E-bikes are a thing

Ebikes??

  • I have never ridden one

    Votes: 97 39.0%

  • I have ridden one for over an hour on a trail and I’ll never buy one

    Votes: 10 4.0%

  • I have ridden one in a trail for over an hr and I am considering one

    Votes: 21 8.4%

  • I’ll never give up my analog bike but I’ll still get an ebike

    Votes: 36 14.5%

  • Did he just say analog bike?

    Votes: 37 14.9%

  • My knees are failing and an ebike in inevitable

    Votes: 18 7.2%

  • My next bike will certainly be an ebike.

    Votes: 20 8.0%

  • I’ll never own an ebike, even when I’m 90

    Votes: 25 10.0%

  • Ebikes cause more trail damage than analog bikes

    Votes: 9 3.6%

  • Ebikes have no more trail impact than a traditional bike.

    Votes: 67 26.9%

  • I hate anyone on an ebike

    Votes: 7 2.8%

  • Anyone on a bike is a friend of mine, ebike or not

    Votes: 94 37.8%

  • I’ve been seeing ebikes in the woods regularly

    Votes: 55 22.1%

  • I’ve never seen an ebike on the trail

    Votes: 15 6.0%

  • It's called an Acoustic bike

    Votes: 14 5.6%

  • “I may consider one after my body is all used up and broken"

    Votes: 64 25.7%

  • I already own an off-road Ebike

    Votes: 40 16.1%

  • I have no interest in an e-bike

    Votes: 14 5.6%

  • Arguing against ebikes is kerfuffle

    Votes: 16 6.4%

  • I like Matty no matter what he rides

    Votes: 21 8.4%
  • Total voters
    249
Yeah... that's pretty lame... While I totally consider this to be "user-error", I suppose the "fix" would be to have the overrun set to "zero" from the factory and if the user wants it, they'll have to make the adjustment themselves and thus accept responsibility for knowing how to use it.
 
I don't understand how this is a known defect. My new EV car works the same way. After braking to slowdown, the motors continue to run unless I'm holding down the brake to a full stop. One ride on a bike and it should be pretty obvious. I agree lame
 
qclabrat said:
I don't understand how this is a known defect. My new EV car works the same way. After braking to slowdown, the motors continue to run unless I'm holding down the brake to a full stop. One ride on a bike and it should be pretty obvious. I agree lame
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It's called someone trying to save face w/ friends after spending over $15k on a bike and crashing on an innocuous piece of trail.

That or trying to blame one's own mistakes on anyone else but themselves.
 
"Steve Ruggiero of Bainbridge Island was riding his Turbo Levo in June on the Alpine Trail in Oakridge, Oregon. While in Eco mode, Ruggiero descended a steep section of trail and decelerated over a long flat section of loose shale. Beyond the shale, he encountered a loam surface when the rear wheel "spun out, due to the manufacturing flaw" called overrun, according to the complaint."

Riding downhill in eco and it has power to break loose? Ain't no way.
 
qclabrat said:
I don't understand how this is a known defect. My new EV car works the same way. After braking to slowdown, the motors continue to run unless I'm holding down the brake to a full stop. One ride on a bike and it should be pretty obvious. I agree lame
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We have the car set the other way.
Foot off means stop. Hold when 0 mph.
Just a preference, it can coast and creep like ICE

What I found weird the on the ebike is the jump when repositioning the pedals forward
 
Patrick said:
We have the car set the other way.
Foot off means stop. Hold when 0 mph.
Just a preference, it can coast and creep like ICE

What I found weird the on the ebike is the jump when repositioning the pedals forward
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You mean one pedal drive? I only use it on the highway. I have dyslexia and it's hard transitioning to an ICE car
 
Time to update these votes.. This one is hard to belive at this point:

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If commuting by bike was a viable option for me, I would definitely be looking for a Class 3 (28mph) e-bike. Oddly enough, if I wanted to do that, I'd probably transfer back to the NJ office in Somerset as getting to that office by bike would arguably be safer than any of the near-suicidal routes to get from my house in Croydon to the PA office in Blue Bell... despite the fact the riding route to Somerset is a bit over 48 miles vs. under 30 miles to Blue Bell. The downside is the office in Blue Bell has a shower and I don't think the Somerset office does (I haven't been there since the landlord moved us to a different building across the street).
 
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