I had a specialized enduro, and bought a Santa Cruz heckler. eMTBs are awesome.
krelvar
joined 2 years ago
"Must survive on sales alone." 1700 dollars for this thing... that would be your sales, you greedy fucker.
Well, now we know who will get the blame if he loses the state.
I replaced mine with a better one. Does that count?
It's a "lite" class eMTB. 55nm, 400wh battery. Not that that's a bad thing, but a "full fat" eMTB is more like 85nm, 700wh. The new DJI bike is I think 110nm-ish.
The next stage in my opinion is the bikes that get rid of the derailleur entirely and have the gearing colocated with the motor. Auto-shifting where it keeps you in your desired cadence, etc.
I don't know how desired those features are going to be vs a traditional setup, but I'm running a SRAM GX AXS electronic derailleur on my bike (not the T transmission, that's yet another level) and it's pretty amazing.
I actually considered editing my post where I said 100° without specifying, but then thought no one would assume C with that number.
Guess I was wrong.
I bike at 100° plus all the time. It's fine while you're moving, it's stopping that sucks, especially if you end up next to a lifted vehicle or big truck. The heat coming off the undercarriage is brutal.
Cut a hole in the tennis ball, stick it on the muzzle of your AR-15 and call it a silencer. Bet you could smuggle in a number of tennis balls that way
That 20,000,001st undocumented immigrant has to be SO relieved
You know why
Where I ride (and I would guess like most places) there's not enough forest ranger/park ranger coverage to address this in any effective way. Maybe if they can catch people when they're coming off the trail back to their vehicle.
I ride a class 1 eMTB (not modified.) in my experience, downhill is EXACTLY the same as an unpowered MTB - for the most part, the motor is doing very little work. Climbing is where the difference exists. For myself, I find my climbing speed boosted by perhaps 3-5mph; it's noticeable but it's not excessive imho.
That said, I also don't do stupid shit. I don't climb one-way downhill trails. I don't ride outside of my ability to stop/avoid - ie bombing blind turns. That's all my own choice though, there's no one enforcing it aside from other bikers. I've encountered hikers climbing trails ignoring one-way signs, people are just fucking stupid sometimes.