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It seems that these are popping up everywhere. These legit bikes from quality companies that have some kind of electric drive system on them. Full squish, fat bikes, hard tails, everything. They're at the shows like Sea Otter, they are in the newsletter email that mtbr.com just sent me, they even have their own magazine.
My question is, who rides these things? Look, I get a commuter, or a cruiser bike, a road bike, a trike, even a mountain bike for a disabled person using one, and it seems really cool in those environments. But I don't see someone who is into mountain biking, ever being interested in one of these true mountain bikes that are electric? Do these major companies really think there will be buyers for these? Maybe there will be, and I'm missing something here.
I know, we probably should define "mountain biking" and what a "mountain bike" is, and what "into mountain biking" means. But even from a very general standpoint, I still wonder, who buys these? What is the point? It seems to go against what mountain biking is and was, but that is just my opinion.
Thoughts?
My question is, who rides these things? Look, I get a commuter, or a cruiser bike, a road bike, a trike, even a mountain bike for a disabled person using one, and it seems really cool in those environments. But I don't see someone who is into mountain biking, ever being interested in one of these true mountain bikes that are electric? Do these major companies really think there will be buyers for these? Maybe there will be, and I'm missing something here.
I know, we probably should define "mountain biking" and what a "mountain bike" is, and what "into mountain biking" means. But even from a very general standpoint, I still wonder, who buys these? What is the point? It seems to go against what mountain biking is and was, but that is just my opinion.
Thoughts?