Matt Hunter, you have given me teh sads. You were the last person I would have expected to see in this vid.
a little piece of me died
- Thread starter jstuhlman
- Start date
ugh
lets try a counter measure
http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Eddy-e-duro,26064/Steel-City-Media,14510
lets try a counter measure
http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Eddy-e-duro,26064/Steel-City-Media,14510
Gross.
That said, there is not enough content on the interwebs from guys like Matt, Mike Hopkins etc.
I have personally only seen one electric bike on trails. Buddy was going down/up hills seated the entire time, but was going slow as molasses.
That said, there is not enough content on the interwebs from guys like Matt, Mike Hopkins etc.
I have personally only seen one electric bike on trails. Buddy was going down/up hills seated the entire time, but was going slow as molasses.
He's paid to ride whatever the hell they tell him to.
It's not like mitch ropelato hangs out on a fat bike in tahoe on his own either.
It's not like mitch ropelato hangs out on a fat bike in tahoe on his own either.
The puddle wheelie adds legitimacy.
Include the tucky tucky shoulder hunch bar turn for (cough) 'style' points.
A few earth based kickouts, and any piece of shit bike is an instant rocket ship to all hacks.
These and other pathetic tools of the trade are available in my upcoming pamphlet "1001 reasons why the bike industry sucks and needs to die in a hole."
Include the tucky tucky shoulder hunch bar turn for (cough) 'style' points.
A few earth based kickouts, and any piece of shit bike is an instant rocket ship to all hacks.
These and other pathetic tools of the trade are available in my upcoming pamphlet "1001 reasons why the bike industry sucks and needs to die in a hole."
That was terrible. Never really got 99% of bike videos, but that was bad. Was just missing a parking lot curb huck.
Even before having seen this video this is one company who has lost its ways and just pumping out mindless videos and not having any point of view except sell more crap.
April 1st is in 2 weeks, should have waited, this would have qualified.
Just curious, how many people here have actually tried riding a full-suspension E-bike?
If there was the equivalent of a "man card" for bike manufacturers, I'd ask that specialized had theirs revoked.
Resistance is futile. Soon coming to an LBS near your, with many brand names on the battery covers.
He was trying so hard to get that thing off the ground
i rode the one below. i thought it was a novel idea at best. i would certainly never drop the coin on one...
I tooled around on one at Sea Slaughter last year. It was exactly what you'd expect. A FS bike with a motor shoved up it's ass. It was easy as hell to pedal and hard as hell to ride.
As a community, how could we make the bike companies uncomfortable enough to kill this infant in the crib?
Since there will allways be idiots who will buy crap like this, I will just point at them and laugh...
Here in the land of the free, we are not free to ride nowhere near as freely as in the backwards Old world. This will complicate already painful trail access issues, little to laugh about here.
Start a petition of riders who will boycott any company that pushes this shit?
Last edited:
Y'all will change your minds when they come out with the new 35.7Volt battery standard.
FTFY
won't ever happen. the same way this thread will die a short death - people will soon forget why they were boycotting a company, find something they like from said company, buy it and move on with their lives.
also people will be leery to admit it due to their concern of how they'll be judged, but a lot of riders will see this and think it's an awesome thing (which i admit i do - i think it's pretty damn cool tech and i'd love to try one with standard width wheels and tires).
bottom line is people are self centered and not really concerned with the long view. if they can get a boost up that hill they avoid or never make they won't care about the impact it may have on their local trail system or the sport as a whole.
Too late. E-MTB is not an infant anymore. It's an obnoxious little toddler walking around putting anything and everything in its mouth. It is the fastest-growing category in Europe and several of the big brands are already playing there. Their presence in North America will only grow. Unfortunate timing considering the current STC/IMBA debate.
Yeah, I hear they put them in the seat tubes... gets them into trouble with the big daddy UCI.
@stiksandstones chimed in at Vital in favor of them, citing the case of Troy Lee. He had a bad motorcycle accident a while ago and this would certainly help him to spend a bit more time on his bike. I kinda justify its use in that case, but I'm not so sure I could cope with the added avalanche of asshats speeding while climbing.