Harl(E)y- bikes anyone?
- Thread starter KenW449
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eBikes are tied to the grid in a manner that limits your freedom of movement; the exact opposite of what I like about bicycles.
Not even close. Driving is optional and has no bearing on a bicycles range.
Ah.. So you rode your DH bike to every mountain you ever rode. And pushed it to the top each run?
Unless this is true your bikes range is more tied to the grid than my Ebike's.
Charging an E bike and switching it on is optional
I do push up a lot of hills, it helps extend my range and makes others feel like a rock star. Win / Win!
in personal chode news, I was just in a near-head-on with an e-bike poaching our local loop, gunning his chode-moped *uphill* on one of the most commonly-descended trails in the region.
What a total e-bike cliche lol: poaching in broad daylight while railing uphill against the flow of traffic.
What a total e-bike cliche lol: poaching in broad daylight while railing uphill against the flow of traffic.
i don't care if one rides an e-bike. but if your e-bike is a harley, you are a total fucking hipster dipshit...
We have the same thing happen on the CO front range all the time, except they're MAMIL bikes.
Man why you gotta hate on thai food and consumer reports. I'd rather pay for an impartial review than read a shill review from something like pinkbike. And thai food is goddamn delicious.
In other news, I just put an order in for an ebike, and I don't know what shock wizards is, but it sounds like something I'd enjoy.
It's a little computer you put on your shock and it tells you your suspension performance and if you should adjust your setting for optimal performance.
What wan?
So you are NOT joining in the exclusive RideMonk(E)y club? President @Toshi would like your attendance.
Sadly, Harley is probably targeting hipsters as part of a last-ditch effort to appeal to young people.
Well, I don't have the same beef with them as other people on this forum do. I think it depends on where the trails are, and what they're like. Trails I'm used to are - long fireroad/paved road climb, followed by a downhill run to the bottom, all ideal on trail bikes. For something like that, I'd love to have an ebike. Getting to take my car out of the equation, not deal with shuttling, not having to spend 45 minutes grinding up a hill, and having time for 2-3 runs instead of 1 sounds well worth the weight penalty and shittier ride characteristics an ebike has.
On the other hand, if I were on pure single track, with ups and downs, or the trails were a bit gnarlier, they don't interest me. I'm not a shitlord either, so being a dick and riding uphill against the flow of traffic isn't going to happen.
Seems like the main reason ebikes suck is because they allow people who otherwise wouldn't go biking to start, and an influx of low skill idiots on the trail sucks for everybody - trails get imba'd, and you start seeing people climbing the DH sections.
To tie this in to the topic at hand, seems like that's exactly the demographic Harley is looking to sell to, so fuck this bike, and fuck Harley.