E-bikes are a thing

Ebikes??

  • I have never ridden one

    Votes: 98 38.7%

  • 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: 20 7.9%

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

    Votes: 37 14.6%

  • Did he just say analog bike?

    Votes: 38 15.0%

  • My knees are failing and an ebike in inevitable

    Votes: 18 7.1%

  • My next bike will certainly be an ebike.

    Votes: 21 8.3%

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

    Votes: 25 9.9%

  • Ebikes cause more trail damage than analog bikes

    Votes: 9 3.6%

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

    Votes: 68 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: 97 38.3%

  • I’ve been seeing ebikes in the woods regularly

    Votes: 58 22.9%

  • I’ve never seen an ebike on the trail

    Votes: 15 5.9%

  • It's called an Acoustic bike

    Votes: 16 6.3%

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

    Votes: 67 26.5%

  • I already own an off-road Ebike

    Votes: 41 16.2%

  • I have no interest in an e-bike

    Votes: 14 5.5%

  • Arguing against ebikes is kerfuffle

    Votes: 18 7.1%

  • I like Matty no matter what he rides

    Votes: 24 9.5%
  • Total voters
    253
tonyride said:
Plastic parts? Don't care if it is part of input or output, plastic in any part of the drive trail worries me.
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A) I wouldn't take apart that motor on your Orbea then 😉
B) They use plastic because the amount of stress on a single gear in a motor that puts out 240watts is extremely small. If you had a 3d Printed chainring and rode around at 240 watts, it wouldn't break.
C) Plastic is quiet. Consumers are crybabies when it comes to noise, like any normal mechanical noise is life ending type of crybabies. All of them. Any bike manufacturer will take 1,000's of Dollars on the chin warrantying broken motors rather than deal with crybabies kinda crybabies.
D) 24lb S-Works LevoSLs don't get down to 24lbs because someone cares about DURABILITY. SL and most lightweight bikes are performance based and as such have a much higher maintenance schedule, including motors. Think buying a Mercedes 6.3AMG.
 
The Kalmyk said:
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They should ban them but they wont.
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There's some major corporate powers that will make sure these never get banned. The Big S in particular has sent around many emails urging employees to sign petitions against a ban. They claim it's racially motivated but I have a hunch it has more to do with the line of Class2 Globe bikes launching next year 🤔
 
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jimvreeland said:
A Battery left at 100% is a bomb waiting to go off. I wonder if they'll go after Electric Cars being charged in the garage of a building?
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I've read in a few places how EV's should be charged outside. Failures and faults are relatively rare, but they do happen.

I've been surprised at how many e-Bike motors use straight-cut gears. Helical gears tend to make a lot less noise, although they also introduce side-loading into the mechanism. Also somewhat less efficient. Everything is a trade-off.
 
jimvreeland said:
There's some major corporate powers that will make sure these never get banned. The Big S in particular has sent around many emails urging employees to sign petitions against a ban. They claim it's racially motivated but I have a hunch it has more to do with the line of Class2 Globe bikes launching next year 🤔
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The Big S can find allies in UberEats and such.
 
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Trying not to sound like a commercial here,,

But this bike is insane.

I like where ebikes are going. This looks a lot different than ebikes did just a few years back.
 
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