Motor lag for the most part

Wife has a Trek Superfly ebike. We share it as a car replacement to get groceries, run errands etc. It's got slicks and racks and panniers.

For off-road use I've used to transport a chainsaw...

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Holy cow.. what a deal

Your ability to ignore reasoned arguments and troll is pretty A+ Almost as good as your ability to sound stupid. Almost

I hope that's what will happen. In the western US and Canada the HOHA crowd really are dogmatic older types.

People who have experience believe that ebikes, at present, will hurt trail access. ...

SOME (a small number do). Almost all don't.



The dirtbag is passionate. You have to be to get involved in advocacy which is thankless and hitting the head against the brick wall. The rich...

My two decades of advocacy experience says you are completely utterly wrong

In your example, my extensive experience is that affluent older people do not become advocates or help with trailwork. ...

Fox 34. Magura MT8s. And the Haibikes are notorious for batteries failing ( who supplies and QA them?l)

The Levo would be better

I've steered the narrative there because it's important. And for 2 reasons.

First playing the long game of having mtb sanctioned legal trails has been a pretty big positive

Second Canucks are...

GCA. RCA. Same scenarios.

I have 20+ years in dealing with government and hikers in advocacy. I'd put my experience up against conjecture.

BC Government says that all ebikes are treated and...

I'm blown away you have such an attitude. I know for a fact that GCA can't get insurance if ebikes are allowed on their trails. I know for a fact that RSTBC's policy is that ebikes are prohibited....

I can tell you that the perspective of Canadian trail advocates is very different from what you just put forward

Shredgnar what Tahoe said is essentially correct. The physics behind batteries needs a massive quantum leap breakthrough. Which I am told is possible in large static applications.

The bar is...

A battery expert client of mine says that the limiter on technology is regulatory and safety standards on batteries. He's fairly confident that battery weight and size of packs will stay roughly...

You're not logical and making a leap that makes no sense. I answered your question logically. It's not my fault you don't understand.

True. I do enjoy trolling. Especially rewarding is pointing out that social media/forum or internet blather about " gut feelings and logical fallacies" doesn't matter; and that its the land...

Many ebikers i know are/were mtnbikers are. So?



I don't understand. RIde what you want. But if ebikers want sanctioned trails for ebikes - then advocate for them as ebikers. Take care of...

Pretty much. Try giving any input about how ebikes function and it gets taken over by the same old arguments



Sorry this is stalkerish. I don't want ebikes as I see it threatening trail...

On easier, naturally faster less technical trails to me the ebikes weight wasn't a big deal.

On technical slow trails the ebikes weight was quite apparent. Lots of weight shifts and body english...

Land managers and non biking groups see that an ebike is motorized. Because they're the actors with which sanctioned trails must coexist they're the important point of view.

Anyone else here...

Oh yea you're right. All proprietary so when something blows up you've better hope you're close to a Rocky dealer with parts.

I've heard some French Briancon Portes riders have gotten screwed...

Depends on the rider and the trails. I got pretty tired muscling a RM PowerPlay around on the flats and downhills on a tech bit of singletrack but wasn't breaking a sweat on the gravel club where I...

Thanks for the trail clearing. Especially 313 , Razorback etc. Made my donation to Bitterroots and looking up SW MT counterpart

Of course rogue builders drove the sport. I was a rogue builder. Then went full official. Then got screwed by the trail org I founded so am now full rogue. I get that.

My point is if you...

People don't know how much effort went on in the past and goes in the present kissing Land Manager ass and stroking other user groups to get MTB access. And more often than not; even if they know...

Golden Cycling Association cannot work on trails where ebikes are permitted. Insurance prohibits it and limits them to non motorized

RSTBC your land manager prohibits ebikes on non motorized...

A friend who has a low gain solar panel tried toe recharge on a Bosch and it was "fiddly" and according to him it didn't work at all well. Ie the recharge ran out quickly. Perhaps a better high...

3 out of 4 Haibikes in a local shop have battery issues. 5 of 5 Levos were good. Specialized seems to be more reliable

As long as they don't negatively affect trail access then they're fine IMO. Unfortunately in BC they'd probably negatively affect trail access

Wooley buy one from somewhere you can get spare...