[KingOfOrd]

Looks kind of fun if you ask me.

 

[PurpleMtnSlayer]

 

[mtbbiker]

In my opinion, this video , clearly shows ebikes are not dirt bikes. I bet even the kids 50cc class would spank every person in this video.


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[J.B. Weld]

In my opinion, this video , clearly shows ebikes are not dirt bikes. I bet even the kids 50cc class would spank every person in this video.

For sure, and every person in this video would spank any world class xc racer. IMHO that shows that they're also clearly not bicycles.

 

[PurpleMtnSlayer]

For sure, and every person in this video would spank any world class xc racer. IMHO that shows that they're also clearly not bicycles.

 

[ziscwg]

In my opinion, this video , clearly shows ebikes are not dirt bikes. I bet even the kids 50cc class would spank every person in this video.

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agreed

Ebikes belong racing on a technical short track XC coarse. They had an OK set up at Sea Otter. It was not that technical really, but you had to be able to get down a short rock staircase.

 

[shreddr]

For sure, and every person in this video would spank any world class xc racer. IMHO that shows that they're also clearly not bicycles.

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[J.B. Weld]

How you determined that to be a negative statement is beyond me. I was only responding to another post that pointed out how they're not like motorcycles, to which I agreed.

I've nothing against e-bikes but that does look like kind of a boring race to me.

 

[driver bob]

I've nothing against e-bikes but that does look like kind of a boring race to me.

Yep, got it in a nutshell there. That "race" was terrible.

 

[shreddr]

For sure, and every person in this video would spank any world class xc racer. IMHO that shows that they're also clearly not bicycles.

This is not true, at one of the places I ride my ebike, a top MTB racer lives (UCI ranking #70 something). I rode one particularly rollie section 5 times in a row to try and minimize my time, and if I would have gone any faster I would have been clipping trees. I looked up his time later on Strava for the same section and he beat me by 4 minutes in a 20 minute section. World class is just that!

 

[Harryman]

The best part of that video is at 22:00 when the commentators are musing about the chubby guy on the 15kw ebikes "special technique" coming out of the corners without pedaling :lol:

 

[slapheadmofo]

Good thing for the full face helmets!

LOL!

 

[Nurse Ben]

Embarrassing.

So you can pedal these bikes, but clearly the riders are throttling, so why bother pedaling?

I could see riding an electric moto on that track, but who would willingly pedal an ebike on a moto track?

Not only does that seem totally lame, but it has nothing to do with mountain biking.

Yup, embarrassing.

 

[sfgiantsfan]

The crowd seemed to love it

 

[Nurse Ben]

The crowd seemed to love it

They were drunk, probably got free beer as an enticement to watch the silliness.

 

[RS VR6]

Don't think I've ever seen so much seated pedaling.

 

[stiksandstones]

terrible

 

[scatterbrained]

Personally, I was embarrassed for Marco Melandri.

 

[rockerc]

Personally, I was embarrassed for Marco Melandri.

I saw the name! Yikes! His statuesque gf probably won't be holding his helmet and handing off water bottles for him at this one!

This is about as exciting and exhilarating as slug racing. Begs the question of "why?"

 

[richardjohnson]

They were drunk, probably got free beer as an enticement to watch the silliness.

This would be much better if they had to have a beer per lap. It also needs a joker line, where you have to do something that actually plays to the ebikes strengths, like climb a big hill, or recharge or something.

This is the future by the way. Olympics 2032, you'll see and you will all be remembering this. Mark it on your calendars.