I hope there's something. I haven't done an xc race since 1993 so this probably won't go so well for me, motor or not.
MTB E-Mageddon has begun
- Thread starter MmmBones
- Start date
get drunk before the race, puke everywhere.
The getting drunk park is a given. The puking part... I'm hoping not. Beer is expensive!
I'll be the guy in the Banana suit if they let me wear it for the race.
I'll be the drunk guy on the sideline yelling
PEDAL ASSIST! PEDAL ASSIST! PEDAL ASSIST!
I aint even scared. I got 400w of electric fury powered by beer and probably some sort of tacos to out run your bricks. How fast can a brick go anyway? It's not even electric.
Crap if you are gonna be hucking bricks at dudes on E-BIKES I may need to find you and set up a Phantom Camera at 2500 FPS and we can watch the brick crawl across the screen and connect with the riders face. Make for a great highlight reel.......
MOTOR DOPING!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/sports/cycling/with-a-discreet-motor-doping-the-bike-instead-of-the-cyclist.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
"The first confirmed case of mechanical doping surfaced this year when a tiny motor and battery were found inside a Belgian cyclist’s bike, but that involved cyclocross, a comparatively minor branch of the sport. The latest accusations emerged Sunday on Stade 2, a sports program on the French television network that is also the host broadcaster of the Tour de France. The report suggested that motor doping is also at the highest levels of the sport."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/sports/cycling/with-a-discreet-motor-doping-the-bike-instead-of-the-cyclist.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
"The first confirmed case of mechanical doping surfaced this year when a tiny motor and battery were found inside a Belgian cyclist’s bike, but that involved cyclocross, a comparatively minor branch of the sport. The latest accusations emerged Sunday on Stade 2, a sports program on the French television network that is also the host broadcaster of the Tour de France. The report suggested that motor doping is also at the highest levels of the sport."
Anyone want to take a thermal camera to the local trail session?
^^
Is that Karl Rove and Ben Carson's wife? I've been wondering what they've been up to.
Dick and Condi
Somehow that sounds like an early 20th century mixed drink.
I had two e-bikers ride up the fireroad to the top of our local. Looked at the signs like a dentist assesses your wallet size, and I was ready to strike in my best self righteous whine, but then ernst and young just head straight down the fireroad on the other side! I didn't know how to feel...
"Marketed as a way to help older or infirm people keep cycling"
From the Times article.
Ring any bells?
From the Times article.
Ring any bells?
happy to report that I am very firm.
You know you want one
http://www.techinsider.io/trifecta-e-bike-features?utm_content=buffer742a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-ti
It's got a fender and Shwabobbles
http://www.techinsider.io/trifecta-e-bike-features?utm_content=buffer742a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-ti
It's got a fender and Shwabobbles
You know you want one
http://www.techinsider.io/trifecta-e-bike-features?utm_content=buffer742a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-ti
It's got a fender and Shwabobbles
looks like that might be a metric shock too
The only kind I care about
http://www.outsideonline.com/2071671/e-mountain-bike-racing-now-thing
...bet you can't figure out which one is me.
...bet you can't figure out which one is me.
must have been hot as hell in that yeti costume
I hope these things have USB outs, so I can power my ghetto blaster at the trailhead.
(Those little wearable bluetooth speakers hanging from bros' camelbaks aren't annoying enough.)
Also, i could see myself making a weird, beige smoothie around mile 11 of an "all day epic." I'm down for the XTR-level li-ion kitchen electrics!
(Those little wearable bluetooth speakers hanging from bros' camelbaks aren't annoying enough.)
Also, i could see myself making a weird, beige smoothie around mile 11 of an "all day epic." I'm down for the XTR-level li-ion kitchen electrics!
Shimano just went full E-tard
With new left side drive standard.
"The final nail in the coffin, the final insidious act of these evil-incarnate machines, is that they simply suck to ride. Most ebikes–even with the latest technology–weigh about 50 pounds. This extra weight is obviously due to the battery and motor. And while the added power counters the extra weight as you climb, my real beef is when it comes time to descend. These absurdly-heavy bikes are awkward and cumbersome to maneuver when the actual fun part of the ride arrives. As a result, the part that we discussed above as the blissful reward isn’t actually so blissful.
Forget getting air. Forget skimming nimbly over the tops of rocks and roots. Instead of flying down the trail, descending on an ebike feels more akin to navigating a boat through a sea of roots and rocks, ploughing through the waves of the singletrack as you slowly make your way ever downwards."
Forget getting air. Forget skimming nimbly over the tops of rocks and roots. Instead of flying down the trail, descending on an ebike feels more akin to navigating a boat through a sea of roots and rocks, ploughing through the waves of the singletrack as you slowly make your way ever downwards."
I figured that would come up, since nobody here actually rides DH bikes anymore and have gone full Endur-tard and probably doesn't even recall how to handle a big bike on steep terrain......or perhaps never did it in the first place (more likely scenario).
Within the last decade, recreational DH bikes were above 40 lbs. Especially ones that were built to last a season at a resort.
Now here's the ability to self-shuttle at basically the same weight and in silence, with the energy to do tons of laps, and people do nothing but biiiitch biiiiitch biiiiitch.
Now the thought of handling roughly that same weight bike you used to ride on the same terrain as before (or maybe you never did, I don't fucking know), but with better suspension and brakes and a major time-saver incorporated, is inconceivable. What a joke.
Within the last decade, recreational DH bikes were above 40 lbs. Especially ones that were built to last a season at a resort.
Now here's the ability to self-shuttle at basically the same weight and in silence, with the energy to do tons of laps, and people do nothing but biiiitch biiiiitch biiiiitch.
Now the thought of handling roughly that same weight bike you used to ride on the same terrain as before (or maybe you never did, I don't fucking know), but with better suspension and brakes and a major time-saver incorporated, is inconceivable. What a joke.
I have literally drowned out the complaints of XC kooks on trails before with my dirt bike. That was good for some lulz. I just heard motor noises and watched them do a funny dance with their arms in the air towards me. The louder the motor the more frantic the dancing.