Thinking of buying my mates electric MTB. Looks like fun. Any views??
Thinking of buying my mates electric MTB. Looks like fun. Any views??
Simon Blease
Monmouth
Go for it my wife has one and it is excellent I have managed to sneak a couple of rides on it and I have to say it won`t be long before I have one it opens up a whole load of new style Big Grin eyeballs out riding.
The older I get the Faster I was
Never tried one but everyone I know that has one rates them highly
Just make sure you don't run out of battery a long, or even short distance from home, especially if its uphill.
They can be very heavy as a friend of mine found out!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
It's cheating, a bit like GPS in races.Originally Posted by Wheeze
Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
Why not, life is about enjoying and at our age there's nothing much to prove or be "tough" about. I'm not ashamed of my walking poles going up hills.
On the Gritfest race last year https://gritfest.co.uk/ we were at a friends farm watching at the top of a big, steep climb, the first 2 racers managed to peddle it and then the 3rd guy came up peddling with a bloody great rucksack, we all clapped and cheered and said "hardcore" and he just looked acros and smiled and said " I'm on an e-bike". Fair play to him, he was a reporter and had his drone equipment in the sack!
Nobody else managed to peddle the hill.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Good shout there Moley, I have a mate who’s an ex commonwealth games road race star, he’s in his late 70’s goes out with his mate with his mate on an e-bike, still lets them ride together beyond where his mate would probably have packed in
Well well well after 3 years off this thread and my bike I'M BACK.
Just a little potter around the tracks and trails. Only 5.5k with 90m ascent.
Slowly and sensibly I hope to ease back into it.
55km around North Worcestershire this morning. Chilly start with a few ice patches around but turned into a very pleasant spring ride by mid-morning. I did some of the same route as last weekends sportive and although some roads still have some flooding and bare the scars of last Sunday , thankfully much tarmac was in evidence.
Plenty of cyclists out, mainly in socially distanced ones and twos as most club rides have been cancelled. A lot of runners too but I guess with decent weather, no sports fixtures and gyms all closed that's not really a surprise.
Still a lot of idiotic behaviour in evidence. I passed a load of children and parents in Belbroughton off to a kids party and Clent Hills car park was absolutely rammed more so than a hot summer Bank Holiday. Everyone taking mom out for a nice walk for mothers day....
A lovely solo, as mine usually are, lunchtime ride today, 33 miles and just under 3,000 feet out to Flash, Britain's Highest Village, Hollingsclough, Longnor and Monyash.
Similar experience to you, PeteS, plenty of folk about including cyclists but they were mainly in ones and twos.
Wasn't sure I was surprised to see cafes and a couple of pubs open doing a take away only service but hoards of punters stood outside enjoying their purchases!
All the car parks for the popular walks/ trails were full as were the verges. As busy as any Bank Holiday. Heaps of caravans too which suggest people are leaving the towns to isolate themselves in the sticks!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
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