eMTB owners photo and ride thread.

[chris130256]

Rare even in Herefordshire, a Turnip Tump!

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Ah, I thought Turnips Tump's were another set of Schwalbe tyres you'd bought to add to your collection of Magic Mary's, Smart Sams, Nobby Nick's and Malemenopause Mark's!
Sorry that's the Jack Daniels talking!

 

[mountainsport]

No cycling doesn't apply to ebikes as it's normally referred to as cheating.. and there isn't a no cheating sign there..

Horsepower is also cheating.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

So. I took the bike up Shooters hill in Welling. Just to see if we could make it. I have no idea if you guys would consider it a challenge. But it's well known around here. Wind and traffic didn't help. But we made it to the top.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

So having hit 38 mph on the way back down. It was a leisurely ride home so I decided on a detour through a local park. All looked lovely. Even got to see a Herron fishing. Although in true Sarf London style he's caught a rat.

 

[mountainsport]

View attachment 18277 View attachment 18276 View attachment 18277 So. I took the bike up Shooters hill in Welling. Just to see if we could make it. I have no idea if you guys would consider it a challenge. But it's well known around here. Wind and traffic didn't help. But we made it to the top.View attachment 18276

I know of Shooters Hill and yes in my opinion that is a great challenge to take on. Well done for doing that.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

Thanks. I'm still 17 stone. Down from 21. And only really now starting to get fitter. Bought the bike to encourage me to do something other than lift weights. So far it's worked. I love going out on it.

I know of Shooters Hill and yes in my opinion that is a great challenge to take on. Well done for doing that.

 

[mountainsport]

Thanks. I'm still 17 stone. Down from 21. And only really now starting to get fitter. Bought the bike to encourage me to do something other than lift weights. So far it's worked. I love going out on it.

You are correct, and as we all know already that lifting weights can produce more body mass that's if you are lifting heavy weights.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

Oh yes. I lift heavy and take protein after. Proper.mid life crisis. However I've never been sporty and lacked cardio fitness. So I would get very tired after working out. Having good upper body strength is all well and good. And I was thankfull for the last two years in the gym when I went over the handlebars. However day-to-day day lighter people who only ever work their legs out do fine. And will probably have an easier timeout it walking around Disney world all day. Which is where I'm being dragged to.

 

[mountainsport]

Oh yes. I lift heavy and take protein after. Proper.mid life crisis. However I've never been sporty and lacked cardio fitness. So I would get very tired after working out. Having good upper body strength is all well and good. And I was thankfull for the last two years in the gym when I went over the handlebars. However day-to-day day lighter people who only ever work their legs out do fine. And will probably have an easier timeout it walking around Disney world all day. Which is where I'm being dragged to.

Just hope that they have replaced the merry go round ride for an ebike racing track, that will definitely make your trip worth the drag.

 

[Deere John]

8K Jubilee!!!



Today I noticed I passed a milestone with my Trekking bike, 8023km rolled with this bike! I just celebrated this with the seasons last cream bun.

 

[EddiePJ]

I'll celebrate with you in a minute with a bottle of Sharp's Doom Bar.

I needed an excuse to open one!

 

[Deere John]

I'll celebrate with you in a minute with a bottle of Sharp's Doom Bar.

I needed an excuse to open one!

"Amber Ale", ohh man, that looks so tasty you don't need an excuse

 

[Deere John]

Forgot to say, my new steering bars (x2) is some english wonder this time again, a Genetic Handlebar obviously you make alot of fine components there in UK

 

[Gaz]

I'll celebrate with you in a minute with a bottle of Sharp's Doom Bar. I needed an excuse to open one!

I'm too old to need excuses. Like a nice Doom Bar, although have developed a recent liking for Sharp's Atlantic (NB: as well - not instead of )

Gaz

 

[EddiePJ]

Atlantic is lovely.

Perhaps tonight's ride might be via the pub.

 

[Deere John]

Look what I found like 3 min ride from home!! A mountainside I have been curious about, with great view on top. And the best of all, you don't see much other than nature from here, like an oasis in the neighborhood. The cars made some noise otherwise you would have thought you were way out in the wilderness

 

[EddiePJ]

Awesome.

 

[Deere John]

...but just that part of the view is visible from our living room. This morning was really beautiful. This is when looking deciding what clothes to have, it was frosty so I took a little more than I wanted



But I have found an awesome new trail just beside our quarter. It leads to a 1m drop in the end! To be honest I have just started tackling those challenges, I thought I must do it, it can't be so hard if you just do it right (pull the bike so you land flat). But today I almost manage to fail because just before the drop I started to think never think when biking. Just ride! (almost like the popular Yoda quote "there is no try, just do" or something).

I wonder if the Bosch motor likes the drop as much as I do. Feels like it puts hard stress on the bearings and so on. Well well, it is a mountain bike for christ sake, it should be designed for it!

 

[Deere John]

Today was fantastic. Tested some new trails and what a find. One was on the edgeof the cliff. And so this hill that is quite scary IRL but it worked really well. Good speed when down on the bridge [emoji2] fantastic area this Delsjön of Gothenburg.

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[tisme]

New bike today, love it