Interbike, Gathering of the Lizards
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You know you'd ride it all day if they would just make a bike that could do the riding for you.
Pedal assist is last year. Next year I predict steering assist, and braking assist which I assume you already have in your car. Soon enough your bike will just go take itself out for a ride and you can stay home.
@6thElement already made that joke last week. Old news, brotato
Oh sorry
Has anyone made fun of you for being a big guy on a 40lb bike running 2.8 exo tires and wondering about punctures? If not can we change my joke to that....
Fuck. Shit. Damn. I guess it doesn't really make sense in this context. Well I guess I'm just gonna poop deck it then. Better than riding a moped
Go pedal the 160mm Jamis around if you can, pedals just as well as the 130mm bike.
The most impressive bikes I rode were the Pinion gearboxed Nicolai 130mm 29er and Zerode Taniwa and the 160mm 27.5" Tantrum.
I back off the pedal pressure when shifting much more than most riders and don't use high engagement hubs so I noticed no downsides to the gearboxes and really liked the dead silent belt drive Nicolai. I might be on a Zerode next year if some rumors I heard come true. For sure my shop will put a couple in our rental fleet.
The Tantrum really works as claimed and with the limited tuning time I had I couldn't make any serious criticisms. I'd love to have some more time on one to really dial the suspension and I'm curious to see what refinements the next generation has. In comparison the Marin, which is also claimed to have amazing pedaling for a big bike, left me very underwhelmed. It rode fine but didn't pedal any better than my Capra while needing less sag and more compression damping to avoid bottoming.
I back off the pedal pressure when shifting much more than most riders and don't use high engagement hubs so I noticed no downsides to the gearboxes and really liked the dead silent belt drive Nicolai. I might be on a Zerode next year if some rumors I heard come true. For sure my shop will put a couple in our rental fleet.
The Tantrum really works as claimed and with the limited tuning time I had I couldn't make any serious criticisms. I'd love to have some more time on one to really dial the suspension and I'm curious to see what refinements the next generation has. In comparison the Marin, which is also claimed to have amazing pedaling for a big bike, left me very underwhelmed. It rode fine but didn't pedal any better than my Capra while needing less sag and more compression damping to avoid bottoming.
Wait who is importing Nicolai bikes? Did they have any Geometron's there or just standard ones?
Hopefully the Zerode cost can come down. I am not sure how the ChinaTariffs are gonna hit plastic bikes but adding 25% is gonna be brutal if thats how it translates. Maybe Rob will get the rear to use either 29" or 650B hoops via the flip chips on the rear axle. I also suggested adding 15-20mm onto the bikes.
Hopefully the Zerode cost can come down. I am not sure how the ChinaTariffs are gonna hit plastic bikes but adding 25% is gonna be brutal if thats how it translates. Maybe Rob will get the rear to use either 29" or 650B hoops via the flip chips on the rear axle. I also suggested adding 15-20mm onto the bikes.
The Nicolai was at the Gates tent. I don't know any more than that.
@HAB has a geometron, i believe he ordered it through Mojo. leads me to believe nicolai doesn't have a US distributor.
that was a fun ride. Thanks for giving me a tour. It was a blast.
While nothing can compare to the sheer vertical high speed gnar of Easy Rider, what with it's 1 to 2 foot tall banked corners (almost a METER to you old skool neo's), Gypsy??? super fun, super rock paths. Woods? That fuckin toilet bowl deathwish corkscrew??? Mineshaft? Or whatever we ended up on? My hands were tired.
The locals are bitchin about the blown out trails...
A) good suspension test
2) super fuckin fun anyway, get real
I saw a rather large lady riding a Rambo up a steep hill without pedaling, With just a bit of wheelspin.
Because, you know, pedalic, pedal assist, the same workout, blahblahblah
this is funny. My wife, in her 50's, decided to take up mountain biking for the first time in her life, 2 months ago.
She wanted to ride here. So I wrapped her in bubble wrap and sent her up the lift with an instructor.
After a warm up on Easy Rider, they went up to the top for Coaster, a fun and somewhat tech blue trail. She did that 5 times over the weekend without crashing.
If anybody proposes to say anything meaningful about a bike and my wife can outride them??
Here's the best thing I saw all weekend. Alta racks.
The most versatile, burly and detailed rack I've seen. It tilts back to unload, carries 6 bikes and has a hammock and bike stand attachments. Way cool.
The most versatile, burly and detailed rack I've seen. It tilts back to unload, carries 6 bikes and has a hammock and bike stand attachments. Way cool.
Yeah I spoke with them about a Geometron to review awhile back. I may hit them up again. Would need to sell my Smash first but all other parts would fit!
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Pinkbike posted up the new Nicolai pedalec gearbox bike and someone called it a motorbike. Their response was that the winner of the Interbike e-bike race had a constant heart rate of "160 - 170bpm" so they are still clearly mountain biking.
http://www.racerxvt.com/article/the-exercise-intensity-of-mx-and-sx-racing-
https://www.moottoriliitto.fi/site/assets/files/1502/vtegradukonttinen011105.pdf
Pick a better argument next time.
Srsly. What a bunch of fucking morons.
missing the obvious comparison between a mx racers heartbeat and a mtb racers heartbeat is pretty stupid too...
Derp. I don't think you got the point of that post at all.
Enlighten me. The way I parsed it is that you’re claiming the Nicolai is a motorcycle, because heart rate data shows that SX racers are working hard, too.
Nah I'm saying that PB's argument that an e-bike is not a motorcycle because people race them get elevated heartrates is a stupid argument. Pinkbike is wrong if they think the definition of a motorbike is having a low HR.
FWIW I don't think an e-bike is a motorbike. Those things are respectable. They're more like mobility scooters.
Guys. You're all focusing on the wrong aspect of this. There are no winners of the "Interbike ebike race". Only losers.