rules around ebikes, at least in the areas we ride on the coast of BC. Outside of parks land where you could pay rangers to stand at trailheads and stop/fine ebikes, who is going to enforce on DNV/crown/private (woodlot/Diamond Head) etc. land? With other motorized like dirtbikes/trials it's really an honour system and code of conduct in the communities. Also it's hilarious when ebike proponents bring up the class 1/2/3 BS. Do you expect land managers to pay people to stand at trailheads and inspect bikes to see if they have been modded for more power/throttle? Not happening. 

The only outcomes are either ebikes are accepted and ridden everywhere (most likely) or they are outright banned along with mountain bikes (due to inability to distinguish/enforce).

Good post. This has been talked about before, the whole situation is messy.  I'm just pretty sure a few years down the road the crank sets on them is just going to be for looks, pretty much there already.

Posted by: earleb

Posted by: Brocklanders

Posted by: Ddean

I remember Monica saying that her community was going to stay silent on the issue and let ebikes become part of MTB culture, and then at that point would they start waving their arms again. An inability to police the difference between ebikes and MTBs is their plan for grouping the two groups together. If you cant enforce a difference between ebikes versus MTBs and if ebikes are not good, all bikes get banned. That is what it looks like their future argument will be.

This^^

We see issues coming, trying to address them, little conversation happening, land mangers silent, most trail associations quiet.

Bike Industry: All good bro! We can all get along right? Relax all good!

So far on what I have found just in the PNW COTA ( Bend )BLM - Cumby-  Revy-  Evergreen ( Washington)- BLM . All have said no thanks.

Our Mighty NSMBA, and SORCA are pretty much in favor of them from what I gather in the online surveys.

I guess that's what happens when you are bros with the bros bro.

Bro, you ever heard of doing some like uh research Bro? 

See here they have a section on the website that clearly states their policies. 

https://nsmba.ca/policies-and-bylaws/

Ohh look a policy on ebikes. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QUQ9GCKRr0q14uA1RzmfYmbBRNaRfoQ6eUkmXrTXnA4/edit

See that very first line? 

"The NSMBA advocates for non-motorised mountain biking. The NSMBA considers Electric Mountain Bikes (“E-bikes”) a separate motorized user group."

Or you can keeping being mis-informed and spout off stuff about them being beholden to their sponsors or not wanting to piss off the Bros.

The NSMBA polls it’s membership on opinions of E-bikes each year in our annual survey and shares these metrics with land managers.

I must have missed that one on the survey, wonder why it was left out?

Posted by: Ddean

I remember Monica saying that her community was going to stay silent on the issue and let ebikes become part of MTB culture, and then at that point would they start waving their arms again. An inability to police the difference between ebikes and MTBs is their plan for grouping the two groups together. If you cant enforce a difference between ebikes versus MTBs and if ebikes are not good, all bikes get banned. That is what it looks like their future argument will be.

This^^

We see issues coming, trying to address them, little conversation happening, land mangers silent, most trail associations quiet.

Bike Industry: All good bro! We can all get along right? Relax all good!

So far on what I have found just in the PNW COTA ( Bend )BLM - Cumby-  Revy-  Evergreen ( Washington)- BLM . All have said no thanks.

Our Mighty NSMBA, and SORCA are pretty much in favor of them from what I gather in the online surveys.

I guess that's what happens when you are bros with the bros bro.

Posted by: Endur-Bro

Posted by: skidrc

patrolled on a camox for 2 seasons. decent enough. washes out plenty enough.

ski the '17 corvus in a 183 and I love it.

K

What length? What’s your weight? You likely have extremely better ski skillz than I do.

Did you end up buying the Black Crows?

Looks like I am going to probably get the Anima for next season, took some for a few laps. Exactly what I was looking for.