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07-16-2018, 08:51 PM #101
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07-16-2018, 09:01 PM #102
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The real question here is whether or not Mormon missionaries can ride an ebike. Or the Amish!
Ebikes: where Mtngirl becomes bedfellows with the Amish.
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07-16-2018, 09:03 PM #103
Interesting comparison between young super fit rider and middle age so so fit.
A family that plays together stays together eh
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07-16-2018, 09:03 PM #104
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07-16-2018, 09:04 PM #105
My brother and I rode our ebikes just the other day!
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07-16-2018, 09:13 PM #106
Always a competition with bros. Not sure bike riding is their comp though. Sweet flannels!!
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07-16-2018, 09:15 PM #107Registered User
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1. Cars can be modified too. But we don't ban all cars. We simply trust people and ticket the obvious ones.
2. Lots of paved bike/jogging paths in the area where peds and bikes get along fine. It's called slow down when it's not safe. Also, no one has ever been scared by a rider grunting up the trail hahaha.
3. There is limited enforcement of all rider behavior: skidding berms, going too fast, not yeilding etc. But we don't ban all bikes, we just say that person is a dick and realize most folks are good trail users.
4. Get off your machine and go hike then. Oh, you forgot that you are using a machine to climb and descend? Looks like Sierra club had it right all along!
5. DH bikes are not the same as xc bikes and should be treated as such. Did you know that DH bikes hold Strava KOMs at galby? Did you also know that the speed you carry on a DH bike and way you ride it is more destructive to a trail than ebikes? Should we ban all DH bikes to?
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07-16-2018, 09:21 PM #108Registered User
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Where does this fit?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZ1s2NHcVU
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07-16-2018, 09:24 PM #109
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07-16-2018, 09:31 PM #110
^^^ Yeah, Yeti's old stomping grounds in Ogden have a bunch of trails where anything goes. Bikes, motos, horses, scout troops. Some of the rides are burly and the scenery is as good as it gets. It all seems to work too but I wouldn't want things to be like that everywhere.
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07-16-2018, 09:36 PM #111
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07-16-2018, 09:38 PM #112Banned
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07-16-2018, 09:40 PM #113Banned
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07-16-2018, 09:43 PM #114
Realizing that it is a big and diverse world in both flora and geography would work maybe.
e bike would do this.
A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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07-16-2018, 09:45 PM #115
The real free for all was in rural New Mexico. It's such a free for all there that I regularly rode dirt bikes on the highway because I knew even if some sheriff tried to stop me I'd be in the next county before he even had a second unit there to assist....and they knew it too so they didn't even bother.
I rode all kinds of forest service trails, never even checked what was officially what. Same as many friends. That place was the same as where I grew up, off-road meant you could run into whatever, so nobody got their wads in a bunch if they saw some other kind of recreation taking place. That all changed in 20 years while I was gone, I came back and there's tons of mtb trail now, but they closed it to anything except mtb and hikers. One set of people gets their way, the other has to sell the house and move somewhere else I guess. Basically here, everyone who used to like dirt bikes and atvs moved to another town, and now the doctors and dentists with the $5000 bikes have a cutesy little exclusive club.
I imagine some of the heartburn about ebikes has to do with the possibility that somebody not in the fancy little spandex club might get to enjoy the trails as they used to 20 years ago before the Big Yuppie Trail Lockdown.
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07-16-2018, 09:54 PM #116Registered User
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Might be the other way around. Good ebikes cost as much as good MTBs but then add on 2-3k for the motor.
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07-16-2018, 09:58 PM #117
it stinks of elitism. I can't be precise but I sense it.
Somebody who's not a Serious Cyclist in a Lycra Racing Jersey full of Sponsorship Logos might actually enjoy riding uphill faster than a snapping turtle....**gasp**
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07-16-2018, 10:03 PM #118
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07-16-2018, 10:12 PM #119
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That’s what I was thinking too. One of the vids I posted comparing an e bike and regular bike, the e bike was nice and stable jumping but they gave a slight edge to the normal bike on super tech riding because of less weight. Some companies have very similar bikes in their line up . Lapierre has an almost identical e and non e bike with that fauza motor. It’s only 39lbs .Take the motor and battery out and it’s a 29lb normal trail bike 140rear and 150front full suspension. I keep looking at the Commencal . Great price and similar to there enduro bike except longer chainstays and 12 extra lbs. hoping they have a model with the fazau motor in the future. Great price on their bikes. Commencal supreme sx with a fazua motor would be my ideal choice
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07-16-2018, 10:20 PM #120Banned
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A lot of this is about population.
20 local guys riding dirtbikes all over isn't a big deal. 1000 is different.
Dirtbikes, ATVs, 4wheeling are all extremely distructive.
Groups that can co-exist and cause less impact get more space, especially when there are more of them.
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07-16-2018, 10:21 PM #121
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I agree. All the arguments and facts are out there. Europe , Japan, New Zealand have it figured out already.
I like these atm but all the e bikes are changing so quick
https://www.commencalcanada.com/meta...18-c2x24237581
That’s Canadian $’s and i would probably make the fork 180mm for an extra 100
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07-16-2018, 10:50 PM #122
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07-16-2018, 11:04 PM #123
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Beauty spot for a cruise. You might want to look at the baufeng motors . Hope that spelling is right. A friend put one on his dh bike and was raving about it. They’re relatively inexpensive and have been around a while and are add ons. I think they have throttles and more power than most. Most others are regulated for trail use laws
I’m not sure but you may need some gears on your bike
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07-16-2018, 11:24 PM #124
Good place to start. Thanks. It is a nice trail. Runs from the Columbia River to the Puget sound and 40' from the back of the house.
A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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07-16-2018, 11:38 PM #125
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