WhoAmI Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 A couple of things: Electric assist bicycles are expensive, particularly e-MTBs. This will limit the number of people who buy one and especially ones who buy it as their only mountain bike. Next, who here commenting has any experience on an electric assist mountain bike? Or even simply an electric assist bike? I've ridden an e-assist mountain bike and owned an e-assist commuting bike. From my experience, someone with little to no mountain biking experience will learn shortly after the first turn that he cannot go all out all the time. Yes, one will be able to ride faster in many cases but not in technical or twisty terrain or on tight trails. In technical terrain, timing the assist of the motor with your pedal rotation to clean an embedded rock or ledge will require a different skill than on a standard mountain bike. Furthermore, trying to pull an e-assist bike up a ledge will be much more difficult than a standard bike probably resulting in one having to carry his bike up that feature. All this doesn't matter much, as here in central TX, most land managers do not allow e-bikes. For example, the City of Austin and Williamson County do not allow e-bikes on trails. Apocryphal as some make it sound, e-MTBs are not going to ruin the sport that is our lifestyle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, WhoAmI said: Apocryphal as some make it sound, e-MTBs are not going to ruin the sport that is our lifestyle. Just like "those newfangled motorized golf carts" didn't ruin golf courses back when this same controversy roiled about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXZJ Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 1 hour ago, mack_turtle said: Looks like present day san antonio..........sorry had to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RidingAgain Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 More cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxagent Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 7:32 AM, mack_turtle said: We're a generation away from the fat people on floating beach chairs in Wall-e. The big question is - is that generation ahead of us or behind us??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notyal Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 2 hours ago, JRA said: Perhaps my eyeballs are a bit bland. Are you sure this will make me cool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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