E-bikes are a thing

Ebikes??

  • I have never ridden one

    Votes: 98 40.2%

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

    Votes: 9 3.7%

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

    Votes: 19 7.8%

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

    Votes: 35 14.3%

  • Did he just say analog bike?

    Votes: 36 14.8%

  • My knees are failing and an ebike in inevitable

    Votes: 17 7.0%

  • My next bike will certainly be an ebike.

    Votes: 19 7.8%

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

    Votes: 25 10.2%

  • Ebikes cause more trail damage than analog bikes

    Votes: 8 3.3%

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

    Votes: 65 26.6%

  • I hate anyone on an ebike

    Votes: 7 2.9%

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

    Votes: 93 38.1%

  • I’ve been seeing ebikes in the woods regularly

    Votes: 53 21.7%

  • I’ve never seen an ebike on the trail

    Votes: 15 6.1%

  • It's called an Acoustic bike

    Votes: 14 5.7%

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

    Votes: 63 25.8%

  • I already own an off-road Ebike

    Votes: 37 15.2%

  • I have no interest in an e-bike

    Votes: 13 5.3%

  • Arguing against ebikes is kerfuffle

    Votes: 15 6.1%

  • I like Matty no matter what he rides

    Votes: 20 8.2%
  • Total voters
    244
Has a company yet come out with braking and downhill turned back into battery power yet? I'm sure it's being worked on.
 
kidzach said:
Has a company yet come out with braking and downhill turned back into battery power yet? I'm sure it's being worked on.
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Doesn't really make sense when you think about it.

It would require switches on the brake levers that know how far back you're pulling them with communications back to the motor controller. And E-bikes all have their motor powering the rear wheel, so if it they switched to generator mode it would be rear only and would be hard to balance the front/rear bias.

I doubt it's really *that* much power that would be generated as the majority of the battery is really spent on uneven terrain, pushing through those minor suspension losses, tire compressions, etc. Small downhill jaunts won't feedback most power especially as you'd need to still rely on powerful disk brakes unless you had a front wheel motor/generator.
 
Dynamo hub puts out a dozen watts best case scenario and 6v. You’d have to ride for a year to charge the Battery 😂
 
Best Buy is the new LBS 🙄

None of the controls were done correctly. Bars on backwards is pretty shitty but no top cap and spacers on the stem 😱

I'm guessing many of these cheap e-bikes are going to end up in the land fill in a few years just like cheap big box pedal bikes do.

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don said:
Best Buy is the new LBS 🙄

None of the controls were done correctly. Bars on backwards is pretty shitty but no top cap and spacers on the stem 😱

I'm guessing many of these cheap e-bikes are going to end up in the land fill in a few years just like cheap big box pedal bikes do.

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couldn't they find someone to assemble the bikes who has at least RIDDEN a bike before?
How could someone not know what way the brake levers go??
 
don said:
Best Buy is the new LBS 🙄

None of the controls were done correctly. Bars on backwards is pretty shitty but no top cap and spacers on the stem 😱

I'm guessing many of these cheap e-bikes are going to end up in the land fill in a few years just like cheap big box pedal bikes do.

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How can they mess up that bad? Aventon's are actually pretty decent bikes too that use much better components and electronics than those other dumpster fires.
 
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It's not that bad, they actually had 50/50 chances to screw up so...
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You'd be amazed at what people can screw up. These shifters have numbered gear indicators. So you see that and then turn the bars over so they face the ground? What are people thinking? Of course when they bring the bike into the shop it is only to adjust the front brake. They ask us to ignore the upside down and backwards handlebars and the pedals that are obviously only threaded in about 2 turns.

Happens everyday.
 
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How can they mess up that bad? Aventon's are actually pretty decent bikes too that use much better components and electronics than those other dumpster fires.
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It's more than likely just a Corporate thing. Some schmuck had to build this row of bikes 15 minutes before opening because the 25 department managers couldn't figure out who was in charge of that area. At least that's how it works here 🤣
 
EJphotos said:
How can they mess up that bad? Aventon's are actually pretty decent bikes too that use much better components and electronics than those other dumpster fires.
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This is Best Buy we're talking about. They probably grabbed someone who was just selling gaming keyboards to put them together. Does anyone working there look like they even own a bike?
 
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